My Brooklyn Report

A funny thing happened on the way to buying this turn of the century row house in Bedford Stuyvesant. Well, at least one buyer won’t find it funny when they learn they purchased their home on Mac Donough Street in a property flip. If that isn’t bad enough … it gets worst. They paid $230,000 [...]

Searching for an Apartment to Rent in Brooklyn? Here are 3 Great Web Sites to help you Find an Apartment For Rent in Brooklyn.

Like the image above, I too have examined a few questions… Why did I hire that web designer? Why did I delay publishing posts on topics near and dear to our readers? Where is that new My Brooklyn Report?

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 [...]

Over the last 7 years I’ve been on more than 600 appointments with buyers to view properties. Each time I’ve taken customers to view a home I always look to see if this time it might be different. I open the door, welcome them in and look to see if they’re fully prepared for the showing. And as with others they’re not. What are all home shoppers doing wrong?

There are millions of blogs on the Internet offering news from the proverbial FRONT, where the cause is waged by the experienced “insider” who has taken on the mantle of “Citizen Journalist”. While it’s just a thought, the above more or less outlines the reason why so many people engage in this effort.  The purpose; [...]

As a group, African Americans have endured innumerable horrors and obstacles in their pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness in the United States of America. People of African descent, recently emancipated from slavery, migrated north to flee the systemic oppression and reoccurring hostility that threatened their existence. Upon reaching Brooklyn and other parts of New [...]

On October 14th 2005, Lucylla Baynes purchased 2415 Dean Street in Ocean Hill Brooklyn for $505,000. She purchased the property from Anita Sussman, who purchased the home on June 20th 2005 for $340,000 from Richard Cabello (neither Anita Sussman nor Richard Cabello ever lived at the property).

According to an article in the New York Times, Mayor Bloomberg and outgoing Housing and Urban Development Secretary Preston announced at a press conference held at City Hall on January 14th 2009, an initiative to save neighborhoods from the threat of urban blight from foreclosure. New York City will buy 115 homes with a $24 [...]

There’s a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. And yet, so much to be thoughtful of.  Particularly where it involves your homes, neighborhoods and quality of life in Brooklyn. Have the chickens come home to roost?