Leah Hochbaum Rosner
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There are lots of factors that can affect your ability to obtain a mortgage for a new apartment—your income, your credit score, your bankruptcy or foreclosure history. (For more info, see 6 hurdles that can stand between you and your mortgage.)
Eric Benaim of Long Island City-based Modern Spaces counsels the writer of this week’s Buy Curious, a woman seeking a 2-bedroom in the newly buzz-worthy borough of Queens.
THE WISH LIST:
In this edition of Take It or Leave It, our longtime renters consider the virtues and vices of a no-fee 3-bedroom/1.5-bathroom Brooklyn duplex with a private terrace. As always, our panelists—who have a collective 43 years of rental experience—are RentHackr founder Zeb Dropkin, freelance writer Lambeth Hochwald, and BrickUnderground’s own senior editor, Lucy Cohen Blatter.
The Apartment:
This week, our Take It or Leave It renters—who have 43 years of combined rental experience among them—take stock of a renovated 2-bedroom loft in a former South Street Seaport button factory. Our panelists include RentHackr founder Zeb Dropkin, freelance writer Lambeth Hochwald, and BrickUnderground’s own senior editor, Lucy Cohen Blatter.
The Apartment:
