Ron­da Kay­sen is an award-win­ning jour­nal­ist and colum­nist for The New York Times, where she cre­at­ed the ​“Right at Home” col­umn and writes ​“Ask Real Estate.” In her decade writ­ing for The Times, her fea­tures have appeared in the Style, Smarter Liv­ing, Real Estate, Busi­ness, and Met­ro­pol­i­tan sec­tions. She is also a con­trib­u­tor to Archi­tec­tur­al Digest, AARP and Archi­tec­tur­al Record.