Virginia K. Smith

Tried and true tricks for finding your first New York apartment (Thrillist)

Landing a mortgage for your investment property might be tougher than you think (WSJ)

Here's why those empty storefronts on your street haven't been turned into bars (or stores) (Gothamist)

While (probably) no one was under the impression that people buy, sell, and rent out New York real estate just out of the goodness of their hearts, this is still pretty disheartening: New York Magazine scored an interview with a startlingly honest—and racist!—Brooklyn landlord and developer, and well, it's bad.

Hop on the New Yorkers-moving-to-LA bandwagon, if you must (Ratter, previously)

What's worse about this roommate story: the "curry-powder-covered-fish" smell, or the mold? You decide! (XOJane)

Staten Island: the land of affordable Victorians (Curbed NY, previously)

Chic room dividers that won't break the bank (My First Apartment)