Virginia K. Smith

Even though Odd Mom Out (currently awaiting its second season) as, at its heart, sort of all about real estate porn—what else would you focus on if you found yourself suddenly moving in the circles of ultra-wealthy Upper East Siders?—like so many 'New York' TV apartments that have come before it, 'Odd Mom' Jill's pad is just a sound stage (albeit one designed to look just like author/star Jill Kargman's real life UES digs). You can take a video tour of the place below (and check out more photos here). Mostly, it looks like a standard classic six, with lots of Pinterest-friendly touches like non-threatening skulls and wall-mounted chalk boards:

Ever wonder why you can't find an apartment to buy—besides the nigh impossible task of coming up with the down payment and the impossibly tight inventory? It could be that everything you'd be interested in was shopped around and sold before even officially being on sale. Off-market listings (also known as "whisper" or "pocket listings") are apparently exploding not just in the New York City market—where they've been popular for some time—but across the entire country, as the Wall Street Journal reports.

What is a maisonette apartment? Sometimes, it seems like there are as many real estate jargon terms out there as there are actual apartments. In our new feature, Bricktionary, we decode them, one buzzword at a time. As a rule, ground floor apartments get treated as second-class citizens of the real estate world, and not without good reason. Oftentimes, living on street level means extra noise, less light (thanks, in part, to bars on the windows), and a higher chance of rodent run-ins, not to mention nosy (or pervy) bipeds peeking in. There's a reason these apartments are generally cheaper than the exact equivalent located several floors up.