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Tell me more: Sponsor sweetheart deals targeted by new disclosure law

by Teri Karush Rogers | 9/01/10 - 2:17 PM

In a flurry of bill-signing this week, Governor Paterson enacted several disclosure laws related to real estate: Landlords now have to tell...
Is it okay to put a common roof deck near a private terrace?

by Teri Karush Rogers | 8/17/10 - 6:55 AM

Q. I own one of several penthouse apartments on the roof of my condo building, with a small private terrace.

Some residents want to develop the unused roof space...
Coming soon to a co-op/condo near you: Transparency and fair play?

by Teri Karush Rogers | 8/16/10 - 7:22 AM

Earlier this month, a fledgling organization of New York City apartment owners launched a modest website with an Olympic-...

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The Board Room: New York City condos wake up to the high price of absentee ownership

Investor demand has helped fuel rising condo prices, but many New York City condo boards are waking up to the fact that a...

NYC Real(i)ty Speak: About those letters of recommendation...

by Veronica X. | 8/12/10 - 7:06 AM

You finally found it! Now you need to pass the co-op board. You ask friends, relatives, colleagues and business associates to write letters of recommendation on your behalf...
Turning down a buyer who already lives in the building

by Teri Karush Rogers | 8/10/10 - 8:22 AM

Q. How common is it for co-op boards to reject shareholders as purchasers? Is there anything the seller or the rejected buyers can do about it?

A. “Rarely...
When bed bugs move in down the hall

by Teri Karush Rogers | 6/29/10 - 7:25 AM

Q. I rent in a condo building and I just found out that an apartment down the hall has bed bugs. What can I do to keep them out of my apartment? What should the condo board be...

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The Board Room: New York City condos wake up to the high price of absentee ownership

Investor demand has helped fuel rising condo prices, but many New York City condo boards are waking up to the fact that a...

Spilling board secrets to a spouse

by Teri Karush Rogers | 6/22/10 - 7:00 AM

Q: Is it appropriate for the spouse of a board member to read confidential communications between board members, including board packages submitted by buyers and refi...
Home invasion by co-op vice president

by Teri Karush Rogers | 5/19/10 - 6:58 AM

Dear Ms. Demeanor,

What is the rule for members of a co-op board entering a shareholder's apartment? I came home the other day to find the board Vice President...
My Big Fat Board Interview: “The reason I filed single last year is that you’re a f-----g idiot!”

by anonymous Manhattan co-op buyer as told to Teri Rogers | 5/18/10 - 9:40 AM

My co-op board interview took place in one of the larger, more intimidating apartments in the Upper West Side building where I was in contract to buy a one-bedroom.
...

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The Board Room: New York City condos wake up to the high price of absentee ownership

Investor demand has helped fuel rising condo prices, but many New York City condo boards are waking up to the fact that a...

Stalled sublet: Can my tenant move in anyway?

by Teri Karush Rogers | 5/11/10 - 5:51 AM

Q. I own a condo unit that I rent out. The president of the condo board is a real estate agent, and in the past, when we used him to find a tenant (which we didn't this...
My Big Fat Board Interview: How I passed my board interview

by a Manhattan co-op buyer as told to Teri Rogers | 4/29/10 - 6:00 AM

It was my first time buying an apartment--a one-bedroom co-op in an elevator building--and I didn’t know what to expect at the board interview.

I had heard a lot of...
Next-door condo renters from hell

by Teri Karush Rogers | 4/20/10 - 7:14 AM

Q. I've had ongoing noise/quality of life issues with my next door neighbors since the day they moved in to the apartment next to me last summer. They are loud, weird and...
My super is corrupt, and my managing agent doesn't care

by Teri Karush Rogers | 4/15/10 - 7:02 AM

Q. The super in my midtown condo doesn't move if you don't give him tips every time.

When I give my favorite doormen tips, they always ask me not to...
Fed-up condo owners flock to Midtown war room

by Teri Karush Rogers | 4/09/10 - 7:19 AM

The meeting room at the Grand Hyatt Hotel lacked floor-to-ceiling windows or any natural light at all, and there was not a smartly-uniformed concierge or spec of Carrera...
Apartment herpes: The neighbors have a right to know about your bed bugs

by Teri Karush Rogers | 3/29/10 - 7:23 AM

Apartments can't get sex diseases, but they can get bed bugs, which are pretty close: Both are a source of embarrassment and discomfort, and both can be concealed to...
Midtown condo dweller protests threat of fines and time-outs

by Teri Karush Rogers | 3/23/10 - 10:23 AM

A frustrated Midtown condo resident has taken his or her beef with a “very...
Condo owner sues real estate agent for secondhand smoke

by Teri Karush Rogers | 2/09/10 - 2:03 PM

In a case with implications for those who buy and sell secondhand-smoke-filled apartments in New York, a Boston jury is expected to decide a first-of-its-kind secondhand smoke...
Selling & paranoid

by Teri Karush Rogers | 2/04/10 - 5:55 AM

Q. I am selling my co-op apartment in part because of toxic relationships with several neighbors in my small (under 25-unit) building and also because of a negative...
UES family surgically debarks dog for co-op

by Teri Karush Rogers | 2/03/10 - 5:47 AM

This morning’s NY Times has an A1 story about an Upper East Side family...
Latest UWS landgrab: Doorman's chair

by Teri Karush Rogers | 1/29/10 - 6:13 AM

At one Upper West Side condo recently, a mutiny erupted when the board took away the doorman’s chair after renovating the lobby and relocating the doorman’s station.
...

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