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Written by Dr. David Reis
The Dangers of Mold and Mildew in Your Home

The Dangers of Mold and Mildew in Your Home

When buying or selling a home, there’s one hidden enemy that can silently ruin deals, damage property, and put your health at risk: mold and mildew. As both a realtor and former cardiologist, I’ve seen firsthand how mold can impact not only the value of a home but...

Choosing a Neighborhood That Keeps You Moving

Choosing a Neighborhood That Keeps You Moving

When buying or selling a home, most people focus on square footage, kitchen upgrades, or school districts. But here’s something you might not think about: the neighborhood itself can be the biggest factor in your health and happiness. As both a realtor and a...

From Love to Hate: Signs It’s Time to Renovate or Relocate

From Love to Hate: Signs It’s Time to Renovate or Relocate

Every home has a story. At first, it may have been love at first sight—perfect space, perfect neighborhood, perfect for your lifestyle. But over time, life changes, needs evolve, and what was once your dream home can start to feel… not so dreamy. If you’re torn...

Real Estate Decision Making for Seniors

Real Estate Decision Making for Seniors

Selling your home in order to afford senior living and care is not an easy process. There will be emotionally charged considerations such as financial matters, personal choices, loved ones and caregivers and changes in one’s “independent status” and letting go. If...

Know If Your Home Is Priced Correctly!

Know If Your Home Is Priced Correctly!

When selling your house, knowing the pricing is correct is important. Especially in a disrupted market. Like now, there is inventory shortage driving prices upward. But if you’re exuberantly overpriced, you may not get any offers. If you are underpriced, you could...

Balancing Multiple Careers

Balancing Multiple Careers

What’s not admitted is how different we all are in organizational capacity. And how resistant or defensive we may be against allowing technology to replace our legacy brain processes, for fear of loosing “control”. In real estate practice this is a “biggie” in terms...

BUYING AND SELLING REAL ESTATE WHILE COPING WITH PANDEMIC EMOTION

BUYING AND SELLING REAL ESTATE WHILE COPING WITH PANDEMIC EMOTION

Buying and selling real estate has many components and interfaces. Is not an easy process. Envision including the test of doing this procedure during a pandemic. Buyers, Sellers and real estate professionals are currently confronting this reality. Most of the...

I just fired my health plan!

I just fired my health plan!

I just finished recreating my health benefits, having been priced out of the “solo” market. There’s no way I can rationalize 28k/year for “usual age appropriate utilization”. My past plan was likely no worse than the others, such grotesque pricing the result of bad...

10 Things I’m Thankful For

10 Things I’m Thankful For

10 things I am thankful for this year. 1. Family, friends and colleagues. Everyone who has been giving, kind, patient in helping me journey through careers to achieve my potential. 2. Family, friends and colleagues who have helping me “muddle through” a lifetime of...

Commentary on NYC market Conditions

Commentary on NYC market Conditions

Could it be that the artist is also a primary real estate markets visionary? Could this be commentary on NYC market conditions, by using funerial colors of purple and black, a subliminal commentary on supply:demand inferred by the density of cranes on the landscape?...

The New Yorker

The New Yorker

I always try to have a least one "humor moment" every day, and I'm disposed to think about why we work so hard, and what we get out of it. Call it "alignment" if you will. This misalignment made me laugh, and I hope you'll find some humor, or better yet, some...