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:
- Time Out's top 10 rental brokers (TimeOut NY)
- The naming of a co-op (NY Times)
- Rats terrorize Upper East Side (Wall Street Journal)
- Can I stop
Once inside an apartment, buyers often suffer from tunnel vision: Kitchens, bathrooms and views tend to obscure unsexy considerations like sponsor control and rental policies.
Broker-blogger Malcolm Carter has seen plenty of apartment hunters succumb to the wiles of a chef's kitchen only to wake up gasping in the not-very-happily ever after.
Here's his take on 10 questions buyers should ask beside whether the counter is granite or marble:
Q. Is a sponsor still in control of the building?
- Luxury Brooklyn condos turned into halfway house (Daily News)
- If doormen were doorwomen, they wouldn't be getting raises (UrbanBaby forum)
- How to spot a bad rental broker on Craigslist (The Apple, Peeled)
- Giv
BrickUnderground's Teri Rogers talks to NYC apartment dwellers about elevator etiquette.
Rule #1:Keep your pants on.
See more from BrickUnderground's apartment-dweller on the street series.
