Diary of a First-Time Buyer

… smoking Dec 16 1997 the day I met a boy I was crazy about for about 10 years and Dec 15 2003 the night I got engaged … and my personal checkbook for the rest of the miscellaneous fees and charges     That morning my attorney called me … It was the oddest assemblage of people Id ever seen And as New York City reporter that was saying a lot    Oddly my …

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… a review of two years income When the underwriters averaged 2010 and 2011 I fell below the debttoincomeratio required … of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts My Big Fat Board Interview column How to buy a NYC apartment What I learned from 150 …