LOL - Price chops at Beekman Regent

I wonder what kind of BS RENY will come up with now?

ulticityresident: That's the magic.

your "m" dropped. I like "ulticityresident".

Brings up a real issue with Streeteasy's rental history data; when you pull up the building and look for available rentals, the list does not have current asking price, just the absurd original asking prices. This is a real disservice to renters who are looking for reliable data. I have no idea what RENY was thinking when he first defended the asking price based on comps, but if we assume that he was defending in good faith based on what he actually thought were real comps, then I fear for others who might be similarly misled. I am just fascinated by the absurdity of these asks in light of what this building actually presents - "state of the art gym?" Maybe state of the art for a middle class midwestern family home gym (I am from the midwest, and the gym in this building reminded me of my parents' home basement gym).

multicy: Are either of your parents available for the in-house trainer position?

That would be the topper - my octogenarian father is getting a hip replacement later this week. Should give you an idea of what their basement gym looks like.

Maybe they can get him in there for a photo-shoot before his surgery.

What an insensitive remark to make about a man in his 80s who's dealing with pain and mobility issues.

What was your number for proper rent on this place, mcr? $8K?

6.5k, oh wait there's no ac, $4.5

multicy:

now that streeteasy is running market report videos, you can look forward to expert input from stars of the hit Bravo show "Million Dollar Listing".
In the first of this new series, Fredrik kisses a horse statue on the mouth.
Wrong end.

Nada - Personally, I would put it at $8500 with a guaranty from LL that temperature controls work properly. If temp controls do, in fact, work, LL should not have a problem writing that into the lease. Then again, given all the smoke, I would worry about ability to actually exercise right to get out of lease if it turned out AC and heat were faulty - I would have to prove systems were faulty, and it would be a drag to keep track of temperature on a day to day basis, as well as get a member of building staff to come up and document it, not to mention having to live in uncomfortable temperature in the interim, so that would cause me personally to insist on a lower price point to compensate me for that risk. In terms of what that actual price point would be, I would have to look at competition at the time I was looking, timeframe, etc. How is that for a wishy/washy answer? I would be curious as to your assessment and would defer; as I noted on another thread, I wish you would get into the business.

Truth - I have just gotten into that show and Fredrik is my fav. He is hilarious.

Fredrik does good faces.
Now he's here on se video so we don't need to wait for Bravo.
Good thing that Sophia didn't ask any difficult questions. Fredrik didn't need to eat a sandwich.

The cross-over potential is endless.
Sophia appears on Andy's after show party.
inonada is a call-in viewer guest.
Whenever Andy points up to the onscreen word: "w67th", everybody buys Sprint.

Not really a market I know well, but $8500 sounds about right. Not a "deal", but about right.

On me getting into the business, thanks for the vote of confidence. I doubt I'd enjoy it, and my rate is probably too high. So I'll have to stick with the peanut gallery here on SE.

Brings up a real issue with Streeteasy's rental history data; when you pull up the building and look for available rentals, the list does not have current asking price, just the absurd original asking prices. This is a real disservice to renters who are looking for reliable data. I have no idea what RENY was thinking when he first defended the asking price based on comps, but if we assume that he was defending in good faith based on what he actually thought were real comps, then I fear for others who might be similarly misled. I am just fascinated by the absurdity of these asks in light of what this building actually presents - "state of the art gym?" Maybe state of the art for a middle class midwestern family home gym (I am from the midwest, and the gym in this building reminded me of my parents' home basement gym).

this is one of the main reasons that streeteasy isn't nearly what it is cracked up to be.

"in good faith" ... ... That's a good one

Health is wealth. Let's take good care of our health and commit ourselves to local gym for our fitness.

Another thread had put me in a cynical mood; just made myself happy by checking on this apartment and seeing that it is still not rented. This landlord had some busy rich tenants living there for $11,500 per month. Landlord decided that it would be financially savvy for him to get a few extra thousand dollars from them by engaging in some dishonorable conduct. Rich tenants shrugged their shoulders and moved out. Landlord gained approximately $6000 by cheating; Landlord's cheating has cost him at least $69,000 in lost rent to date. Makes me feel better.

what a charming story...heartwarming