A Gentrifying Park Slope, Brooklyn circa 1970
In May 1970, the movie world witnessed Hal Ashby’s directorial debut of his adaptation of Kristen Hunter’s novel titled, The Landlord. A story depicting the experiences of a young suburbanite from Long Island, New York who bought a house in a Brooklyn ghetto. The hero is a young white male who is influenced by the [...]
Goldman Sachs, Politics and Foreclosure
By now you’ve heard that Goldman Sachs is facing a civil lawsuit bought by the Securities & Exchange Commission based on allegations of fraud, or did you hear it differently than I did. I know those that heard the news only took away what appealed to their sense of outrage at Wall Street’s greed. Hearing that [...]
The Michael Scott Guide to Success in Real Estate Sales
I’ve been in real estate sales in Brooklyn since 2002 and by some accounts still a rookie in the business. But after 8 years of brokering property sales in New York City’s largest borough, you tend to pick up a few things along the way, like…
April’s Perp Walk: Lifestyles of the Charged, Tried and Convicted in NYC Real Estate
Back at our former home at wordpress, we published a weekly series every Thursday that highlighted those charged, tried and convicted of Mortgage Fraud, Foreclosure Rescue Scams and Real Estate Fraud Schemes. What became a sort of a “blog wrap” of links that pointed our readers to cases in New York City was a hit [...]
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