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Manhattan is a big place. Many of its neighborhoods are larger than whole cities in other parts of the country. For those new to the city, it can often seem a daunting cityscape. This quick guide will provide a quick reference point for you as start to figure out what part of the island you would like find a New York apartment in.

Chelsea – A relatively expensive area to live, there are large numbers of clubs that people from across the city flock to. There is also a strong GLBT community here.

This is the toughest part of town to find an apartment. Vacancy rates were just 0.53% during the third quarter of 2007.

East Village – Home to Alphabet City, once considered one of the rougher parts of the city, the East Village today is…

Author: Nathan Elika

Tenants in New York have more rights than those that rent in most other states.   A long history of urban housing problems has led to a significant amount of progressive legislation that effectively makes renter's rights much more important than a landlord's short term bottom line. 

Just like with all types of rights, the rights of tenants are only useful if people know that they have them.  This quick guide will outline some of your renter's rights that are most often violated by the landlord or building owners.

Firsts and foremost:  Discrimination in housing – including on the basis of sexual orientation – in any facet of the housing market is legally forbidden, and New York City has a particularly strong Human…

Like most states in the Northeast, the rental law in New York usually places more importance on tenant's rights than the landlord's bottom line.  While legislated tenant's rights extend throughout just about every part of renting and living in NYC apartments, there are a few key types of disputes between landlord and tenant that most often come up.  Not understanding what to do can lead to overbearing or even well-intentioned landlords exploiting their tenants.  So, this article will tell you how to deal with problems that most often create conflict with landlords. 

If an issue develops so much that legal action might be required, most complaints a renter would have are settled in the city's housing courts.  If, however, the issue…

The history of New York City is one of the most fascinating stories of the modern world. In many ways, the city's past reflects America's past, but with higher highs and lower lows. The full story is too complex to detail in anything smaller than a volume or two of large books, but here's a highlight of how we got to where we are now.

About thirty-two years after the Americas discovered white people, an Italian explorer in the service of the French happened upon the island of Manhattan. The first European settlement came in the form of a Dutch fur trading outpost in 1614.

Legend has it that the island of Manhattan was purchased from the Lenape native Americans for $24 dollars worth of glass beads. Scholars are skeptical of the …

While the dollar has fallen to new lows against most major foreign currencies, most foreign investors have shied away from investing in American real estate due to the subprime mortgage crisis.

Furthermore, the subprime problems are the second major financial crisis in less than a decade that has as its root cause a lack of adequate government regulation and oversight. Hence the large number of economic analysts that have argued foreigners have grown understandably wary of U.S. markets. While the United States used to receive a “transparency bonus” for our famously reliable and detailed economic and financial statistics, the U.S. is now being penalized by foreign investors concerned about more hidden troubles caused by a…

There are few places on earth that can be compared to New York City.  Living here is like nothing else – both in the positive and negative senses of the phrase.  The full reality of the situation often doesn't hit those planning on living in the city until they go about looking for a home to call their own. 

Unless you are used to being a buyer or renter in the Paris or Tokyo real estate markets, it's going to take some time to get used to New York's more challenging real estate eccentricities. 

You'll live relatively close to the scene of some of the most exciting artistic, cultural, business and governmental institutions in the world, no matter what living space you end up with.  However, that space might be far smaller than you…

Sometimes renting a New York City apartment is easy.  Usually, however, it takes up a good amount of time and effort.  The only way to guarantee that it won't be a hassle is to be willing to pay a whole lot more money than most people.  But since that is usually not an option, here are a few tips that should make the whole process quicker, easier and more productive.

Start asking people you know.  In a lot of ways we are victims of our own delusions about markets.  When it comes to job searches, it often takes recent graduates a few painful years to learn the lesson that social networks are a far more reliable way to find a good job than hoping some random company has a demand that they are uniquely qualified for.  Don't make the same…

Real estate is a transforming business.  While many industries have been effected by the growth of the internet and web-based advertising, online marketing is uniquely powerful for the real estate industry.  During the 2004-05 period, for instance, online real estate advertising grew at a level that that outstripped the growth of online advertising in general.  Revenue from online real estate adverts grew about 42%, from $1.2  to $1.7 billion.

The volume of online marketing is even expected to soon outstrip the real estate industry's current favorite form of advertising, print media.  There is no doubt among analysts, online real estate marketing is here to stay, and it won't be too long before it is assumed every one in the industry is…