New Yorkers recall the apartments they wish they said yes to

… bidding wars lost or maybe the biggest horror of them all a rentcontrolled apartment left behind for good If you want … proof of this Gotham phenomenon it was highlighted in a 1990 Seinfeld episode called The Robbery When Jerrys … meant a broker fee for no reason And on top of that I am currently freelancing thus having irregular sources of income …

By Kelly Kreth |September 4, 2018 - 2:00PM
What 10 New Yorkers learned after calling it quits on their homes

… dungeon or conversely make a  headsmackingly  cheap rent too steep a price to pay Sometimes a breakup is in …  any relationship especially the one with your super No rental discount is worth  living next to literal  crackheads … Day This Valentines Day couples can buy land in Newark for $1000   … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The Market … Sell … The …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |February 13, 2015 - 9:59AM
A bargain on the Upper West Side turns into a nightmare, thanks to one crazy landlord

… to sublet her 900squarefoot onebedroom with a terrace at 113 West 75th Street It was 1992 and she wanted a paltry $700 a month for a place that would have rented for $2500 a month Doug is a real estate broker He … was making no profit from his sublease Even though it was a rentstabilized apartment she had gotten permission from the …

By Kelly Kreth |April 29, 2014 - 11:59AM
"Much like my BMW 5 series, my wife decided our Yorkville home had to go"

… For almost two years Robert rented a twobedroom apartment at East 72nd Street and York … avenues off of where I wanted to be and it felt at least 10 degrees colder there than anywhere else in the city A native New Yorker whose relatives had owned Manhattan rental buildings Rachel had scored the apartment from the …

By Kelly Kreth |April 8, 2014 - 2:30PM
Forced out by a rent hike, Chelsea fan still longs for her little studio

… a perfect studio in a doorman elevator building on West 13th Street and Seventh Avenue What was even more … the building was sold and Holly received a notice that her rent would jump to $2450 a month from $1750 Soon after … if she had to move Holly wanted to get a bigger place She rented a large onebedroom with a woodburning fireplace in an …

By Kelly Kreth |April 1, 2014 - 2:30PM
Orange Is The New Black's Alysia Reiner on the Upper West Side duplex she loved and lost

… Alysia Reiner  still pines for the suburban oasis she fashioned out … the sitcom The Exesreturned to Manhattan and got wind of an apartment for rent on West 84th Street Reiner with her …

By Kelly Kreth |March 25, 2014 - 2:30PM
The One That Got Away: A Staten Island castle too small for the both of us

… the greatest apartment in a suburban area of Staten Islanda 15minute walk from the ferryfor about two years starting in … expired three months later  Graham moved out The $1650 rent was too much for him to afford on his own otherwise he … a complete stranger B rickUndergrounds 6 step guide to renting a NYC apartment with roommates The One That Got Away …

By Kelly Kreth |March 18, 2014 - 2:30PM
The One That Got Away: 'I gave up a chance to buy my East Village 2-bedroom for a laughable $90K'

… He got into the citys club scene as a teenager in the 1980s working the door at Limelight and doing various other … I was being asked to pay David has had at least six other rental apartments shares and sublets included …   … since … chronicles stories of love and loss in NYC real estate … Rent … Roommates + Landlords … Live … Neighborhood Intel … …

By Kelly Kreth |March 6, 2014 - 8:59AM
The One That Got Away: I lost my dream home and all I got was a lousy $50K

… come through a breakup and then in his late30s was content to stay put Until an attorney made him an offer he should … all over a few years it would work to their advantage he reasons And then he waited A couple of weeks went by and the … An ode to New York City on Valentines Day Landlord wants to buy you out How to name your price plus reallife examples …

By Kelly Kreth |February 25, 2014 - 2:34PM