Mitchell Feldman Sells Brooklyn!

A freind sent me this email today... Do you know about the newest way to get a parking ticket? This morning I was on Coney Island Avenue and the corner of Avenue K and saw the license plate of a car in the bus stop light up on the front of the bus. I then learned the newest method being used to issue parking tickets. You may have noticed the ...

How can I get a curb cut (driveway) on my property in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is an island in and of itself and different than any other city in the world. As an example, we have alternate side of the street parking where-as in most other cities in the United States they do not even know what that is! Based on this and the general ...

TOP 11 TIPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING HOMES FOR SALE IN BROOKLYN (OR ANYWHERE ELSE):           If you are considering selling your home one of the most important things to consider in today's real estate market is having beautiful photos of your home available for consumers to view online. Remember, 90% of ...

The Evolution of Real Estate in Brooklyn (or anywhere else)!Now that we have entered 2011 and given the state of the real estate market here in Brooklyn (which I personally think is great), I took a moment to think about the evolution or real estate here in Brooklyn specifically since I first started my real estate career back in 1993.You have to ...

How to Buy a New Home While You Sell Your Old One in Brooklyn (or anywhere else!) Often times I am asked by consumers “how do I go about purchasing another home when you have to sell the one that I presently own?” This is one of the oldest questions in the history of real estate and the answer is quite complicated. The goal of ...

Getting a Mortgage in Brooklyn (or anywhere else)? Lock-in the Rate! The most important first step in purchasing a house is putting together a budget and knowing how much you can spend and what your monthly payments will be. When banks pre-qualify buyers (so to speak), in order to do so they have to look at the buyer's last two years tax ...

Selling a Home in Brooklyn (or anywhere else)? Think about the Appraisal! Whenever I put a consumers house up for sale, one of the most frequently asked questions by the homeowner is …. “I heard it is hard for buyers to get mortgages these days, how do we know the buyers will be able to get the mortgage?” The answer to ...

Listing Your Brooklyn Home For Sale? Watch the Commission Split! Getting A Better Price For Your Home In order to sell a home for the highest price possible, it is important that your property be well exposed to potential buyers. Without the highest possible level of exposure, many buyers will not know your home is for sale. It ...

Brooklyn Real Estate Pricing Theory 101Selling real estate is not the same as selling milk! As is the case with most things in life, figuring out a fair price for the item is relatively easy. A gallon of milk is a gallon of milk no matter where you go and of course we all know that here in Brooklyn the going rate is about $3.00.If I said I would ...

Mortgage Rates Sink to Historic Low Level in Brooklyn (and anywhere else!)!      If you picked up today's New York Daily News (12/04/2009) and turned to page 62 you saw the article "Mortgage Rates Sink." The fact is that mortgage rates on a 30 year fixed loan as of today have dipped down to 4.71%. This is the ...