How (not) to prepare a co-op board package

… long night  Miraculously every recommender delivered thanks mostly to me drafting letters for some of them By the time I …   Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts How to buy a NYC apartment My Big Fat …

By Elle Bee |January 14, 2013 - 9:56AM
What does it take to get a mortgage in this town?

… my local Chase branch and wrote checks that would withdraw most of my funds from the credit union Serge the banker … but I just wrote an earnest money check for an apartment Im buying  Serge asked who was underwriting my mortgage and … Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly …

By Elle Bee |December 31, 2012 - 1:22PM
Updating my wish list

… Between March and late fall of last year most of my Sundays were consumed by open houses in Upper … Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts My Big Fat Board Interview column What I …

By Elle Bee |November 12, 2012 - 2:19PM
My whirlwind affair with Hamilton Heights

… off the major avenues Indeed several streets have Anytown USA names like Overlook Terrace Bennett Avenue and … liking the idea of a little anonymity in the midst of the city  Sadly though most of the affordable apartments in this …

By Elle Bee |October 15, 2012 - 10:38AM