David Colon

Here's what it's like to live next to a New York City cemetery. It's less spooky than you might think.

For three years, E. put up with the what you might expect from living next to a bar (people sitting and puking on her stoop) when pockets of pre-gentrified and post-gentrified Williamsburg existed side-by-side. This is her story.

"Cabbies have said things along the lines of, 'Are you quite sure this is where you live?' They get very concerned, I guess because the building looks abandoned."

It's outside the town of Phoenicia, and has protected forest for a neighbor.

Testing a superhero's real estate math.

Advice for newcomers with limited budgets.