Are You In or Are You Out?


At some point, I thought to write a post about “creating zoom spaces in your apartment.”   And what seemed like a cute, thoughtful article seemed flat, two-dimensional, and utterly banal. What had been lingering, having had an absolute blast doing an Instagram Live with Brianne Manz of Stroller in the City, was to zoom out
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VIDEO: The Power of Our Network To Bring Buyers & Sellers Together NOW


We know exactly what we need to know to get buyers and sellers more confident- and deals moving more quickly- and that is Price Discovery.  Waiting for closing prices isn’t enough today.  We need to know NOW. And we are making this happen through the power of our broker network.  Our team is able to
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Fear vs Reality in Manhattan, Being Away, Coming Back


We have been in a parallel universe for many months, when many of my clients and many New Yorkers left to second homes, rentals, childhood homes, Europe, the mountains and beaches, National Parks, and beyond.  No one seems to be zooming in while orbiting the planet, unlike this tv show Away, where cell phone service
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Five Reasons to Move To NYC RIGHT NOW


If you happen to read a newspaper or watch the news, you will read about those who are fleeing New York City.  Unfortunately, these articles, whether from the near-tabloid-level drama of the NY Post these days, or even the more genteel Financial Times- each is rife with plenty of misprints and misinformation about just how
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VIDEO: Your Dream Home is Now A Good Business Decision


In this video, a little longer than normal, I lay out the market that you have today in which to buy.  A moment, perhaps a bigger time, when you can find your dream home, and won’t have to compromise- AND, the best part is that it’s also a great business decision.  This is a generational
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What Will NYC Do With 20-30% more Public Space? I Can’t Wait To Find Out


I remember being in New York in the summer of 1999, a couple of years before I moved here.  My friend was put off by the smell in the summer in the city, the rancid stink.  He was complaining about the filth, the heaps of trash on the sidewalk, presumably the night before the garbagemen
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Send Me Good Deals


My favorite email and comment at a cocktail party, back when we had them- is this: “Scott, if you see a good opportunity to buy an investment property Manhattan, let me know.”  Or “If you see a good deal, something I can’t pass up on, let me know.” The passing comment is so common.  I’m
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Positive Is Negative, and Negative is Positive – And Why New York City is Definitely Not Dead


We live in a time when to be positive, in this case, COVID positive, is negative- something to be feared, something to be careful about. We also live in a time when being negative, in this case negative about the future of New York City, seems to have quite a large bandwagon. Recently the NY Post
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VIDEO: July 2020 The Market Is Reopened and You Can View Apartments from Your Beach Chair!



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Why Stage My Apartment? The Top 5 Reasons


You’re ready to move forward, and are about to bring your apartment to market.  Exciting, crazy times, certainly now.  Lots of questions about how to prepare.  I have had to go through it myself, and am always trying to view the world through a seller’s eyes.  I recently read an article about staging your apartment.  The
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Recent Blog Posts

What’s Worth More? Staging or Off-Market Marketing? Our Deal of the Month @ 130 West 30th Street
What is Congestion Pricing Going To Do to Manhattan’s Real Estate Market?
(VIDEO) A Return to Real Estate Health in 2025
The End of Rental Broker Commissions As You Know It. The Beginning of Even-Higher Rents.
The Sometimes Secret to Dealmaking? Waiting. (Our Deal of the Month @ 52 Riverside Drive)
(VIDEO) Don’t Take My Word For It. The NYC Housing Market is Better Than You’ve Heard.
How Much does Overcustomization Cost? (Our Deal of the Month)
A New Way To Save Real $$ on your Prewar Apartment Renovation—by Using Smart Home Systems (and Calling the Electrician)
(VIDEO) The Win-Win Window is Closing
What Happens when Your Agent Becomes an Advisor? Our Deal of the Month: 24 East 82nd

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