Category Archives: Dirty Real Estate Tricks

A Real Estate Convo Reminiscient of 1992…UH OH!

At the end of the day yesterday I received a phone call from the son of prospective sellers who own a luxury one bedroom condominium on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  This is precisely the phone call that I … Continue reading

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Thursday Link-O-Rama

Not enough time to come up with anything original today.  Busy trying to finally get the TrueGotham TV pilot shot (looks like it’s FINALLY happening next Friday) and of course I have to tend to my sellers who are ready … Continue reading

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The Bizarre Manhattan Co-op Market and Those Who Make It So

I’m still on vacation but dabbling on the computer this AM as the rain continues to come down…the kids and I did have a nice swim in the rain though.  Anyway, I just received this email from a TrueGotham reader … Continue reading

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Friday Limk-O-Rama

First I want to apologize for the light postings this week.  Some exciting things going on behind the scenes here that are taking up a great deal of my time.  That said, here are some links that I found interesting in … Continue reading

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Dirty Tricks Aren’t Limited to Agents

It’s almost always the real estate agent who gets the bad press when a deal goes awry.  Sometimes it is absolutely warranted and other times it is the case that people just feel they have to blame someone and me … Continue reading

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My Co-op Is Growing: More Evidence of Square Footage Lies

Back on Monday.  Here’s a recent post that is something I’m passionate about.  BTW…I have a solution for the square footage fiasco and will share on the first episode of TGTV…stay tuned. Jonathan Miller’s latest Three Cents Worth graph was … Continue reading

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Another Argument for Change in Commission Structure

Still away and back on Monday but here’s a post that ran March 5th of this year that stirred things up a bit. Respected blogger and real estate agent Noah Rosenblatt tells the story of his experience recently with one … Continue reading

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Real Estate Agents and Their Reputations

Happy 4th!  Back Monday the 9th but here’s a post that originally appeared January 29th of this year. True Gotham was born to help clean up the reputation of the real estate industry by giving the consumer insight into the … Continue reading

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Do You Remember Last September?

Reminder that I’m away this week…this post originally appeared June 26th of last year but the same holds true today. Everywhere you go in the online real estate world, there’s something about cooling markets, normalization, air coming out of bubbles… … Continue reading

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Things You Can Overhear in the Real Estate Office

Originally posted June 15, 2006. This is precisely why I think this blog is a necessity. Yesterday someone said that she just took an exclusive listing from a seller and she was laughing that it would NEVER sell as it … Continue reading

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