Diary of a First-Time Buyer

… recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts How to buy a NYC apartment Beyond the board interview 5 good reasons to visit prospective buyers at home sponsored My Big Fat Board Interview What I … place 9 questions that separate the New Yorkers from the rookies   … Buy … Non-Traditional Buyers … Co-ops … Sales …

… down my list of what I still had to get six recommendation letters PDFs of financial statements from four personal and … every recommender delivered thanks mostly to me drafting letters for some of them By the time I gathered all the …

… would prove to be my guardian angel  Finally I was in the home stretch  Or so I thought  Next Meet the board  Elle Bee … of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts My Big Fat Board Interview column How to buy a NYC apartment What I learned from 150 …

… coop in Fort Greene That went over with a thud from the seller who would come down only $2500 While I thought this … the job He even recommended an engineer  the path to home ownership was off to a good start It was shortlived joy … a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts How to buy a NYC …

… After eight months and 49 apartments I was increasingly worried that my broker Sidney … now taking on an exasperated edge  She nodded to a gated complex across the street I have something in there but the … of the complex giving a view of wavy treetops and in the near distance the Prison Ships Martyrs Monument in Fort …

… I immediately make an offer of $325000 as another potential buyer had come onto the scene just moments before Hmmm Just … me and I instantly regretted not doing my homework on agentbuyer relationships and not bringing Sidney into it soon … recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a Firsttime Buyer Related posts My Big Fat Board Interview column What I …

… Week 3 of my apartment search Since songs from the musical In the Heights are running through my … right Enrique answers my email inquiry and after interviewing me on the phone for my wish list one bedroom decent … fifth floor It was hard to know what was more thrilling the view of the bridge and river so close outside the window I …

… glare of 11 members of the coop board where Im applying to buy a 750squarefoot onebedroom apartment in the building … the drama in her new biweekly column Diary of a Firsttime Buyer Related posts My Big Fat Board Interview column What I … place 9 questions that separate the New Yorkers from the rookies   … Buy … Non-Traditional Buyers … Co-ops … Sales …