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Showing Occupied Apartments

Brokers have a standard modus operandi when selling apartments: Depersonalize the property, stage it, and disappear. Take down family photos, stow the artwork, clear out excess furniture and the clutter of everyday life. And most importantl…

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COVID-19 Where is the Apartment Market Headed?
Where is the Apartment Market Headed?

A famous scene in a 1980s Woody Allen film features two real estate agents trudging toward each other from opposite directions in the desert. Both appear battered, their clothes frayed, their hair and beards unkempt. When they meet, one ask…

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Buying & Selling Expanding the Virtual Tour
Expanding the Virtual Tour

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with traditional in-person apartment showings off the table for pretty much the entire spring season, many in the residential real estate industry scrambled to incorporate “virtual” components into …

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Law & Legislation New Tools for Housing Equality
New Tools for Housing Equality

On Friday, July 24, New York State passed S6874A/A8903-A, a bill granting the NY Department of State greater authority to punish real estate licensees for violating the state’s Human Rights Law.  According to the text of the bill, “The…

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Buying & Selling Get Out!
Get Out!

If selling is an art, then real estate agents are in many ways like landscape painters -- in other words, they prefer a vista without human characters. It’s not that they don’t like people; it’s because it’s much easier for a prospectiv…

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