They say there are 8 million stories in the Naked City, and we'd guess at least half of them involve real estate. Well, we want 'em, and so do your fellow city-dwellers. Enlighten us about your unusual apartment search (or tactics), real estate successes and failures, or pretty much anything you think other NYC denizens might be curious to hear about. We may feature your story in an upcoming BrickUnderground article. (Oh, and did we mention that we pay for freelance work?) Click here to get in touch. And check out some examples below:
- what it's really like to live in a certain neighborhood (like Bed-Stuy)
- theprostitution ring next door
- yourco-op board interview
- selling your apartmentwithout a broker
- your childhoodgrowing up in a Manhattan co-op
- what you learnedas a NYC real estate agentor otherreal estate professional
- your successful strategy forfinding cheap rent
- how youfell for a Craigslist scam
- how yousmuggled a washing machine into your apartment
- your journey as afirst-time buyer(or decision toreturn to life as a renter)
- the6,000-square-foot Williamsburg loftyou lived in for $250 a month
- your experience as a"20 percenter" in an 80/20 affordable housingbuilding
- your secret tofinding a no-fee rental
- how you're raisingtwo kids in an Upper East Side rental
- your battleto get construction defects fixed
- what you gleaned fromliving with 10 roommates in five years