Virginia K. Smith

Sometimes, spending years in a rental with a rat problem and holes in the floor can really, truly pay off—to the tune of $112,000, in the case of one lucky (and persistent) Hamilton Heights renter. 

Small-space horror stories to make us all feel better about our own digs (Curbed NY)

Finally, a map to help you find all the single people in New York (Visualizing NYC via Gothamist)

Buck up: just because you can't afford the $250,000/month "Champagne apartment" at the Palace Hotel, doesn't mean you aren't already living in the lap of New York "luxury." At least, luxury as it's shakily defined by optimistic brokers.

Now this is how you renovate a galley kitchen (Sweeten)

How to live not just comfortably, but stylishly, in 90 square feet (Curbed NY)

Choosing a neighborhood based on its most popular dog breed is perfectly valid (Gothamist)

An asking price of $2.31 million for a sprawling, landmarked, 10-bedroom mansion instead of, say, an overpriced Midtown one-bedroom? Naturally, there are some catches. And in this case, it's that you might share the place with ghosts, or at least buy a house that arguably qualifies as the ultimate fixer-upper.