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:
- A surefire way to scare off buyers: New construction next door (NY Times)
- Going green can now boost your appraisal value (The Real Deal)
- And you though
There are a lot of reasons hoarders make bad neighbors: Their pathologically cluttered apartments present a fire risk and can also become a haven for pests of all kinds, including bed bugs. Apartments of hoarders are, in fact, notorious reservoirs for bed bugs, and can literally doom the efforts to de-infest building.
How do you know if you have a hoarder in your midst?
- How not to be boiled alive during open window season a.k.a.
It’s a no-brainer that bringing bed bugs to your new apartment presents a severe obstacle to the enjoyment of said apartment.
So if you’ve had bed bugs in the past year, or your neighbors have, or you’re simply concerned about putting all your worldly belongings into a moving truck potentially crawling with them, we suggest you pencil an extra night or two into your move.
