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Photo CreditSteffi Walthall Photo CreditKirth Bobb for The New York Times Welcome to My Crib. It’s Rented. And It’s a Moneymaker.
Though they don’t own their apartments, some renters are investing in the décor and design of their units to display on social media and are getting paid to do it.
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Looking to avoid the bustle of downtown, a first-time buyer sized up smaller single-family houses in South Minneapolis. Here’s what she found.
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This week’s properties are in Central Harlem, Midtown and Brooklyn Heights.
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A study of Zillow search behavior identified the most sought-after areas in the country.
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This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Greenwich, Conn., and a five-bedroom in Syosset, N.Y.
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Photo CreditJenks Farmer Why the Pineapple Lily Makes Such a Big Impression
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Photo CreditLaura Moss for The New York Times Springfield, N.J.: A Homey Place With Relatively Affordable Housing
In this ‘family-friendly' Union County township just 25 miles from Midtown Manhattan, ‘you’re going to get a little bit more for your money.’
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Photo CreditKimberly Miller for Tomlinson Sotheby's International Realty $800,000 Homes in Idaho, Texas and Oregon
A one-bedroom cottage in Hope, a two-family home in Austin and a two-bedroom bungalow in Portland.
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Photo CreditElias Williams for The New York Times Spring Cleaning Was Once Backbreaking Work. For Many, It Still Is.
In an earlier, dirtier era, a thorough post-winter scrubbing was a labor-intensive necessity. Today, the tradition lives on as an annual rite of purification and renewal.
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Photo CreditDustin Chambers for The New York Times An Urban Farmer and TV Host on Why She Recycles Almost Everything
Jamila Norman — a.k.a. Farmer J from the Magnolia Network series “Homegrown” — has a simple home-décor philosophy: “I don’t like buying new stuff.”
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Photo CreditAndrea Mohin/The New York Times Using Facebook and Instagram to Find the Perfect Apartment
A family needed more space once their son began to grow up. The boy’s father, who has a long history with social media, decided to conduct the search online.
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Photo CreditPaul Barnaby $2.8 Million Homes in California
A 1903 Craftsman house in Los Angeles, a Mediterranean-style home in San Rafael and a midcentury-modern retreat in Cambria.
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Photo CreditNadia Pillon How to Find the Right Broker for Selling Your Home
New York home sellers spend an average of three and a half hours researching agents — less time than they spend searching vacation destinations.
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More in Ask Real Estate ›Photo CreditNadia Pillon When the Landlord Sells the Building, What Are Your Rights?
For starters, don’t send any rent checks until you know exactly who you’re sending them to.
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Photo CreditNadia Pillon My Tenant Split Without Paying the Rent. What Are My Options?
Sometimes simply filing a lawsuit is enough to lure a person to the negotiating table. But you have to find them first.
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Photo CreditNadia Pillon The Odors From the Restaurant Downstairs Are Ruining My Life
Everyone is entitled to live in an apartment free of noxious odors, but compelling a landlord to take action comes with risks.
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Photo CreditNadia Pillon My Neighbors Are Always Chatting Outside My Door. Make Them Stop!
The city regulates noise, but it has to be ‘excessive and unreasonable’ to be considered a violation. You may need a more personal approach.
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Photo CreditNadia Pillon My Landlord Lives Below Me and Hates Noise. What Should I Do?
Establishing whether noise is legally excessive or unreasonable is the landlord’s responsibility. So is making a quieter building.
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With more than 2,800 new housing units approved in the last three years, ‘Port Chester is certainly on the move.’ Not everyone is happy about it.
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With major highways running through it, the 38-square-mile township offers easy access to schools, shopping and medical care: ‘There’s something for everyone.’
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Photo CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Bridgeport, Conn.: ‘A Diamond in the Rough’ Reinventing Itself
This Fairfield County city is working to shed its ‘rundown’ image, although progress is happening slowly: “The city’s turning itself around.”
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Photo CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Coxsackie, N.Y.: ‘A Special Place on the Hudson’
Natives and newcomers are transforming this Greene County town, with an eye toward preservation. (And they want you to know it’s pronounced ‘cook-SAH-kie.’)
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Photo CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Wallkill, N.Y.: An Escape From ‘Hip and Trendy’
This Ulster County hamlet may not be as fashionable as some Hudson Valley towns, but it’s more affordable. And everyone turns out for the spring Duck Derby.
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