When you call someone in Cambodia who doesn’t answer the phone, tough luck.
When you miss a call from a number you don’t recognize, tough luck again.
In the Kingdom of Wonder, I never have laid eyes on a phone that was not a mobile. Perhaps some businesses have them, but cellphones here in Cambodia are as inescapable as cockroaches in a New York City tenement and barbells in a gym.
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5-Star? Not in my book. Not by a very long shot given appalling customer service.
The sluggish saga of my attempt to book a roundtrip flight between Bali and a small island began last Saturday. As I start to draft this post on Wednesday morning, I still have been unable to get my tickets from Garuda, the small Indonesian airline with which I am condemned to deal.
Moreover, responses to my e-mail have gone unanswered or delayed intolerably. When they arrive, the e-mails contain unreasonable requests. The only time I seem to get anywhere is when I complain on Twitter and Facebook, proving that social media can have a use beyond seeing what “friends” enjoy for dinner.
You may wonder why I haven’t tried the services of a travel agency, as my wise friend Amanda advised me, or a travel site such as Orbitz. Continue reading
Renters don’t stay put for long in the financial district
New York magazine explores world of platonic urban cohabitation i.e. roommates
Housing signals mixed in metro region
Four things to bear in mind when buying an apartment for your kids
19 percent more building permits issued in 2012 than in prior year
Committee ranks Upper East Side tops for kids, Bay Ridge beats all other Brooklyn neighborhoods
Request for proposals to redevelop Lower East Side sites signals end of bitter renewal squabbling
Foreclosures in region higher in December than a year earlier
Estate in the Hollywood Hills finds friendly buyer but at greatly reduced price
When you’ve already read my latest post and the hours seems to drag, you don’t have to wait for a real estate fix from me.
Thank goodness!
Not only can you stay current with other of my sources, but you’ll find a variety of information elsewhere that may never appear here.
For example, you may want to consider following me on Twitter or checking out my Facebook page, each of which provides a wide spectrum of real estate news focused on New York City.
And if you’re especially interested in news affecting just the Upper West Side, have a look at Facebook; there’s my continuously updated site about the UWS too.
Like many of my readers, you may be thinking about selling or buying property. If you’re a buyer, you can search the listings of virtually all brokers here. If you’re seller, you’ll be able to check the competition there as well.
I hope you’ll be keeping in touch.
Tomorrow: Trust for a price (holidays hiatus starts Monday)
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Malcolm Carter
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Senior Vice President
Charles Rutenberg Realty
127 E. 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
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Don’t get me wrong: I still hate the idea. But. . .
It occurred to me a few weeks ago that many of us local real estate bloggers read each other’s posts all the time and link to each other regularly even though many of us have never met or even spoken to each other.
So, I asked several bloggers who mostly concentrate on Manhattan and a couple of writers from the traditional news media whether they’d like to get together at long last. Sure enough, they would.
A lunch dish from Kouzan on the Upper West Side.
The other night almost nine of us met for drinks (and, it turned out, dinner) at the commendable Kouzan restaurant near my apartment on the Upper West Side. (Hey, I got to choose.)
Attending were folks from Curbed, Urban Diggs, Westside Independent, New York magazine, Habitat, the Wall Street Journal and Brick Underground. Three others – the Real Deal TrueGotham and Matrix – couldn’t make it. Continue reading
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