REALTORS BEGGING? have you seen this...

Suzanne researched this!

So sniper, you bought again, right? You're my hero because you sold FSBO. ;-) You're a brave man.

no...i have not bought again. i am looking and strongly considering becoming a bitter renter :(
i would buy if the right place comes along because my intention would be to settle in for the next 25-30 years.
i will let you know how it goes.

but...now i feel i have to buy. the woman on the teevee said that "all markets are different" and "interest rates are at record lows." she then mentioned something about raising the "must buy home" security threat level to orange and "being priced out forever!"

Oh no, leave bitterness behind you. I have decided that I will not become a bitter, complaining, rent stabilized tenant, no matter what. You get a good deal and you are stuck in the apartment for life. It is kind of a Faustian bargain. Every year, you bitch about the landlord some more, who needs it?

I am of the same mind as you, thinking long term, but who knows what tomorrow will bring. Ah, security threat levels with regards to house buying, what a joke. Just turn off the teevee. Life become more pleasant when you do that. I can't listen to CNBC for more than two minutes without screaming.

i was going to put "(dripping with sarcasm)" but didn't think it was necessary. i guess it does not translate well some times.

*i would likely be renting a house outside the city - no rent stabilization there.

There are two rent stabilized apartments in my building available. LL can't seem to get them rented, come on up to the Heights! Nice neighbors, we have tenant meetings in the lobby once a month. A summer BBQ and bake sales and other events in the lobby for various holidays.

Imagine that? You get to know your neighbors.

got a link?

Who says I want to get to know my neighbors? A bunch of crabby, rent stabilizers who are always looking to be subsidized, and not pay their fair share of the costs, forget it. I'm too busy trying to figure out which buildings have a low enough percentage of rent stabilized tenants to make them a fair deal. Not easy to figure out.

Sarcasm, some. Truth, some. If I rent, I will pay market.

But I will probably buy again. That's just the way I am. I pays my money and takes my chances. Stevehjx, be damned.

"Who says I want to get to know my neighbors?" Amen, regardless of details.

"Who says I want to get to know my neighbors?" Amen, regardless of details. - That is for damn sure.

“ On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy…for the residents of Manhattan are to a large extent strangers who have pulled up stakes somewhere and come to town, seeking sanctuary or fulfillment or some greater or lesser grail…[New York] can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending on a good deal of luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky. "

- EB White "Here is New York"

Remember, these same schmucks had a HUGE campaign saying "now is the time to buy, we're down 5%" or something...

ONE YEAR AGO!

Look, the real estate industry makes money on volume. They will always say it is time to buy. The more buying and selling, the more money they make. A drop in volume is the biggest thing they fear. They need the churn.

That's why EB has a nice home on the beach off old Montauk road..Yes you were all my neighbors downtown, staring at the floor indifferently in the elevator. :-). I like my uptown group. I had a great conversation with the guy down the hall, turns out his nephew is William Attaway, he also use to live in Miles D's house around the corner back in the 60's. They also have live jazz in the parlor of my downstairs neighbor on Sunday afternoon.

Open up a bit, you never know who's just next door. Or just lock yourself inside if that makes you happy?

I like to meet new people, conversation one on one in a cafe or park or a train ride across Europe or South America.

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407 Pas; When you're ready to rent...I'm here for you brother! ;)

I guess it is about finding some balance with your neighbors, getting to know them a little, but not too much so that they're in your hair or you're in their hair. It can be tricky. I like meeting people, that is one of the reasons I do not mind showing my place.

Sorry, Mr. B, the Heights are not convenient for me. I doubt if I will rent, because, if I will pay market, I will be bitter about my rent stabilized neighbors who have such a great deal, the deal I can't get. It is somehow more acceptable to see purchases at different price levels for the same layout than it is to see different rents for the same space.

EB wrote the essay in a hotel room in New York, if I recall correctly. Maybe he had a love/hate relationship with the city. Still, it is a great essay.

"Maybe he had a love/hate relationship with the city."

WHO DOESN'T??!!! that is one of the beauties of this city. you are in love with it one second and the next something about it is driving you mad!!!

it is a GREAT quote. thanks for posting it.

They play the same ad every year...

I just re-read that quote by EB, to some extent I think it applied to another era. Today the crowd I see in the Village or Upper West Side seems more interested in other, lets say base things...It's the "Sex in the City" crowd, lol.

It is an interesting sentiment though. Thank you.

We have a billboard I pass on the way to work with a similar message. Quite funny.

theburkhardtgroup, I'm in the Heights (love it!) and am looking to move buildings (don't love my LL). Could you send me some info on your building? writerchicknyc at yahoo dot com

When does that whole Sex and the City thing just go away? I'm as bored with it as I am bored with old Seinfeld episodes. Every generation seems to think that they invented sex.

There shouldn't be any shows filmed in New York apartments because the apartments are too small. You have to build the apartments on sound stages.

LFH I just e mailed you, call my mobile with any questions. Gotta run!

I love how these guys went nearly instantly from "housing will only go up, BUY NOW" to "housing is down and will go up, BUY NOW!".

There is never a time where they won't tell you to buy.