Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
Posts by Teri Karush Rogers:
Stick a condo rendering in front of us and our pulse immediately slows down.
- Bed bug disclosure bill might apply to co-ops (Habitat Mag)
- Pace of Manhattan apartment sales up 80% over last year (Wall Street Journal)
- How to rent out your condo (coopandcondo.com)
Thanks to everyone who shared their apartment peeves as part of our portable air conditioner contest last week, sponsored by the chill folks at Air-Conditioner-Home.com.
We heard tales ranging from a left-handed fridge in a right-handed kitchen to a self-loathing woodpecker that has broken the same window three times after spying his own reflection.
The winning entry comes from Katie in Brooklyn:
A fair price doesn't always get the deal done in NYC real estate.
When a deal stalls or the competition quickens, it may be time to trot out the “deal sweeteners”–incentives that, depending on the situation, give a psychological and/or material assist to whomever is furthest from the closing table.
What's working in this market? BrickUnderground asked those in the trenches for their stories.
Deal sweeteners to woo a buyer:
