A home visit from a private investigator, board interview bombshells, and other signs I'm in trouble

… 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 Beyond the … place 9 questions that separate the New Yorkers from the rookies   … Buy … Non-Traditional Buyers … Co-ops … Sales …

By Elle Bee |January 28, 2013 - 10:31AM
How (not) to prepare a co-op board package

…   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 … place 9 questions that separate the New Yorkers from the rookies   … Buy … Non-Traditional Buyers … Co-ops … Sales …

By Elle Bee |January 14, 2013 - 9:56AM
The art (and horror) of the deal

… irony of my situation set in On paper I could not afford to buy an apartment whose combined mortgage and maintenance was … recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts How to buy a NYC apartment My Big Fat … place 9 questions that separate the New Yorkers from the rookies … Buy … Non-Traditional Buyers … Negotiating + …

By Elle Bee |December 17, 2012 - 10:20AM
Updating my wish list

… prices started to creep over the $300000 budget Id set for myself Sidney assured me I could offer within my range … lessthanideal but that could be addressed in some way or another and included things like water leaks outdated … back of the building and the apartment was so dark the realtor had to use a flashlight to show me around She didnt …

By Elle Bee |November 12, 2012 - 2:19PM
Navigating the (rocky) relationship between broker and buyer

… I immediately make an offer of $325000 as another potential buyer had come onto the scene just moments before Hmmm Just … place 9 questions that separate the New Yorkers from the rookies   … Buy … Non-Traditional Buyers … Sales Market … …

By Elle Bee |October 31, 2012 - 10:44AM
Diary of a First-time Buyer: "How did I get here and how do I get out??"

… glare of 11 members of the coop board where Im applying to buy a 750squarefoot onebedroom apartment in the building … the drama in her new biweekly column Diary of a Firsttime Buyer Related posts My Big Fat Board Interview column What I … place 9 questions that separate the New Yorkers from the rookies   … Buy … Non-Traditional Buyers … Co-ops … Sales …

By Elle Bee |September 10, 2012 - 11:32AM