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Culturally Inclined Community Support Edition

Community Support

Community Support As we socially isolate in response to COVID-19, we are all gaining a greater appreciation of our homes.  As New Yorkers, mean so much more than the physical spaces we live in. The home encompasses our unique neighborhoods, our fellow neighbors, and our community at large. That’s why we are determined to support people and places that make our great city feel like home – Continue Reading

Culturally Inclined Gramercy Park

Gramercy Park – March 2020

  Gramercy Park The streets of New York are so quiet and otherworldly.  It is so quiet. The wind's breath can be heard moaning as it twists and turns in between the colossal buildings.  Another unprecedented time we are living through that seems sometimes like a dream or nightmare rather than real life.  This is an opportunity to be supportive and be collaboratively Continue Reading

Midtown, February 2020

  Winter Feels like Spring New York City’s mild weather patterns for January and February are more reminiscent of spring than winter.  Consequently, the trees and flowers are fooled so their buds emerged earlier than expected. I recently read Richard Powers Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory.  This epic story is about the wonderful life and alarming death of trees and Continue Reading

Rental Dishwasher

Truth About Rental Dishwashers

  Featured In Apartment Therapy The Truth About Rental Dishwashers  Featured In Apartment Therapy article by Brittany Anas covers "The Truth About Rental Dishwashers". Depending on its brand, a  rental dishwasher can increase the cost of the rent. It all comes down to the quality of the dishwasher appliance and how quickly your landlord or property management company wants to Continue Reading

Who to Notify of Change of Address

After Closing; Who to Notify of a Change of Address?

  After Closing; Who to Notify of a Change of Address? Exciting news you closed on your new home. A set of keys are in your possession.  Now what?  As a new homeowner exciting memories await you.  With that in mind, the move-in process begins with a myriad of activities demanding your attention. Besides changing the lock(s) on your doors.  Often overlooked are a few Continue Reading

Leasehold

What Is A Leashold?

Featured in Apartment Therapy "What is a Leasehold"? By Gina Vaynshteyn's article: What is Leasehold A leasehold is when a person is leasing a property actually owned by someone else for an extended period of time, treating it as their home. Someone with a leasehold can’t execute the kinds of actions a freeholder can, like selling the house or transferring ownership of it. Leasehold Continue Reading

Greenwich Village

Culturally Inclined Greenwich Village, December 2019

    Mirror of Life “Architecture is the very mirror of life.  You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.” - I.M. Pei, Pritzker Prize-winning Architect. We lost a true titan in the real estate world this year, the Pritzker Prize Committee praised I.M. Pei’s work “can be Continue Reading

Upper West Side

Upper West Side, November 2019

Sparkling New York New York City is a sparkling winter wonderland with so many trees, ornaments, and holiday windows a glow. Rising in the night sky is December’s, Long Nights Moon. Its prominent name reflects its high trajectory across the sky. Along with causing it to sit above the horizon for a longer period-of- time augmenting the illumination.  The fragrances of pine trees, apple cider Continue Reading

Earnest Money

How Earnest Money Can Help You Buy the Home of Your Dreams

  Featured In Apartment Therapy "How Earnest Money Can Help You Buy the Home of Your Dreams" written by Gina Vaynshteyn.  The article discusses the meaning of Earnest Money Deposit when buying a home. Quote Featured In Apartment Therapy Generally speaking "it’s kind of like putting a ring on it". Karen Kostiw of Warburg Realty tells Apartment Therapy, “An earnest money deposit is Continue Reading

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