One reason you should buy instead of rent: New York is a great place to grow old in

… of sticking it out courtesy of the AARPs new livability index which ranks NYC as a pretty great place to spend your … twilight years Given that this is coming from the AARP the index is geared toward the 50andover set but most of the …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 23, 2015 - 12:30PM
The Paranoid New Yorker's Guide to Googling Your Neighborhood

… if youre buying and rented a potential bargaining chip with landlords You can even look up the number of trees in your … in toxic fumes you might as well know now … New York State Sex Offender Registry … Who are the people in your …

By BrickUnderground |April 23, 2015 - 8:59AM
A landlord hits back about that possible rent freeze

actually pass the Rent Guidelines Board this year thanks to a study showing landlord operating costs to be at a relative low Yet … to cover my expenses The new preferential rent tenants will find their rents closer to market rent to compensate for my …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 22, 2015 - 12:30PM
It's cheap(ish) to be a landlord right now—and there might be a rent freeze as a result

… York Post reports The reason  According to the RGBs  Price Index of Operating Costs the cost of being a landlord … 05 percent this year one of the lowestever increases in the past several decades thanks in large part to a 21 percent …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 20, 2015 - 2:30PM