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BOOK REVIEW: Crash Boom! Rx for Real Estate Wealth

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

I’M NORMALLY EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS of financial ‘gurus’ and of people who have their heads swayed by their often-dubious advice. But a new book by Greg Rand, a real estate entrepreneur who contributes to Fox News (maybe that’s why I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Classic Clinton Hill Brownstone Under 1M

Posted on July 13, 2010 by

I COULD TOTALLY WORK THIS BUILDING. If I could scare up 200K for a down payment, that is. First off, I think the ask is very reasonable (it’s newly reduced to 995K from 1.15M). The building is utterly classic, a … Continue reading →

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A Landlady’s Woes

Posted on August 25, 2009 by

LEST YOU THINK it’s all done with smoke and mirrors, let me re-cap some of the things I’ve had to deal with in the past two months as the owner of four very old houses (two in Brooklyn, two in … Continue reading →

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So Ya Wanna Be a Landlady?

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD. When all the rent checks roll in promptly on the first of the month, and there’s a long spell without broken appliances or electrical issues or, God forbid, rats. Sometimes it sucks. I must make it look … Continue reading →

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Contract Remorse

Posted on March 14, 2009 by

THIS WEEK I went to contract on a 1940s shingled cottage in Springs (or is it “the” Springs? I guess I’ll find out). It’s a hamlet a few miles north of East Hampton, on Long Island’s South Fork. I should … Continue reading →

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