Virginia K. Smith

We'll be rolling out fresh tips for surviving the city with kids this Family Week, but we also dug through the archives for our best advice on the apartment search, handling kid-related building etiquette, and eventually, helping your kid lock down their own slice of NYC real estate:

Finding the right neighborhood for you (and your brood)

A Craigslist apartment scammer is on the loose on the Lower East Side—here's how to avoid getting duped (Gothamist)

How to handle a neighbor who provides a 24-hour soundtrack (NYT)

When most of us think of new condo developments, "affordable" isn't the first word that springs to mind. And while this fall's onslaught of new condo units will feature quite a few high-priced options for the one percenters out there, the New York Daily News also reports that "more than half of the 2,500 new apartments slated to hit the market in Manhattan this fall will be geared toward first-time and price-sensitive buyers."