Diary of a First-Time Buyer

… Thursday about two weeks after Karen my broker delivered my coop board application I received a phone call from someone … with him where he would conduct a home visit look at current bills and take a few pictures He insisted this was the …

… will reject cheap construction Period There were too many apartments in each category to describe in detailand I never … offer $300000 as the owners were already living in tight quarters with two children and were expecting a third They … was nicely renovatedanother split diningliving room with French doorsbut every window looked out onto either a brick …

… I try to convince my landlord I cannot pay Manhattan prices for an apartment in Astoria  I moved to Astoria in 2005 after my rent in Chelsea jumped to $2600 for a shoeboxsized … careera dream always out of reach each time I wrote a rent check in Manhattan Then Astoria started getting hot and at …