A first-time renter's surprise questions—answered

… York reality check than waking up from the dream that is a rentstabilized lease to the nightmare that is marketrate … ways of this market and armed with higher expectations than your average firsttime renter To save our readers from a … of brokering and are affiliated with a brokerage firm which can presumably hold them accountable if something goes …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 3, 2015 - 8:59AM
Smells that sell: how an apartment's scent can make or break a deal

… The barebones Harlem rental I moved into after college happened to share an air duct with a chickenandburger joint the fumes of … the shower Meaning then that when I went to get clean the smell of soap mingled in the hot damp air with the smell of …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 26, 2015 - 8:59AM