Jennifer Laing

There may or may not be a perfect time of year to list a New York City apartment, but according to Trulia (by way of Business Insider), paying attention to these significant calendar events may help you in your quest to sell.

This three-bedroom apartment in the far, far reaches of Bushwick is remote by anyone's standards (it's 35-40 minutes to Union Square on the subway and located off the Bushwick-Aberdeen stop on the L train), but at $2,500/month—that's just $833 per person—it's as good a price as you're likely to find for a slick, sunny, and newly-renovated space like this one.

Despite the fact that apartments are small, dogs are often left home alone for hours on end, and most toileting requires exercise on the owner’s part as well as the pooch’s, New York City is a veritable haven for dogs (just check out your local dog run before and/or after work for proof).

It may be tempting to pay off a mortgage as soon as humanly possible—say, when those first few bonus checks roll in. (That line of thinking is especially true in New York City when a huge mortgage is often associated with a comparatively tiny apartment.) But, according to Zillow, there are cons to getting rid of that mortgage ASAP, and they go beyond prepayment penalties. Before you give your bank a huge chunk of change, remember these points: