Diary of a First-Time Buyer

… On a Thursday about two weeks after Karen my broker delivered my coop board application I … for the past seven years Ive spent a lot of time in this neighborhood with friends who live here and also as a … a few details about my pastimes what kind of neighborhood I sought and how I thought I could contribute to the Kingsview …

… with Karen other than a vague lack of confidence but somehow it felt wrong that one flighty agent could find me the … agent couldnt find one in eight months I composed an email to Sidney thanking him for his service and letting him know … that would change everything Im sorry but you just dont show the income for us to give you a mortgage he said The …

… worried that my broker Sidney would throw in the towelhe had shown me numerous apartments that looked alike and yet none … I met Karen A real estate agent in Brooklyn she offered to show me around the neighborhood once she learned I was in the …

… walkup dishwashers not allowed high maintenance fees cheap construction Will not pay more than $250000 and … child was a prewar coop then $325000 now $319000 on West 147th a beautiful treelined brownstone street in Hamilton … jive with the high maintenance fee Then $775 and now $840 The triangularshaped kitchen was a series of awkward work …

… Week 4 of the apartment search Sidney the first realtor I contacted about four weeks ago offered to show me around Inwood a neighborhood in the furthest northern … would be a neat place to live or for Chris to visit but somehow not convinced  Back home I thought about  last weeks … …

… Week No 2 of my search  Wanting to avoid another blind side I decided to contact an agent … piano Art Deco secretary and some 150 square feet of books How often do you play the piano or read Chris asked me Her … my piano hurt An agent approached us Hi Im Richard can I show you around said the young friendlybutnotpolished agent …