Diary of a First-Time Buyer

… and bedroom dedicated to items for eBay or donation As a wine writer I had some 250 bottlesprofessional samples and … along shelves the floorany free space not occupied by books newspapers and magazines In short my place looked as though … Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly …

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… the years but arriving along with offers for weight loss supplements discounted luxury watches and sex life … wagon OK that sounded good to me I dialed the tollfree number A loan officer named Chad filled me in on the basic … $26000 more but I just wrote an earnest money check for an apartment Im buying  Serge asked who was underwriting my …

… with an assortment of ailments ranging from lack of space to lack of light By this time Sidney was my agent of record … things I wanted calculate their respective worth would I pay $10000 extra for good light or a good neighborhood and figure how much less I could offer I categorized according to …