Fresh Direct tipping not just for schmucks...the rent-buy pretzel...your property manager is having a nervous breakdown, and more

By Teri Karush Rogers | September 22, 2011 - 10:37AM

Most people tip the Fresh Direct guy (unless he pees in the stairwell)... (UrbanBaby.com forum)
…and if you don't tip the doorman, well, better hope the fridge lasts (UrbanBaby.com forum)
Will nitrous oxide gangs replace nightclubs as the newest neighborhood nuisance? (Gothamist.com)
'Nothing makes you a real New Yorker like getting f***ed by a locksmith' (StreetEasy.com forum)
Apartment taking too long to sell? Dullify it! (NYTimes)
NYC sales prices 'crawling softly upward' …(NY Magazine)
…but buying is cheaper than renting... (NY1)
….except you still can't get a mortgage, which is why NYC rents will stay so crazy high you'd be crazy not to buy (amNY)
City violation blitz literally driving property managers insane (HabitatMag.com)
Forget closing costs. The cost of walking away before closing on a new condo ain't pretty either. (StreetEasy.com forum)

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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.

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