The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

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The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.

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Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."

New York and other states are using AI to hunt down wealthy remote workers and demand more tax

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Trump campaign texts supporters that he 'could be locked up for life.' He almost certainly won't.

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Former President Donald Trump before the opening of his New York criminal trial on on April 15, 2024.
Former President Donald Trump speaks before the opening of his New York criminal trial on on April 15, 2024.

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New Yorkers planted a tiny forest in a spot where the city used to warehouse prisoners and smallpox patients

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Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.
Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.

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2 New York airports now have the only 5-star terminals in North America — just 5 years after JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark were ranked the worst in the US

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A United Airlines plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in front of the New York skyline on September 17, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.
United Airlines planes at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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A man paid just $200.57 for one night at a famous NYC hotel, then lived there rent-free for years. Now he could go to jail.

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The New Yorker Hotel.

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Man imprisoned in NY calls the opportunity to view eclipse 'sublime' after successful lawsuit against the state

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A rare solar eclipse will cross the United States on April 8.

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Ship loses propulsion near New York's Verrazzano Bridge just days after the Baltimore bridge collapse: report

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A ship near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York lost propulsion power less than two weeks after a Baltimore bridge collapsed after being struck by a ship in a similar situation.

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The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

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Newark City employee Sushil Nagpal stands outside homes that were damaged and had to be evacuated after the earthquake on Friday,

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New York City resident reacts to 4.8 magnitude earthquake

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A 20-second 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the northeastern US on April 5. Authorities are asking residents to be cautious in case of aftershocks.

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