North Dakota Voters Squash Property Tax Repeal
A North Dakota ballot initiative to eliminate all property taxes statewide was roundly defeated Tuesday, with more than 76% of voters rejecting it.
Alison Rogers
Alison Rogers likes real estate, writing and cookies, not necessarily in that order. Her memoir of her first year in real estate, Diary of a Real Estate Rookie, was called "beach-read fun" (yes, really!) by the New York Observer. A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard, she lives in Manhattan, where she owns a co-op and a condo. Rogers, the founding editor of the New York Post's real estate section, works as an agent for the boutique firm DG Neary Realty and is a proud member of the Real Estate Board of New York.
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