Love what you do. Keep looking, don't settle.

"Love what you do.  Keep looking, don't settle."
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

- Steve Jobs

New York ranked #1 globally for property investment

New York beats London as #1 destination for property investment for the first time since 2007.

According to Cushman Wakefield, real estate investments in New York grew 166 percent to $29.7 billion in the last 12 months through August when compared to a year earlier.  London, at #2, saw investments increase 2.4 percent to $27.2 billion.

Manhattan New York Property Report 3Q 2011

Manhattan, New York Property Report 3Q 2011



Manhattan, New York:  Sales volume for both condos and coops jumped 17% compared to a year ago, fueled by demand from foreign investors and entry level buyers who took advantage of record low mortgage rates.  Specific to condos, sales volume increased by 33 percent.

Stocks vs Property

Stocks vs Property

I wonder how many people actually stop to think about the long term performance of their stock portfolio vs their real estate portfolio.  In the past few years maybe a lot more.  But it used to be that stocks were THE thing to invest in.

New York Market Report Sept 2011

Manhattan, New York real estate is an exception to the challenges facing the American economy.  While the US's credit rating has been downgraded and unemployment is still high, New York Magazine's article "New York Exceptionalism"  points to data that show Manhattan real estate is continuing its improvement.   

Reasons Manhattan property continues to improve are:

Best New York Property Agent

The Best New York Property Agent is a bold claim.  As a buyer looking through a sea of property agents, how does one determine who to work with?  How can you decide when every agent seems to say the best things about themselves?  Here are differentiation factors for us which I feel an investor could use as a platform when interviewing potential agents.



I feel I am one of the best New York property agents because of (i) a corporate level financial background, (ii) investment property ownership experience, and (iii) strong market knowledge as evidenced by media presence in NBC, New York Times and the Wall Street Journal on New York property.

Top public elementary and middle schools in Manhattan

Top public elementary and middle schools in Manhattan compiled by the The School Boards based on DOE scores.

Top public elementary schools in Manhattan based on 2010 NY State ELA & Math Tests

Excerpts from TheSchoolBoards.com - "Since middle school applications use 4th grade test results as one of the admissions criteria, we sorted the data by the mean scale scores. Here's what we came up with for the top public elementary schools in Manhattan based on the ELA and the Math test scores."