Proud To Be A Service Provider
I feel proud to work in a service business. That’s not just because I like to make people happy, although that is certainly a factor. Offering a great service requires focus on multiple issues, often in… More
I feel proud to work in a service business. That’s not just because I like to make people happy, although that is certainly a factor. Offering a great service requires focus on multiple issues, often in… More
Technology has revolutionized the residential real estate business. I was an agent in the day of file cards, when each listing was represented by a hand-typed 3 X 5 card, sorted by address and lodged in… More
It’s always fun to hobnob with your peers. This past week I attended the International Luxury Real Estate Conference held by luxuryrealestate.com in Boston. I was delighted to have been asked to present on “Negotiating” and… More
Co-op prices lag condo prices. Year after year, the percentage increase in value for condominiums, which buyers own outright, has been higher than for co-ops, in which buyers own shares in the co-op corporation and most… More
The buyer wants Park or Fifth Avenue. She insists she will not go anywhere else. The perfect apartment is on 57th Street by the East River. What does the resourceful agent do? Alternatively, the buyer wants… More
As a native New Yorker, how do I feel about the gentrifying of the city? I certainly don’t miss the really bad old days. Big kids in Central Park tried to steal a sled from my… More
One of my agents recently closed a $10 million plus deal in a top co-op. The buyer, a Wall Streeter who had made some unfortunate decisions during the recession a few years back, had accumulated a… More
Although I have been out of college for over 40 years, I still think of September as the beginning of the new year. And in the real estate brokerage business September really IS the beginning of… More
I like to joke that, for many sellers, there are only two possible ways to regard the work of their real estate agents. If their property sells quickly, the seller fears the agent underpriced it. If… More
I am often asked if I live in a constant state of real estate envy. After all, so the thinking goes, I must see so much beautiful property that I am constantly burdened by desire. In… More