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The StreetEasy Hot Dozen: 12 rentals that may or may not be available by the time you read this

by Emily Feldman | 2/21/12 - 1:45 PM

If a private garden is out of your budget, there are a few apartments steps from coveted patches of urban greenery that made it into the Hot Dozen—the 12 most-clicked ...
Ask an Expert: Is it ok to put a kid in a windowless 'bedroom'?

by Teri Karush Rogers | 2/21/12 - 10:51 AM

Q. I've seen some apartments advertised as one-bedroom with a "home office" that can be used as a bedroom. Often they're used as children's rooms,...
The 20 deadly sins NYC rental agents should never commit (but do)

by Kelly Kreth | 2/21/12 - 7:31 AM
1. Harlem is NOT the Upper West Side. You might be able to get away with that s--t up to West 112th St., but really “Columbia Area” is a better way to describe it...

No-Fee Apartment of the Week: $3,700 Lincoln Square one-bedroom in fully-loaded building

by Lucy Cohen Blatter | 2/17/12 - 1:50 PM

This $3,700 one-bedroom is...
From the West Village to Midtown: The crowds turn locals into neighbors

by Julia as told to Lambeth Hochwald | 2/17/12 - 10:59 AM

My move from Greenwich Village to midtown happened due to life circumstances: I took over the lease on my mother’s apartment when she moved to Florida and I was splitting up...
Rent Coach: My apartment is illegal. Can I get my broker's fee back?

by Mike Akerly | 2/16/12 - 3:32 PM

Q. After moving into an apartment in Harlem this month, I discovered after speaking to the neighbors that it’s not actually a legal residential space....

Avoiding the landlord blacklist

by Lucy Cohen Blatter | 2/15/12 - 2:51 PM

Remember that "Seinfeld" episode where Elaine can't escape a medical record that describes her as "difficult"? As you may or may not have heard, there's a real estate...
Q & A with a serial mover: "It's the number one reason why I'm broke and have no savings"

by Lucy Cohen Blatter | 2/15/12 - 11:12 AM

What's it like to move eight time in eight years? Twenty-year-old Gideon Levy, part of the family that owns and runs ...
The StreetEasy Hot Dozen: 12 rentals that may or may not be available by the time you read this

by Emily Feldman | 2/14/12 - 2:23 PM

Departing tenants can provide pertinent listing information that only someone who's lived in the place might think to bring up.
Such is the case with a ...

StreetNoise: When your neighbor is a treadmill; the videos your broker hopes you don't see; and more

by Ronda Kaysen | 2/13/12 - 8:13 AM
- Why not?...