BrickUnderground

We've heard recently from the New York Times how NYC kids are supposedly taking a larger role in picking their family mansions (or penthouses, or Hamptons homes). We thought we'd canvass a few others to see what their deal-breakers and deal-makers are:

• Savannah, age 21, Kips Bay

In this new feature, we pick properties for you to check out on open-house weekends.

Anywhere else, $300,000 would buy you a house. But in this fair city, even a mighty fine studio is a stretch, especially in Manhattan. These apartments do ring in under that figure, and are hosting open houses this weekend.

In a city as old as New York, you'd be hard-pressed to find an apartment without a past. And brokers are capitalizing on these stories to market their properties, says the Daily News.