The library

The guides

Every guide on this site, in one place. Each one goes deep on a single move, written for Long Island specifically, and every claim in them names its source. Pick the move you are making.

A white colonial home with a red front door on a manicured Long Island lawn

Selling

Sell for what it is actually worth

Pricing, prep, the five week plan, and the mistakes that cost sellers real money.

 A hand holding new house keys at an open front door

Buying

Buy smart, not just fast

The Long Island checks, the steps, pre approval answered, and the buyer mistakes that lose houses.
A brick co-op apartment building with balconies against a blue sky

Co-ops and condos

Read the building first

The nine health questions and who verifies each answer.

 A modern single level ranch home with a wide driveway

Rightsizing

Smaller house, bigger life

Costs, sell first or buy first, and the plan that works.

 Tax forms, a calculator, and coffee on a dark desk

Capital gains

The tax that is often zero

The exclusion, the receipts, and a calculator for your own numbers.
The Montauk Point Lighthouse above a rocky beach

Town guides

Every Suffolk town, real numbers

Medians, days on market, and hand tracked local histories.

 A person signing a contract with a pen

The closing dictionary

Every term, translated

The words your contract uses, in plain English.

 A modern apartment building facade against the sky

Investing

File your buy box

Your exact criteria, shopped off market across the island.

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Not sure which one is yours?

Most people are two of these at once: selling one house and buying the next, or rightsizing into a condo. Start with the move that has a deadline, or skip the reading and just ask.

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