Diary of a First-Time Buyer

… but stylish kitchen from Home Depot which priced out at about $12000 in materials For an 8 x 8 kitchen Not including … After three hours we created a goodlooking scheme at about onethird the cost How do you say Hello IKEA in Swedish … your contract I fumed Big help those two While she thought about where I could meet her to deliver the documents I ran …

… party I met Karen A real estate agent in Brooklyn she offered to show me around the neighborhood once she learned I was in the market Brooklyn Thud I had zero interest in what I … Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly …

… I decided to contact an agent whom Id interviewed for a real estate story some time ago He had offered his services … that was neither offensive nor engagingjust enough to guide the imagination without impressing upon it People …

… Wednesday night in Fort Greene Brooklyn Im sitting not at a hip bistro but in a … apartment in Astoria  I moved to Astoria in 2005 after my rent in Chelsea jumped to $2600 for a shoeboxsized … My Big Fat Board Interview column What I learned from 150 apartments before I finally bought one Here are 7 things …