Lucy Cohen Blatter

Rising temperatures exacerbate many of the nuisances associated with vertical living. And since neighbors tend to top New Yorkers' list of nuisances at anytime during the year, it's no surprise that tempers can fly in the summer. "People are out, windows are open and kids are home from school.. That is a recipe for trouble," says Manhattan real estate attorney Dean Roberts of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus. Here are the 4 most common summer-in-the-city boiling points.

It's hard to live in New York City and not have some sort of real estate regret. But you don't have to live them to learn from them. Here's what 8 first time buyers told BrickUnderground they'd do differently next time: 1. I wouldn't hire a friend to be my broker--and I wouldn't believe everything the seller's broker says. As a native New Yorker, I thought I was thoroughly street savvy and knew how to manage the whole process.