One NYer's housing hack: Own a house on a lake in Suffolk County, crash in Bushwick during the week

… question New Yorkers tend to ask him about his situation  My girlfriend Ashley and I lived in an apartment in … that thing or lower the price Your offer is your offer you can negotiate or walk away but the inspection is just to … eggs from a farm thats 12 minutes from our house and its so neighborly that it works on the honor system we just put the …

By Mimi OConnor |January 10, 2020 - 1:00PM
How to renovate a vacation home on a $20,000 budget when you work full-time in NYC

… they were the first to go Then the carpeting and some upper kitchen cabinets Then the outdated bathroom fixtures heavy metal doors and all lighting … … interior design … Renovation … vacation home … How to renovate a vacation home on a $20000 budget when you work …

By Mimi OConnor |December 3, 2018 - 1:00PM
Snow in April, but there's space for days: One young family's move from Jersey City to Portland, Maine

… to get some more insight into why she made the big leap and what life is like on the other side Heres what she had to … to put him in a charter school which is a lotteryand that doesnt necessarily mean its going to be betteror leave … Deering Oaks Park It felt like a good place to raise a familyWhat were your anxieties about moving … I think the …

By Mimi OConnor |March 1, 2018 - 12:00PM
Your top 4 questions about getting a mortgage for a country home—answered

… and are generally more rusticthen be aware Thats because a property like that has a smaller buyers pool and  might be more difficult to unload once it came time to sell In that case you may have better luck with a portfolio … some loans you have to have 12 months of payments on the property youre buying and six months for the property you …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 23, 2016 - 8:59AM