Diary of a First-time Buyer: "How did I get here and how do I get out??"

… prewar Within 30 seconds I can tell we dont like each other How can I throw this interview Welcome to the schizophrenic world of firsttime homeownership in NYC … apartment in Astoria  I moved to Astoria in 2005 after my rent in Chelsea jumped to $2600 for a shoeboxsized …

By Elle Bee |September 10, 2012 - 11:32AM
Upper West Side to Park Slope: Affordable outdoor space, fewer bankers and lawyers, and you can always see the sky

… spending a ton of money In Park Slope we bought a duplex apartment with two decks for about $15 million Honestly in a … we bought our place we also looked in Brooklyn Heights Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens too  One of the challenges … that just arent our speed and then there are the brownstones and singlefamily multilevel homes The ones that were …

By Liz |August 3, 2012 - 8:43AM
From Carroll Gardens to the Lower East Side: A nice switch from Sesame Street, except for the weekends

… Ssam Bar which are both in the East Village I wanted to live somewhere where I could walk to work I also wanted to … around have families or are freelancers A lot of people who live on the Lower East Side work at night I have a number of … Side on weekend nights because it largely transforms from what I know as a unique diverse neighborhood to a …

By Karen Fu |July 27, 2012 - 10:53AM