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    Fire code?
    Updated about 6 years ago
    Is this legal with no roof access (from 2nd floor) and no fire escapes?
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    Breaking a New Construction Closing Contract
    Updated about 6 years ago
    So I'm in contract for a new construction condo in February pre-Covid. Have 10% deposit down. Building should probably be completed early Fall assuming we open up in...
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    Better to break the contract?
    Updated about 6 years ago
    Hi all We signed a contract to buy a 1-bedroom condo in upper west side (right near 96th 1/2/3 station) for about ~$1.2M in February right before covid started, and...
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    Discount for all cash offer
    Updated about 6 years ago
    I'm looking at an apartment for $1.3M. Initially was going to get a jumbo mortgage, but the rates are significantly higher compared to conventional mortgages. If I...
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    Incentives run as high as 20%!
    Updated about 6 years ago
    Somehow management at this building is tone deaf to the fact that a massive change has started in Manhattan real estate. The largest tenant in the city (JPMorgan)...
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    Signs of the market: How to lose $1.5-2M
    Updated about 6 years ago
    80 Riverside Boulevard #5M Apartment looks gorgeous, would love to own it. But: Paid $4.525M in 10/2013 Current Ask: $3.87M after "nearly $400,000 in recently...
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    Highly Hazardous Conditions
    Updated about 6 years ago
    I have lived in the building for 6 years. Recently, the conditions have deteriorated to the point of disbelief. To begin with, there were only two elevators to...
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