This is a follow-up to the blog from 2 months ago- should you try to deal with bedbugs on your own? A few things for you to think about. It’s been a long, cold winter in New York City. The one good thing from the cold months is that the bedbugs go into hibernation! And
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No, there will be no dirty jokes here. I’m talking about both going sideways. I wouldn’t say that I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop, per se, but I have continually expected the dreaded “We’re seeing rates beginning to climb.” It’s like the conversation with your parents when you were in high school that
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Read my next post for my own opinions on this, but for now- Unfiltered Economist-Speak from BHS Chief Economist Gregory Heym: Manhattan apartment sales prices averaged $1,364,733 in the first quarter of 2011, virtually unchanged from a year ago, but 5% less than the fourth quarter of 2010. This marked the first time since the
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A little entertainment break: One of my favorite guys from Penn, Matt Rosler, begin “Dueling Tampons” years ago. It’s an homage to the so-named sculpture on Penn’s campus, and constantly touts Penn’s ties to the Entertainment Biz. This came today (are you going to be there?): DT Blast: Hollywood coming to Graduation/Reunion Weekend 2011! ________________________________________
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Friends and Clients, I am delighted to offer a new way for you to search for properties for sale. Simply go to www.scottharris.net – You will be able to search every property for sale in New York City, through our expanded offering, known as a Virtual Office Website. You simply have to register, and for
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We’re seeing great conditions for a busy spring- sellers are pricing apartments well, buyers are out in the marketplace and seeing value, and deal are happening. There is potential for doom and gloom perhaps nationwide- jobs are still difficult to find, inflation perhaps looms etc etc etc. However, things are growing a bit rosier in
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Complimentary Tickets HERE Please enjoy The Architectural Digest Home Design Show and visit us at Booth No. 168March 17-20, 2011 Pier 94, Booth 168 55th Street at West Side Highway • New York City archdigesthomeshow.com TO RECEIVE your complimentary tickets ONLINE. Instructions: 1) Click on “Complimentary Tickets” 2) Fill out the “Customer Information Form” and
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Like everyone, I am out there trying to look over the horizon. Have any of you seen the Ben Affleck movie “Paycheck?” It largely derives from a highly improbable plot, where Ben Affleck, young engineer MIT-type genius, is hired to reverse engineer a machine to see the future. Of course, his memory is erased after
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Once again, my favorite Professional Organizer, Maeve Richmond gives us some timely tips. Properly themed for Spring! I asked her to solve our need for ever-expanding square footage- of course, usually the walls are closing in, not the other way around. Specifically- what’s the best way to rotate your closet for Spring? She had some
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Did any of you watch the Grammys? Were you as disappointed as I was at the Madonna lookalike and soundalike Lady Gaga performance? What really had me jumping up and down mad wasn’t Usher trying to steal Justin Bieber’s spotlight, but that Lady Antebellum stole those Grammys from Cee-Lo Green. My test of a hit
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