Leigh Kamping-Carder

The first step to preventing roommate disputes is finding the right apartment (okay, the first step is finding people you can stand to interact with before your morning caffeine, but the apartment is important, too). And this Fort Greene three-bedroom, available for $4,500 a month with no broker’s fee, may just be that place.

Shiny new condos may get all the attention, but these days, they’re often beyond the budget of the average buyer. As prices for new construction keep climbing, more buyers are warming up to apartments that need upgrades--a “marked difference from a few months ago,” when some considered these homes too risky, The Real Deal reports. "The people that really want to buy are looking at things that need work," one agent tells the magazine. 

Valentine's Day is a polarizing holiday, dividing up the world into those ashamed of being alone and those pressured to fulfill some romantic ideal. (OK, so maybe we can all agree that it's the worst.) But for New Yorkers, the emotional rollercoaster of finding, locking down, living in, and moving out of an apartment is arguably just as fraught as that of a love affair. 

There’s something seductive about purchasing the first condo or co-op you lay eyes on—saving yourself the agony of endless lists of pros and cons, reclaiming your Sunday afternoons from the open house circuit, and ending your search in one decisive action. And apparently, a growing number of New Yorkers are embracing this “one-and-done” method, the New York Daily News reports.