New York Real Estate

MANHATTAN
BROOKLYN
QUEENS
BRONX/RIVERDALE/ WESTCHESTER
STATEN ISALND

Manhattan Living and Culture

The oldest and most densely-populated of the five boroughs is New York City, Manhattanis bounded by the Hudson River to the west and the East River on the east. Commonly divided into three different sections – Downtown (or Lower), Midtown, and Upper – Manhattan’s streets are, for the most part, laid out in a strict grid plan, making it easy for even newcomers to navigate their way through the city’s crowded streets.

Neighborhoods

Given Manhattan’s diversity, neighborhoods within the borough are unique and fun to explore. Many neighborhoods are associated with New York’s so-called “Bohemian” subculture, created by the number of artists looking for their big break in the Big Apple.
Neighborhoods rich with artistic influence include Greenich Village, Alphabet City (made famous in the Broadway show “Rent”), the Lower Eastside ,and the East Village .These neighborhoods are complemented nicely by upscale areas such as: SoHo and Noho the Upper East and Westside ,by far some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the United States.

Harlem-having experienced a renaissance of sorts in the late 20th century, is benefitting from renewed interest and is home to numerous theaters and other arts centers.

Those who live in Manhattan thrive on its fast pace and rich culture. Walking the streets of Manhattan is a common and necessary means of transportation, while
public transportation also covers the entire borough and whisks riders to surrounding boroughs as well.

New Yorkers have at their disposal plenty of places to unwind and relax.
Expansive Central Park, one of the largest city parks in the country, is spread over 843 acres and attracts some 35 million visitors annually and has nineteen waterfalls throughout the park, according to the NYC tourist bureau. Locals love it too and head there not only to walk, bicycle, skate, or jog, but also to enjoy the park’s pretty lakes, visit the Central Park Zoo .

Other areas of the city, like Lower Manhattan, have strived to provide as much green space as possible for local residents and, as such, have begun to attract young families with a desire to combine the convenience of city living with a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their children.The Arts

No city in the U.S. boasts the wealth of arts-related activities than one can find in Manhattan. More than 40 large professional theaters line Broadway, providing locals and visitors with a choice of plays and musicals unrivaled anywhere else in the world. Manhattan also boasts a huge concentration of art museums that boast prominent displays of artworks ranging from historic to contemporary. Museums of interest include the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art , American Museum of Natural History, The Whitney useum of American Art, The Frick Collection, and The Guggenheim Museum. Atleast 75 other museums, large and small, are scattered throughout Manhattan and regularly provide locals with special programs for both adults and children, including workshops and even summer camps.

Dining

There are literally hundreds and hundreds of restaurants located in Manhattan, representing a wide variety of cuisine. Indeed, many of the world’s top chefs have made the city their home and their eclectic restaurants attract foodies from around the globe.

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MARKETING

Marketing properties is where the magic is, and owners evaluating your services want to know that you can do this better than anyone else.

You’ve supplemented your traditional marketing plans with Syndication, an automated way to advertise the client’s home on over 50 high traffic websites and search engines, and promised to allocate a budget towards Enhanced Listings. Two very powerful marketing tactics proven to boost exposure to more online buyers, and that can generate up to twice as much interest in the property, or more.

But just in case some of your local competitors are up to the challenge, here is another one that has ‘wow’ written all over it. An idea that can make any wise seller sit up.

Boost your plan with a promise to create and launch an entire website just for the client’s property! Offer to give their property a home of its own on the World Wide Web. How much cooler value is there?

A dedicated website makes it much easier to find the listing on the Internet, enhances its presentation and bolsters its position on search engines. It’s important that the seller understands the relevance of this plan to the sale of their property. Emphasize the importance of search engine rankings and better presentation, as your seller may not be as Internet savvy and may not completely appreciate some of the ideas.

As well, explain that over and above online prospects, that many local buyers interested in the neighborhood typically drive around the area to physically check out inventory. That for this target, it’s inconvenient to stop to scan QR Codes or jot down the agent’s phone number.

Technically, this means that more drive-by prospects are likely to miss or forget the phone number, if they try to commit it to memory. The more determined would try various way to look up the property on the Internet or ask their agents to research it. However that is not as convenient for them, nor as promising for you. There are too many ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ involved.

Your single property website idea mitigates these risks, hardly costs anything per property and is as easy to set up as 1 2 3.

URL to friends and neighbords.

Single property sites also help to differentiate a property within a certain neighborhood, make the agent behind it seem like a star, and sets you up to capture more leads for your client, more quickly.

With high end single property website solutions today available for pennies per property and can be set up in minutes, the only thing that’s left is to get out there and seal that new listing deal.