Virginia K. Smith

Little upgrades can have a big impact on your final selling price (NYT, previously)

The next stop for artists priced out of Brooklyn: Pittsburgh? (Brooklyn Based)

New Yorkers are nothing if not industrious—and eager to get a deal at any and every opportunity. Naturally, that extends to our real estate transactions. Next week, we're tackling the wide world of For Sale By Owner apartment sales—that's FSBOs, to you—with coverage on everything from how to pull one off, what a FSBO is like from the buyer's perspective, and how much money ditching a broker really saves you, along with stories from sellers who've gone FSBO and lived to tell the tale.

Ridgewood is still cozy, less affordable than it used to be (NYP)

Another day, another fun map, this time of playgrounds where kids get the most injuries (DNAinfo)

It's long been an infuriating fact of adult life that while your credit score can make or break your application for a rental or mortgage, your history of rent payment has nothing to do with your credit score.