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By Virginia K. Smith |July 6, 2015 - 12:59PM

Troubleshooting

'Subway vigilante' Bernie Goetz has an innovative strategy for keeping an illegal pet

By Virginia K. Smith |June 30, 2015 - 2:59PM

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If you're rent-stabilized, you won't see your rent go up thanks to new rent freeze

By Virginia K. Smith |June 30, 2015 - 9:59AM

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72 NYC renters on what they wish they'd known sooner

… live and learn is truer than in New York City Firsttime renters may think a cozy apartment sounds cute veterans know … Newcomers may think that a bedroom that looks out into a courtyard will be nice and quiet veterans know its dark … nearly impossible to sublet I actually want to move a few months before my lease is up Only Time Warner Cable is …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 30, 2015 - 8:59AM

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How to make sure your balcony is safe this summer

By Virginia K. Smith |June 26, 2015 - 9:59AM

The Market

6 surprising roadblocks than can mess up your mortgage application

… in its tracks Below six roadblocks to nip in the bud before youre sitting at the closing table … UNEXPECTED CASH … come with complications of its own says Peter Costakos a Brooklyn branch manager for Mortgage Master If youre buying … saying Do your due diligence before you finalize any sale … THE WRONG KIND OF CREDIT CARD DEBT … Yes you probably …

By Virginia K. Smith |June 24, 2015 - 9:59AM