Amy Gamerman

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When a Multimillion-Dollar Home Comes With Its Very Own Squatter

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Amy Gamerman

Abigail Palanca, licensed real estate salesperson and head of the Abby Palanca Team at Serhant in Brooklyn, NYIt was a beautiful home, over 4,000-square-feet, with a lot of restored details. We listed it at $4 million. The sellers had moved out, and we staged the home. When it’s staged and nobody’s living there, everything’s in perfect order every time you go back. But we were noticing that every time we went to show it, there was something slightly out of place.
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2 months ago | montanafreepress.org | Amy Gamerman

Excerpted from “The Crazies: The Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West” by Amy Gamerman. Copyright © 2025 by Amy Gamerman. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. May not be republished without the express permission of Simon & Schuster. In the beginning, there were the mountains, and the wind flowed over them.
Awaxaawippíia

2 months ago | montanafreepress.org | Amy Gamerman

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‘Luckily Nobody Got Hurt.’ These Real-Estate Pros Went to the Extreme

Nov 30, 2024 | msn.com | Amy Gamerman

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‘Luckily Nobody Got Hurt.’ These Real-Estate Pros Went to the Extreme.

Nov 30, 2024 | wsj.com | Amy Gamerman

Christa Kearns, Realtor, The Corcoran Group, Westhampton Beach, N.Y.It was a three-bedroom, two-bath ranch, super cute. The owner’s grown son and daughter lived with her. The house was super well-maintained—it just reeked of weed. But there was a line out the door at the first open house, and multiple bids. It went from list to contract in a total of seven days. The seller was going to move to Florida when the sale closed, and her adult children were going to move into a rental property she owned.
Wearing Heels? While Selling Homes? The Brokers Who Took It a Step Too Far

Oct 14, 2024 | mansionglobal.com | Amy Gamerman |Darya Semenova

What are the pros and cons of showing a house in high heels? Michelle Tepper, broker associate, Sotheby’s International Realty, Sherman Oaks, Calif. This was very early in my career. The buyers were a young couple who wanted to buy a house, and I wanted to look super professional. I wore a navy blue pantsuit—I think it was Ann Taylor—with a flared, wide leg. I remember I was roasting in it. And open-toe strappy sandals, with like a two-and-a-half inch heel.
Wearing Heels? While Selling Homes? The Brokers Who Took It a Step Too Far

Oct 13, 2024 | msn.com | Amy Gamerman

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Wearing Heels? While Selling Homes? The Brokers Who Took It a Step Too Far

Oct 13, 2024 | wsj.com | Amy Gamerman

By Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 04:15This article is in your queue. Michelle Tepper, broker associate, Sotheby’s International Realty, Sherman Oaks, Calif. This was very early in my career. The buyers were a young couple who wanted to buy a house, and I wanted to look super professional. I wore a navy blue pantsuit—I think it was Ann Taylor—with a flared, wide leg. I remember I was roasting in it. And open-toe strappy sandals, with like a two-and-a-half inch heel.
Selling a Cat Lover’s Home When You’re Not a Cat Person

Sep 7, 2024 | wsj.com | Amy Gamerman

By Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 04:11This article is in your queue. April Rogerson, real-estate agent, Century 21 Connect Realty, Atlanta, GeorgiaSometimes cat people are a little bit special, and this client was an all-around special case. The kicker was the cats. She had four cats. I had to get to the property thirty minutes early to open the front door and back door to air out the place. I had to poop and scoop the litter box.
He Got Tired of His Big House, So He Built a Small One in the Backyard

Jul 10, 2024 | wsj.com | Amy Gamerman

Accessory dwelling units are having a moment, as homeowners build miniature houses to use just for themselvesBy Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 02:01This article is in your queue. Bruce Johnston loves his Berkeley, Calif., home: a Modernist gem by the architect William Wurster that he’s owned since 1977. Johnston, a retired doctor and art collector, spent decades happily tending the four-bedroom, 2,929-square-foot house and the gardens on its steep ⅓-acre lot.