Diary of a First-Time Buyer

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… speeda headspinning ride after months of plodding along the coop trail   The elation of financing approval had barely died … time I thought about my previous experience attempting to buy a coop in Brooklyn and did a mental calculation In half …

… The painstaking recreation took a full evening but I was pleased with the results Instead of scrunching my handwriting … I had told the truth I sat at my desk and looked around my apartment which reflected a life in limbo Sections of my … Heights My Big Fat Board Interview column How to buy a NYC apartment What I learned from 150 apartments before I …

… after three days of searching and looking at fewer than 10 apartments was not tempered by writing a big check 10 down … in 2011 cost me a few extra thousand in taxes And second my lease in Astoria was up on May 31 and my landlord of eight … posts My Big Fat Board Interview column How to buy a NYC apartment What I learned from 150 apartments before I …