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… Buying a  New York City coop is a lot like applying for a job Not only do you have to …

… market landlords typically try to raise rents for current tenants to match what they could get from new renters You … of moving to a new apartment including paying a moving company a security deposit and a potential brokers fee  It … generally want to keep tenants in an apartment because finding new renters can be costly especially if renovations …

… When I landed in New York City as a brighteyed budgetminded … myself on a slippery slope increasingly willing to compromise on safety and other standards just to find a … realized I needed to find a roommate to help pay the rent   Now thanks to skyhigh rents and intense competition …