In Brooklyn, Changing Times Offer New Opportunities

I remember my Mom telling me that the only thing permanent in life is change.

So as much as you and I hate having to change with the times, I’m happy to announce that the changes coming here aren’t designed to cause any harm or discomfort.

Some of these changes are long overdue and I’m really excited about how they’ll improve your experience with the online guide to Brooklyn real estate.

Let me explain…

Changes to our site

I’ve already mentioned a few times how we’ve been fighting off a hacker’s efforts to use the good will and trust with you and new visitors.

That experience made it clear how I couldn’t assume people played fair on the Internet and how much harm they could do.

And I believe the commenting system that comes standard with the WordPress software that runs our site is a way to get in through spam comments containing links with viruses and malware.

So we decided it was time to implement some changes we think you’ll like:

• Changing how you can make comments and participate in the conversations with livefyre.

This will allow anyone leaving a comment to do so using any of their social network identities without leaving their email address.

So if you’re on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus One, you can leave a comment and participate in the conversation.

I want to see our community grow here, where we can have an open dialogue on the topics we bring front and center.  And one way we can do that is to make it easier for everyone to participate.

New and valuable content

When I got started blogging I wrote about how politics affect the real estate in central Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Having grown up in Bedford Stuyvesant and finding a row of run down city owned buildings on Fulton street in that condition for 30 years hit me hard.

After doing a 3 post series on that set of buildings, I learned how things get done in New York City and how it’s often at odds with a neighborhood’s residents.

But I wanted to take a different approach by not letting future posts evolve into opinionated, blame game commentary.

Writing about those buildings and others like it in Crown Heights served as inspiration to offer …

• New content on valuing where you live in Brownstone Brooklyn and throughout New York City

A personal goal of mine has always been to see new and existing residents who visit and subscribe to My Brooklyn Report become empowered as stakeholders where they live in Brooklyn NYC.

While the above can read like a mouthful, it does a good job of outlining how we’ll tackle new subjects here that we hadn’t before in a big way, like …

• New York City Public School Education
• Starting and Running a Business in New York City, and
• Investing in Real Estate … but you knew we’d get to this at some point

You’ll start seeing new content on that and other subjects by me and other big thinkers with expertise in these areas.

The one common theme you’ll find in posts on these subjects is that they’ll identify a problem and offer ways to solve it, step by step.

Because each post will make the property value framework easy to implement just by involving yourself in the conversation here and the opportunities we identify all around you.

What else do we have in store?

I’m really excited about the upcoming release of the 7 step guide to buying your new home in a short sale.

This home buying guide is long overdue and I’m anxious to see what subscribers and those who’ve reserved their copy think of it.

While this is the biggest thing I’m working on right now, I’ve got something incredible coming in January 2012 that I can’t wait to tell you about.

I’ve been asked not to say too much until we’re closer to launching it next year, so stay tuned for details about Buying Brooklyn.

Thanks as always for reading and spread the word about all we’re doing by sharing this post with your friends and family online.

I’ll See you back here soon .