A home visit from a private investigator, board interview bombshells, and other signs I'm in trouble

… Thursday about two weeks after Karen my broker delivered my coop board application I received a phone call from someone … Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts How to buy a NYC apartment Beyond the …

By Elle Bee |January 28, 2013 - 10:31AM
The art (and horror) of the deal

… The only problem with finding an apartment that I liked and could afford was that I found it with the wrong agent I had … irony of my situation set in On paper I could not afford to buy an apartment whose combined mortgage and maintenance was … Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly …

By Elle Bee |December 17, 2012 - 10:20AM
Updating my wish list

Between March and late fall of last year most of my Sundays … Elle Bee is a lifelong renter currently in the process of buying a Brooklyn apartment recounted in her biweekly column  Diary of a FirstTime Buyer Related posts My Big Fat Board Interview column What I …

By Elle Bee |November 12, 2012 - 2:19PM
Navigating the (rocky) relationship between broker and buyer

… Week 4 of the apartment search Sidney the first realtor I contacted about four weeks ago … I immediately make an offer of $325000 as another potential buyer had come onto the scene just moments before Hmmm Just … me and I instantly regretted not doing my homework on agentbuyer relationships and not bringing Sidney into it soon …

By Elle Bee |October 31, 2012 - 10:44AM