Victoria Alexander Featured in New York Weekly on the Mindset Shifts That Make Better Leaders

I was recently featured in a New York Weekly piece from the Dreamers & Doers community on the mindset shifts that actually change how founders and CEOs lead. Not the big dramatic ones, the small quiet ones that we barely seem to notice in the moment. The daily choices about how you show up. Mine […]

Before You Hire a Home Inspector, Ask Who Gets Your Data

There is a whole economy built around your home’s data, and most buyers have no idea it exists. We put a short version of this on Instagram last week (see the post here), and the response told us it deserved more than seven slides. So here’s the longer conversation, because this is one of the […]

The NYC Mansion Tax in 2026, Revisited: What Passed, What Didn’t, and the New Tax Nobody Was Talking About

In April, we shared news about a proposal in the state budget that would have changed the NYC mansion tax. The plan was to lower the threshold from $1 million to $500,000, make sellers pay instead of buyers, and add new tax brackets. We mentioned then that things could change before anything became final, and […]

Who Does Your Broker Actually Work For?

Last month, on an earnings call, the CEO of the largest residential brokerage in the country asked a question he seemed to think answered itself: what seller wouldn’t want their listing agent to bring their own buyer? Appraiser and longtime market analyst Jonathan Miller took that question apart in a recent piece on his Housing […]

Compère Collective Presents: The Empathogen Experience: Experiential Meditative Art Experience

If you’re interested in meditation and perceiving beyond your five senses, join multidisciplinary artist and journalist Samantha Rose Stein for the award-winning Empathogen Experience held at Compere Collective on Van Brunt. This is an experiential meditative art show where you’ll develop your sensory perception and explore questions like what is the relationship between the state […]

Women-Owned Business Series: Christine from Lavin Advisory Group

Welcome back to our Women-Owned Business Series! Today we’re featuring Christine, founder of Lavin Advisory Group — an advisory practice helping growth-stage founders of service and creative businesses, earning between $500K and $3M in revenue, stop being the bottleneck in the business they built. The inspiration behind Lavin Advisory comes from Christine’s own path: over […]

Buy the Damn Trash Bin (and a Few Thoughts on Who Gets Ticketed)

If you own a 1-9 unit residential building in New York City, as of September 8, the Department of Sanitation can write you a $50 summons for putting your trash out in anything other than an official NYC Bin. We said a short version of this on Instagram last week (watch the Reel here), and […]

Fall Repairs for Brooklyn Rowhouses: What Actually Matters Before October 1

Every September the internet fills up with fall home maintenance checklists, and most of them were written for a house with a lawn, a sprinkler system, and a two-car garage. We published one of those ourselves a few years back. This is the version for the buildings we actually work in: the two-family on a […]

Women-Owned Business Series: Hope from Wonder Woman Media and Mia Joy Foundation

Welcome back to our Women-Owned Business Series! Today we’re featuring Hope, the founder of Wonder Woman Media — a marketing and storytelling business, now in its 15th year, helping female-founded brands, nonprofits, and meaningful businesses find and tell the stories that make people feel something. The inspiration behind Wonder Woman Media comes from the founder’s […]

Women-Owned Business Series: Maggie from Nova Chief of Staff

Welcome back to our Women-Owned Business Series! Today we’re featuring Maggie, founder of Nova Chief of Staff — the first-to-market certification and training company for Chiefs of Staff, now with over 2,000 students across 1,500 companies in 45 countries. The inspiration behind Nova comes from Maggie’s own story: six years ago, she was a consistent […]