Category: Condos
6 November, 2012 (09:10) | Co-ops, Condos, Incentives, Local issues, Loopholes, New York City, real estate taxation, Rent control, tax incentives, tax shelters, Theory, US News |
[Continued from yesterday's Part 1.] By:David A. Smith I don’t know who to trust. I don’t know who likes me. Well, you don’t have that problem here. You know I don’t like you. –The Big Chill Yesterday’s post demonstrated, as evidenced but not analyzed in a New York Times (October 15, 2012), that [...]
5 November, 2012 (16:44) | Co-ops, Condos, Incentives, Local issues, Loopholes, New York City, real estate taxation, Rent control, tax incentives, tax shelters, Theory, US News |
By:David A. Smith “Rationalization is more important than sex.” “Come on, nothing’s more important than sex.” “Oh really? Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization? Personally, I can’t get through a day without three or four really juicy rationalizations.” –The Big Chill While for every loophole there may be a hundred [...]
23 May, 2012 (10:56) | Co-ops, Condos, Configuration, Housing, Innovations, New York City, Rent control, Rental, Theory |
By: David A. Smith Beware of this alien invader If our metaphorical frog never jumps out of slowly boiling water, the reverse is likewise true: the slowly freezing frog becomes gradually insensible to worsening conditions, as is observable in this aren’t-we-hardy lifestyle profile from The New York Times: Among the indignities that [...]
2 April, 2012 (09:32) | Apartments, Co-ops, Condos, Dogs, High-rise, Housing, New York City, Pets, Rental |
By:David A. Smith At present, the master is not at home For all that we love dogs – and the people who love dogs, love dogs – they are poorly designed for city living, unlike cats, whose sublime superior indifference lends itself well to ignoring their owners and any guests (except, of course, [...]