Beginning at the End
Why do we so often start with the conclusion? Today, at a retreat for a non-profit Board I chair, we had to struggle throughout the day with the danger of believing we already knew the answer… More
Why do we so often start with the conclusion? Today, at a retreat for a non-profit Board I chair, we had to struggle throughout the day with the danger of believing we already knew the answer… More
Income inequality is as old as income. It will always exist, since people aspire to different things, which they pursue with differing levels of ability. In the real estate business in New York, we work with… More
Every year, new real estate companies appear on the New York scene. Often they fail. One way or another, they tell us in their promotional materials, they are going to revolutionize the industry. First Foxton’s came… More
My favorite new word this week is “akrasia.” I learned it while reading Ian McEwan’s novel Sweet Tooth; it’s Greek and means acting against one’s better judgment. I have been guilty of a certain amount of… More
In my early years as a real estate agent, I never had a plan. Or if I had a plan, it did not rise much past the level of “make more money than last year” or… More
My favorite restaurant near our home in Connecticut is called Serevan. In an old farmhouse in Amenia, New York, it serves brilliantly imaginative Persian/American food created by the chef, our friend Serge Madikians. Whenever we eat… More
New Year’s Eve on Tuesday will usher out 2013, one of the most complex and surprising years in Manhattan real estate history. Inventory was at all time lows while prices leapt to all time highs. Brooklyn,… More
During Christmas week, as I bake and wrap, I try to plan. What exactly are my priorities for Warburg Realty, the company I have been proud to lead since 1991, for the coming year? What is… More
Last week I wrote about the many different hats the successful real estate agent wears. Even with great skills, however, some personality types work much more effectively in the industry than others. At Warburg we have… More
Warburg agent Lisa Larson managed naked yoga-practicing rental tenants, gas-emitting stoves, screaming supers, unpaid contractors, absent owners – a real estate broker’s Book of Job – to close a one bedroom deal in the East Village… More