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.
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So why is BrickUnderground so pleased to welcome aboard our new Rent Coach columnist, Mike Akerly? Easy: As a NYC real estate attorney, experienced broker, landlord and renter, Mike single-handedly covers all bases of the NYC renter experience. Plus, he's really smart and we like his no-nonsense attitude.
Today broker-blogger Malcolm Carter tackles a perplexing topic for apartment buyers: How many apartments for sale in a single building spells trouble rather than opportunity?
In a thoughtful, fascinating post on StreetEasy.com stirring up our guilty real-estate bubble nostalgia, a first-time co-op buyer explains how he (or she) won the real estate lottery with the 2009 purchase of a modest $300k Soho co-op that now appears to be worth $400k.
NYC renters, aspiring renters and real estate obsessives take note: On Wednesday, July 20th from 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m., BrickUnderground kicks off a new monthly Meetup series, taking a mixer-style approach to our first, seasonally appropriate topic: Renting in NYC.
Q. When picking an agent to sell my apartment, how much does it matter whether the agent has sold in the neighborhood before?
A. "While it's not absolutely critical that an agent has prior experience in your building or neighborhood, it can certainly be an advantage," says Manhattan real estate broker Gordon Roberts.
Specifically, says Roberts:
