Higher rents? Safer buildings? Find out how NYC’s new loft law affects you
You can't help the nagging feeling that something is wrong with your new digs. Maybe it's the contant draft from…
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Moving? Brooklyn actors will haul your stuff for free
A Brooklyn-based theater troupe will help you move if you let them put on a play -- about moving, of…
Guru professes secrets to living rent-free in NYC
Former rent payer Roberto Gonzalez shares his real-estate secrets in his hugely popular Skillshare class "Life Hack: how to Live…
So why can’t you have your own washer/dryer?
A reader at real estate blog BrickUnderground asks a question on the mind of so many of us who cart…
Who slept with your apartment before you?
The most curious aspect of my Bushwick apartment, after the painstakingly hand-painted portrait of Capt. Jack Sparrow on one wall,…
Moving? You might save hundreds by waiting a few months
Did you know that rents in Brooklyn can vary as much as $600 depending on what time of year you…
How do you survive the roommate from hell?
Why is it so hard to find a good roommate? Brokespeare wrote, “Miserly living acquaints a man with strange apartment-fellows.”…
You vs. the landlord: who has to pay?
Living in New York City means we are paying more than our fair share of rent, but it doesn’t mean…
Fort Greene complex has apartments under $500
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Squatters move from the streets to the classroom
Did we miss a law change or gutter punk call to arms that's making squatting all the rage again? First…