Tag: Real Estate
The real estate firm BOND New York is now accepting Bitcoin as payment for real estate transactions, meaning you could soon be paying broker fees in cryptocurrency. Apparently unfazed by Bitcoin’s wildly fluctuating valuation (it is doing quite well right now), the firm offered a wholehearted endorsement of the currency. “Bitcoin is a convenient and […]
A two-week sublet in Bushwick for $250. A $750 Park Slope studio where “THERE ARE NO WINDOWS.” A Williamsburg studio that “comes furnished with slightly used futon, sheets included.” Such are the findings on The Worst Room, a Tumblr that logs one New Yorker’s struggle to find a new apartment on Craigslist. And while some […]
Like most tenants in New York City, there’s lots of shit I’m willing to put up. Faulty door buzzers, loud steam pipes, and even the lack of a bonafide super fails to rouse me at this point. However, this recently posted notice about our very unfriendly mailboxes is enough to infuriate even the most laid […]
There’s a battle brewing in Bed-Stuy: on one side, a property management company attempting to raise tenants’ rent by as much as 56 percent; on the other, a folk hero, a leader of men hoping to rally his neighbors to take a stand against their landlord. His name is General Shithawk. He stands for truth […]
