- Alison Rogers
Alison Rogers is an American journalist and real estate agent. A 1987 "summa cum laude" graduate of
Harvard University , she has been published inThe New York Times ,Money Magazine ,Fortune Magazine , andThe Chicago Reader , among others.For ten years she has been the co-publisher of the Oscars joke site [http://www.thefelixes.com thefelixes.com] .
In 2003, Rogers became the founding editor of the real-estate section of the [http://www.nypost.com New York Post] , a position she left after two years to become an active participant in the field she had covered. She is now a real estate agent for the New York-based firm of [http://www.dgneary.com DG Neary] .
Book Publishing
Rogers' memoir of her first year in real estate, "Diary of a Real Estate Rookie", was published by Kaplan Publishing in 2007. Expanding on on her weekly column of the same name for the real-estate trade site [http://www.inman.com Inman News] , the book earned praise for its combination of witty anecdotes and tips for buyers, sellers, and renters. One of the most successful real-estate books of the year, the book's second printing includes excerpts from positive reviews from
Newsweek ,The Wall Street Journal , andPublishers Weekly ."How to Find the Perfect Home," an article based on one of the book's chapters, ran as a supplement in the August 2007 issue of
Money .In early 2008, Rogers announced that she will serve as the first "real-estate guru" on
FiLife.com , a personal finance site for people in their twenties and thirties launched as a joint venture ofDow Jones andIAC/InterActiveCorp .External links
* [http://www.frontporchllc.com Alison Rogers' website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV9gMdgACTw Inman interview from YouTube]
* [http://www.filife.com FiLife.com]References
* [http://www.newsweek.com/id/34199 Review of "Diary of a Real Estate Rookie"] for
Newsweek , published June 11, 2007.
* [http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0707/gallery.finding_the_perfect_home.moneymag/index.html "How to Find the Perfect Home" byAlison Rogers ] forMoney , August 2007 issue.
* [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6435043.html Starred Review of "Diary of a Real Estate Rookie"] inPublishers Weekly .
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