Co-op and Condo Board Reference Letters in NYC Real Estate Believe it or not, when buying a home in NYC, unless it's a single family or multi-family, you will be required to have your friends, colleagues, landlord and banks write you board reference letters. We Need Reference Letters for Condos Too? Yup. Condo board packages continue to get more an more burdensome and look more like co-op board packages....
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What is a Pocket Listing? A pocket listing in NYC is a property where an agent has an exclusive listing agreement with a seller, but the property is not publicly advertised or put on the RLS (the city's de-facto MLS). Instead, the listing agent will tap into his or her network to find a buyer for the property. An agent may do this through blasts to all REBNY members (without disclosing the exact...
UES Restaurants with Heat Lamps NYC always adapts, and thankfully for those of us who live here, its restaurants are doing the same. We've compiled a list of UES restaurants with heat lamps. Some of these restaurants have been around for as long as I can remember. Let's help support our local restaurants and keep them here even longer! What other UES restaurants have outside dining with heat lamps?...
Upper West Side Restaurants with Heat Lamps Now that the weather has turned frosty, we're all trying to figure out where we can go out to eat and stay warm. Outdoor dining in NYC has truly never been more fun (but, now, for my frigid bones, only if there are heat lamps!). We have been making our way around the neighborhood to try to find the best heated digs for dining out on the Upper West Side these...
A smarter way to sell | Digs Realty broker commission discounts One of our biggest challenges is educating home sellers that our commission discount model exists. Most people are not aware that they can hire a real estate broker to sell their home who charges a fraction of the commission traditional brokers charge. Digs has been operating in NYC since 2014 and has given over $4.6MM in rebates and discounts...
Dan Gotlieb is one of the Top Real Estate Brokers NYC! Dan was ranked #4 2020 Agent-Owned Brokerage Individual Sales Volume in New York State and #1 in New York City by Real Trends! In 2019, Dan closed over $56M in residential purchase and sale transactions. Given our rebate structure, that means we gave our clients about $1M in commission rebates and discounts in 2019. In 2020, as of December 2, despite...
Race to the Bottom? Reverse Bidding War? Regardless of what you want to call it, the story is one I will be retelling for a long time. You may not believe it, but the story is true. Today's Covid real estate market is, well, unbelievable. Some properties are selling at or above ask, and, others, like the ones I'm about to tell a story about, engaged in a "race to the bottom" or "reverse bidding war" to...
Welcome to Fall 2020 You made it! If you still have your hair, congrats! The NYC market is back. After a slow summer, we are starting to see an uptick in activity, and many of our buyers are cautiously approaching the market, making offers and signing contracts when it makes sense. Digs has remained quite busy advising buyers and sellers in these strange times and closed out the quarter with 15 deals...
Hello Summer, Hello Phase 2! Welcome to Phase 2 – The Great Reopening! I hope everybody made the best of their quarantine and remained healthy, safe and sane. Rebecca and I have been hunkering down with the kids on the Upper West Side for the past three months. During this time, we watched the incredible transition of our great metropolis from the world’s capital of culture and commerce to a beautiful...
Black Lives Matter Where to even begin? I am a white woman who grew up in a fancy building on the Upper West Side in New York City in the 80s and 90s. I was a combative and somewhat rebellious teen and caused my family a lot of agida, but it was easy for me to stay on the path that was paved for me: work hard and get good grades and get accepted to a good college, where I worked hard and got good grades...
Raising Money for NYC Hospital Workers Thank you for all your support. We hope you are all safe and healthy with your loved ones. For those of you who have struggled more personally with this tragedy, our thoughts are with you. We are here in NYC if you need anything. With your help, over the last month, we have donated meals to 400+ front-line healthcare workers throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and...
Raising Money for NYC Hospital Workers We had been feeling a bit helpless through all this covid-19 madness, trapped at home in our wonderful but currently very lonely city. After almost a month of sitting idle, doing nothing to help but stay at home, we wanted to do more for those who are risking their lives every day to save ours. We decided we needed to do something for our NYC hospital workers, and,...