Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
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Q. What are the pros and cons of hiring a real estate agent who lives in my building to sell my apartment? Should I be concerned if the agent is representing another seller here at the same time? My apartment is in a different line but has a similar layout and size as the one currently for sale.
A. According to our BrickTank experts, hiring the ‘resident broker’ is usually a smart move—so long as the broker is a skilled agent who hasn’t made any enemies on the board.
Whew. This one is ugly.
Two months ago, Queens-based property management firm Charter Management closed its doors amid reports that the district attorney had launched an investigation into whether the firm had commingled and possibly stolen clients’ money.
Much like good fences make good neighbors in the ‘burbs, playrooms make good neighbors in apartment buildings: They let kids be kids without driving anyone crazy.
This weekend’s NY Times real-estate section story on playrooms served up some helpful information for co-ops and condos interested in creating a VIP lounge for tots:
(Photo by James Yeargin)
Our hearts sank when we walked out of our UWS co-op today and stumbled over New Jersey on our doorstep.
Where the elegant art-deco poster gallery used to hold court on the corner of W. 73rd and Columbus now looms a diorama-style ad to visit New Jersey this fall….replete with bales of hay, corn stalks, wagon wheels, pumpkins, and in-your-face signage.
Though we’re pretty sure that the apartments above the NJ “store” are rentals, we wondered whether boards are more open to pop-up retail tenants and whether it’s a good idea.
