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For the past 75 years, individuals have shared living space: the rent, the maintenance. In addition to sharing the rent, today's co-living is designed to develop a sense of community, in a friendly, warm environment.

Speaking with pride and pleasure about their goals to create a multi-generational business and hopes to transition their company to the next generation, guests were candid about the obstacles and difficulties along the way.

Podcasts-another form of media, convenient when traveling, relaxing; educational, informative, fun and very popular! Guests-themselves podcasters-discuss the podcasts to market a product, a service, a personality and as a means to bring people together.

Acknowledging the retail "apocalypse" grabbing headlines, guests considered issues like debt, over expansion, poor decisions, and more effecting retail's ability to deal with the new competitor, Amazon.

Lots of people want to come to live in NY, supporting a growing interest in parts of Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx: Coney Island, East NY, Jamaica. Rent concessions are sometimes offered; new laws/regulations make the rental market a difficult investment.

LIC is coming into its own! With a great waterfront, more retail, more restaurants-amenities to make LIC a place to call home, some developers-thinking long term-are building more 2 bedroom and larger units. Schools, transportation: still challenges.

Lots of development in Jersey City! Great transportation, lower rents - condo or rental - all attracting a young, cosmopolitan population. Harrison: smaller market, good transportation; Bayonne: great opportunities. Schools still a challenge!

Guests, representing various aspects of technology, discussed how their products and services interact and support the real estate industry. Question raised concerned about how receptive were venture capitalists/banks when presented with new ideas?

While the condo market may generally be "challenging," buyers still want to own a piece of New York! Guests discussed strong markets in New York and in the suburbs: the Upper West Side, downtown Brooklyn, Astoria, Jersey City, Hoboken, Yonkers and New Rochelle.