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:
Back in the early 70s, concerns over air quality caused New York City buildings to shift from garbage incinerators to trash chutes and compactors.
This was excellent news for roaches, rodents, flies and beetles, which scurried aboard the all-you-can-eat autobahns snaking through many of the city's apartment buildings.
- Best gifts from brokers: Sex toys, vases, $1,000 Williams Sonoma cards (StreetEasy forum)
- Do you have to pay a flip tax when you buy out your ex-? (StreetEasy forum)
- Why co-op boards are getting stricter (The Apple, Peeled)
"A few years ago, my next door neighbors--a wonderful couple I had known very well for 10 years and refer to as my Jewish Parents--came by and asked me if I liked to travel - which anyone who knows me knows to be very true. Of course I said YES!
Them: 'We've had a time share in St. Martin for the last 15 years and are done going. Would you like to go?'
Me: 'Wonderful! YES!! How much?'
Them: 'It's free -- we would like to give it to you.'
Me: 'What a nice holiday gift! Next year when you go back I will be jealous!'
Last week, broker-blogger Malcolm Carter opined on what to tell (or not) the broker who's selling your apartment.
This week he offers some advice to buyers on when to zip it. Here are eight classic buyer faux-pas and how they sound to a broker:
1. “None of the 15 brokers who have worked with us seem to understand what we want.”
If you’ve ever eyed your elevator buttons with distrust in the height of flu season, this one’s for you: One Upper West Side building recently installed a freestanding hand sanitizer in its lobby.
“I first saw it when we did a walk through before closing on January 12th, and the buyer who was with me—who was pregnant and a doctor—commented that this was an excellent idea,” says Warburg Realty broker Shirley Hackel, who tipped us off to the innovation.
