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I'm selling my co-op and planning to rent. When should I start looking?
By Leigh Kamping-Carder |December 29, 2014 - 1:59PM
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Wall-to-wall carpeting: Can my co-op board make me install it?
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Will swapping my gas stove for electric—at the co-op's insistence—hinder a sale?
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Is a neighbor buying another apartment in your co-op? What the board should ask at the interview
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Am I on the hook for letting a burglar into my building?
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