What does it take to get a mortgage in this town?

… Bank of America was that one of the bailout banks Chase Wells Fargo I remembered a song I learned in fifth grade from The Music Man about the Wells Fargo wagon OK that sounded good to me I dialed the … my mortgage and when I told him I was in discussion with Wells Fargo he offered to match the termsinterest rate …

By Elle Bee |December 31, 2012 - 1:22PM
The art (and horror) of the deal

… nine months earlier I learned that they did not in fact finance coops I was irritated because the only reason I kept …

By Elle Bee |December 17, 2012 - 10:20AM
Updating my wish list

… Over budget I head over the river  Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment … your lawyer should tell you when you buy a condo or coop in NYC  sponsored A single guy reveals why he took the coop …

By Elle Bee |November 12, 2012 - 2:19PM
Open house time (a.k.a. the sound of my heart breaking)

… of listings I liked and based on that hed generate an open house schedule for me It wasnt hard to find aspirational but … offensive nor engagingjust enough to guide the imagination without impressing upon it People skirted around us peering … another apartment around the corner This we would learn was Realtor MO …   …   … He escorted us around the corner to 835 …

By Elle Bee |September 24, 2012 - 10:29AM