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:
With your holiday tipping angst safely behind you, it's time to mine the halo effect of your largesse: Bigger than normal requests of your super, handyman, porter or doorman are more likely to be indulged now while the memory of your generosity is fresh.
Here is a sampling of Big Asks to consider before the half-life of your gratuity expires:
But last week’s Craigslist nightmare--in which the seller of an engagement ring was allegedly attacked by a mobster posing as a customer--renewed our anxieties about fulfilling our man-with-a-van yen online.
Sometimes it pays to stick around over the holidays.
She was beautiful while she lasted, but now her needles are dropping faster than your post-Yuletide bank balance.
Technically, these are the top dozen posts from the past seven months, because we've only been around since May. But a busy and fascinating seven months it was.
Herewith, the stories that raised the most eyebrows:
Last week we hypothesized that co-ops and condos would be better off if their managing agents--like the ones in charge of rental buildings--were more keenly motivated to suggest and carry out quality of life improvements.
This week, we look at whether co-ops and condos should behave more like rentals when it comes to resolving disputes among residents.
