A. Ready

It's a walk-up building. The apartments are small.  And it's located very far east, on East 72nd Street near York Avenue. This is all true, but landlord Jack Resnick is offering two rent-stabilized apartments at extremely low prices. There's a studio for $1,525 and a one-bedroom unit for $1,530 (we suspect the tiny price difference between the studio and the one-bedroom reflects the fact that the one-bedroom is on a higher floor). The apartments have oak-stipped floors and modern kitchens and baths.

Many renters have an occasional beef with their landlord. Some have major issues. But if you live in one of the 3,300 units in the 200 buildings just effectively blacklisted by the New York City Department of Housing and Preservation commissioner, you are officially paying rent to a slumlord.

Rent.com wants us to know that according to an unnamed survey, 87%  of Americans no longer believe owning a home is the American Dream. It's also offering to pay your rent for a year if you win their "New American Dream" contest, such as your desire to be "traveling the world, sending your kids to college, starting a business or becoming a rock star" rather than remain a slave to your mortgage payment.

A 43-year-old single male apartment dweller posting on StreetEasy.com is looking to upgrade his abode, and at the same time add some mojo to his life. Currently renting a smallish one-bedroom for $3,200, he wants something "groovier," perhaps to own, if he can get over his ambivalence over buying.

The new 298-unit building located at 1510 Lexington Avenue (at 97th Street) is part of the three-building complex known as Carnegie Hill Place. What sets it apart from its peers, however, is the fact that it is green. The building is currently awaiting LEED silver certification, and smoking is forbidden in the building, including in the individual apartments.