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Just days after New York City Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal revealed the results of her undercover investigation of Airbnb rentals, the city of San Francisco has levied a six-figure penalty in the settlement of a lawsuit it filed against two landlords for evicting rent-controlled tenants and using their apartments as short-term digs available on Vrbo, HomeAway and, yes, Airbnb.
Warmer climes are finally here, and what better way to enjoy the feel-good weather than with your own private outdoor space? Check out these open houses for terrace-equipped spaces asking under $2 million:
Any self-respecting New Yorker would quickly disabuse the notion that the city's inhospitable to our furry friends. (Have you been to the Upper West Side?) But just how pet-friendly are we? Not as much as San Francisco, or six other cities (including Seattle, Denver, Chicago and Portland) for that matter, according to real estate database Trulia (via CNNMoney).
In honor of FSBO Week, we're featuring apartments on this weekend's open-house circuit that are going the market broker-free.
First stop, Clinton Hill:
Gothamist has unearthed fantastic footage of circa-1980s East Village, long before it underwent its fashionable makeover, which got us doing a little digging ourselves. This nugget from 1991 shows "man on the street" interviewer Jerry Rio planting himself at the corner of West 72nd Street and Broadway, which, too, has been the nexus of the neighborhood's spendy transformation.