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Most Expensive East Village/Lower East Side Rentals (December 2010)

December 6, 2010

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Some talk has been floating around about a new rental on the market at 38 East 1st for $30,000/month.  This makes it the most expensive rental currently on the market in the East Village/Lower East side.  Well why the big fuss?  Oh right, it is asking $30,000 per month.  the rental price tag may make it the […]

Corcoran Sunshine wins best “New Development Marketing Division” by The Real Deal

December 2, 2010

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Each year the Real Deal, a real estate focused publication, comes out with a “Best of NYC Real Estate“.  This year Corcoran Sunshine took the cake for best marketing division for new development. We on the Blumstein Team knew how well Corcoran Sunshine works as we corepresented 151 Wooster in SoHo and 311 East 11 […]

10 Tenants Tipping, 9 Doormen Grinning

November 30, 2010

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In New York City there is a constant presence of service.  There are multiple methods of transportation at your fingertips, more restaurants than you could ever eat at, dry cleaning on every corner and a bevy of electric bicycles ferreting delivery men around the place.  For many of us, our own building where we live has individuals […]

One Best and One Worst Asian Restaurants After 1 Year

November 23, 2010

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article and restaurant opinions by Grant Braswell I can never seem to eat enough asian food.  Be it Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian or other, the spices and flavor combinations of the west almost always please my palate.  Sure, a lot of times the food is not as authentic to the region as it could be, but most […]

Q3 2010 – Blumstein Team ranked #14 out of 1,400 NRT Teams!

November 19, 2010

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The National Realty Trust (NRT) has released their results for the 3rd Quarter of 2010 and the Blumstein Team made the top 100 list out of approximately 1,400 teams.  Specifically, we were ranked #14, putting us in the 99th percentile of teams across the country!  A letter from Bruce Zipf, the President and CEO of NRT cites our […]

Doug Sundheim’s Leading Idea – Be Confidently Vulnerable

November 16, 2010

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   Be Confidently Vulnerable “Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.” — Mother Theresa (1910-1997) Catholic Nun & Humanitarian This week a client asked me what I felt was the most important quality of a successful leader. My response was authenticity because, like a knife, it can cut through undiscussed issues, […]

It’s (Mostly) a Wash – The Mathematics of Broker’s Fees

November 4, 2010

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Over 90% of rental and sale deals in Manhattan involve at least one broker.  Brokers and agents are licensed real estate professionals, and thus are suited (legally) to handle the marketing and processing of each transaction.  Not every agent is a joy to work with – we on the Blumstein Team feel the side effects of […]

How Does the GOP Shift in the House Affect Housing?

November 3, 2010

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With nearly all votes tallied for the 2010 election, it appears as though the House will be held in the majority by republicans.  This shift in governance brings ideological changes to how our government will approach a variety of issues.  With Real Estate being such an important aspect of wealth in America,  undoubtedly new policies will […]

East Village and LES Rental Round-Up – November 2010

November 2, 2010

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originally posted on NearSay by Contributor Grant Braswell With the ensuing holiday season comes a lull in rental activity.  The downtown students matriculating to Parsons, NYU, Cooper Union and FIT among others have (hopefully) locked in their apartment to focus on their scholarly pursuits at Bar None and Pommes Frites.  For everyone else, the prospect […]

Moving on Up! Harlem Continues to Attract Investment, Conflicted Feelings

November 1, 2010

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Clients and people we meet off the street are constantly asking where to find the next Alphabet City, the next Williamsburg (that hopefully wont stagnate).  Those who are thinking more longterm want to find the next good investment, and who could blame them.  Our own team has good personal experience with this type of foresight as […]

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