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

… Having been rejected by my credit union for a mortgage I … in a Google search and picking an unknown entity But I was desperate  I typed in mortgage broker which yielded a … would eventually be renegotiated to 375 as we sat there in contract and the going rates came down even further  Still …

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

… The only problem with finding an apartment that I liked and could afford was that I found it with the wrong agent I had … price as a starting point for the circa 1950s coop in Fort Greene That went over with a thud from the seller … to be honest with you its going to be hard to sell you to a bank The hair raised slightly on the back of my neck I had …

By Elle Bee |December 17, 2012 - 10:20AM
Updating my wish list
By Elle Bee |November 12, 2012 - 2:19PM
Open house time (a.k.a. the sound of my heart breaking)

… Week No 2 of my search  Wanting to avoid another blind side I decided to … of listings I liked and based on that hed generate an open house schedule for me It wasnt hard to find aspirational but … on the second floor was anticlimaticThe bedroom walls were painted brown and with the whitecovered bed stuffed in like …

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