Real Estate

Real Estate May 6, 2026

The Tradeoffs Passive Real Estate Investors Overlook

We’ve all been there. You’re at a kiddush or a simcha and someone pulls you aside to tell you about this great real estate...

Real Estate April 15, 2026

Checking The Flood Map

Since Hurricane Sandy, Five Towns homebuyers have been much more diligent in researching if a potential new home sits on...

Real Estate March 29, 2026

Exciting Finds In The City of David

One of the most popular places to visit for everyone traveling to Israel is the newly-discovered City of David archaeological...

Real Estate March 10, 2026

Questions We Must Ask Before Pesach

So here we are again, a few weeks before Pesach, and I find myself asking the same questions I ask...

Real Estate February 17, 2026

Just Give Me Some Sun…Please!

So, this week it snowed again. Just a few inches (I can’t believe I said “just a few inches”). Not...

Real Estate December 23, 2025

Can’t Wait To See It When It’s Finished

I was having coffee this week with a real estate associate of mine, a real catch-up for us during this...

Real Estate December 9, 2025

Life In A Medieval Castle

This week I thought I’d write about how people lived during Medieval times, and how castles were managed and how...

Real Estate Israel November 19, 2025

Shelly Levine Brings Israel’s Best Opportunities To The NYC Tristate Area

Shelly Levine, founder of Tivuch Shelly and one of Israel’s most respected real estate trailblazers, is traveling to the NYC...

Real Estate November 18, 2025

The 50-Year Mortgage Makes No Sense

I don’t understand why our government never creates simple solutions to real-life complex problems. Why do they always make things...

Real Estate November 11, 2025

So, What Does Your Credit Look Like?

So, when was the last time you guys checked to see what kind of credit scores you rated with the...

Real Estate October 22, 2025

A Crucial Vote

I do not like to get involved in election matters when they occur in areas where I’m not eligible to...

Real Estate October 21, 2025

Florida Chesed Network

As many 5TJT readers are undoubtedly aware, the state of Florida neither demands nor collects state income tax. Of course, those moving...

Real Estate October 16, 2025

Time To Say Goodbye To Summer

Each year when I take down my sukkah and store it away for the next year, I need to come to terms...

Real Estate September 24, 2025

Changes In Elul And After

Each year at the end of summer we usher in the month of Elul by preparing for the Yamim Noraim that await us. Sephardim...

Real Estate September 16, 2025

Making The Move

Part Three: Location, Location, Location You have completed your financing due diligence and if applying for a mortgage, you have...

Real Estate September 16, 2025

Rentals Short- and Long-Term

Although we hear a lot about the Airbnb rentals going on in New York City, as well as various rental...

Real Estate September 9, 2025

Selective Regulation

With all the craziness going on this week regarding healthcare, it got me thinking about how certain regulations that go...