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NYC Real(i)ty Speak: It's an apartment, not the Sistine Chapel Read More
By Veronica X.
October 15, 2010 - 13:51 PM
Work of art or just an apartment??? With all due respect to the true art of architecture, some real estate listings strain to make that junior-4 sound like the Sistine Chapel...
NYC Real(i)ty Speak: MORTgage means death in Latin
By Veronica X.
October 8, 2010 - 07:05 AM
Mortgage starts with MORT, from the Latin word for "death." There's a reason for that.
Read More NYC Real(i)ty Speak: Board interrogation, er, interview
By Veronica X.
September 30, 2010 - 07:20 AM
They know everything from your bra size to whether you pay your parking tickets on time. Now they ask the unaskable.
Read More NYC Real(i)ty Speak: A little elevator convo goes a long way
By Veronica X.
September 23, 2010 - 09:45 AM
The elevator is your building's social incubator, and when you hop on, it's a short ride to innuendo.
Read More NYC Real(i)ty Speak: Rentalisms Read More
By Veronica X.
September 16, 2010 - 11:17 AM
Finding a rental in New York is more funhouse than fun, which is why every novice renter could use a translator to decipher phrases like these:
NYC Real(i)ty Speak: "Perfect for pets" = "Sorry, no pets allowed" Read More
By Veronica X.
September 9, 2010 - 12:01 PM
As we have demonstrated before, there is a minefield of doublespeak to negotiate when looking for an apartment in New York City.
And that's when the demographics are purely human. A whole new lexicon is required where pets become involved.
