I won a $908 studio in Long Island City in NYC's housing lottery, but I didn't count on the culture shock

… up in the South Bronx She works in retail while going to medical school parttime New York Citys housing lottery … my aunts boyfriend is one of those guys who knows something about everything and he introduced me to the New York … when I got a call in the middle of the day on a Sunday about my music being too loud I knew these werent my kind of …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |July 23, 2024 - 1:00PM
I won a two bedroom in the Bronx for $655 a month in NYC's housing lottery

… Bronxborn  Katherine is a 20something single mother who works for a tech company When she was 18  her mom told her about NYCs  housing lottery   After years of applying at age 26 … considering the income requirements She really wanted me to live on my own because once I moved back in with her I had …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |June 26, 2024 - 9:30AM
I never thought I'd see the woodwork from my old apartment again. Then I went into a furniture store

… distinctive flourishes These artisans seemed to be still alive in the house through their handiwork which also … he said to me Do you have any idea how hard it is to find something like this And in this condition  I quickly came to … now think of as the Miracle of the Woodwork Its easy to see NYC real estate as a battleground but this experience has …

By Tanya Pollard |May 30, 2024 - 1:45PM
How I turned a storage shed behind my Brooklyn house into an art studio

… all around me many who were good friends but I was missing something important to me as an abstract artist namely a … Stories  features firstperson accounts of dramatic reallife NYC real estate experiences Have a story to share  Drop us … die To me it looked like a place that was blessed with many lives and it was beautiful  Our house is a modest house from …

By Willow Rabinovich |May 7, 2024 - 12:30PM