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

… financially or timewise HenriEnrique lost me as a customer when he called at 1030 on a Sunday night demanding … 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
My co-op board interview: Sometimes you need to leave the Marc Jacobs bag at home

… a mortgage and rent My attorney doubted he could hold the seller until June 30 I counted backwards from July 1 and … I was homefree Next Lessons learned from the trenches Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of … biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts Elle makes a deal With Brooklyn behind me I head toward …

By Elle Bee |June 17, 2013 - 10:22AM
Another co-op board package, and a commitment letter countdown

… my reading habit and giving the impressionso I hopeof a wellrounded person who would be quiet yet interesting engaged … bank statements demonstration of income 12 months of cancelled rent checks I provided six letters of employment … problem children I was about to inherit Next up Coop board hell redux Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the …

By Elle Bee |May 29, 2013 - 8:58AM
The two most beautiful words a mortgage applicant can hear

… At this point in my apartmentbuying careerand yes at times it has felt like a … for midincome earners and people like me who were freelancers with steady income I would qualify for a better … title searches By April 19 my taxes were filed my application was complete and I set out to deliver the …

By Elle Bee |May 6, 2013 - 1:42PM
Hell is applying for a mortgage...as a self-employed writer

… so I look forward to your update Thanks After two days of radio silence during which my attorney was frantically …

By Elle Bee |April 22, 2013 - 11:41AM
Elle makes a deal
By Elle Bee |April 8, 2013 - 2:10PM
After the board interview, a title search bombshell

… with all this gloom and doom My attorney was obviously oblivious to the GD I had been living with the past eight …

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