Diary of a First-Time Buyer: 13 lessons learned after 60+ apartments

… to my price range and being willing to consider modest renovations losing a closet or window trading in a rooftop … to know all of my neighbors I knew that major capital improvements to a small coop meant few people to shoulder and share the costs of any improvements and special assessments In the end I opted for …

By Elle Bee |August 5, 2013 - 9:57AM
Elle makes a deal
By Elle Bee |April 8, 2013 - 2:10PM
With Brooklyn behind me, I head toward Hudson Heights

… Within a couple of months after the Brooklyn apartment fiasco I decided to stop pouting and start looking for a new place In truth it wasnt so much an act of revitalization … arranged an appointment the next week He was upfront The building would have to be approved by a lender and I would …

By Elle Bee |March 25, 2013 - 10:42AM
After the board interview, a title search bombshell

… following itshock and awe and then indignationDarren my attorney and I came up with an exit plan He believed that failure to disclose the … girlfriend intent on making her boyfriend admit he was cheating Just say it Darren cleared his throatThey cant …

By Elle Bee |February 11, 2013 - 2:12PM