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:
Next to bed bugs, mold is perhaps the least welcome of uninvited houseguests. It can also be hazardous to your health and expensive to get rid of.
Unless you’ve taken out supplemental mold coverage, you’ll get limited assistance from your renter’s, co-op or condo insurance.
Q. We are thinking of buying a co-op that was renovated by the sponsor. It's a middle-of-the-road renovation that isn't really our style but we're prepared to live with it for a few years until we can afford to redo it.
Our main concern, since the sponsor is a little on the sleazy side, is to make sure they didn't take any shortcuts, especially on the bathroom and kitchen.
What sort of things should we watch out for?
Q. How often should I expect my co-op maintenance charges to go up? What's a normal increase and why? Does it ever go down?
A. Expect your maintenance charges to go up every year or two, say our experts, and expect the increases to be well above inflation.
