Wherever you live, if you live in America, every decade you suffer through the onslaught of the information gathering of the Census.  It’s slightly less bad than the cycle of locusts, but presumably as messy for those who have to recycle the mounds of paper wasted during the collection of data. What happens?  The government
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Will buyers be able to time the market?  There is always the idea that when the market dips, that buyers will know and be able to take advantage of it.  However, rarely are buyers that brave.  Courage is what’s required in that moment, just when everyone is screaming, running in the other direction… Right now,
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A few years ago, clients started asking me if they could purchase only in buildings that had banned smoking.  On the flip side, some landlords wanted to only have tenants in their units that didn’t smoke. This seemed like a really, really hard thing to enforce.  Now, a few years later, not only is smoking
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    I was a bit shocked to hear during an interview that, when asked about his feelings on New York City, best-selling author Ryan Holiday had this to say about New York (around 1:32:00): “I did spend some time in New York.  I went there after my first book sold.  I thought that ‘Oh,
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One of my favorite movie scenes is from “Anchorman,” featuring Will Farrell.  Rival news teams suddenly are embroiled in a massive gang battle, with crazy weapons and over-the-top violence, all done with a smirk. “Well, that escalated quickly,” Farrell’s character, as they contemplate the medieval weapons that had just stopped being hurled (over a cold
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I’ve been peppered with introductions, postcards, and interview requests to discuss the variety of new businesses cropping up to help homebuyers lock down properties, refinance and take cash out of their properties, and other creative models.  On one hand, I’m petrified about the fine print of these programs and shudder about who won’t read it. 
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The timing could not be better to share our latest inventory report.  What you’ll notice in it is that that launching of new units to market cannot keep up with the pace of sales.  Our current market remains stronger than where we were this time in 2020. Across all price points, this market activity exceeds
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The Narrative: “The New York Times is working on a story about New Yorkers who left the the city for the suburbs (or perhaps for another city) when Covid hit. Now, with businesses reopening and bosses insisting on seeing their employees IN PERSON rather than on Zoom,  at least a few days a week, some
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Just last month… I wrote about five little things that, if improved, would help our real estate market get back to full health more quickly (you can read it all here).  They were: Bringing Back Normal Open Houses Getting Managing Agents back to Full Speed Eliminating COVID forms Brokers Making Themselves Readily Available for Appointments
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Here, I share what a difference a year makes. Our team is poised to close over $100 Million in business in the first half of 2021, and in the last thirty days, we did more business than we did in ALL OF 2020. While we never freaked out, we certainly cannot believe how DESPERATION in
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