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  • Renovation
    brownstone reno-cost & process
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    Hi all, I've been reading threads about renovations and i actually posted this a few days ago under sales (by accident), but i only got a few responses to i am...
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  • Sales
    brownstone reno-cost & process
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    Hi all, I've been reading threads about renovations and learned a lot, but have some questions and would appreciate your feedback. My wife and I are looking to buy...
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  • Sales
    Value of an ageing renovation
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    When comping apartments in the same line (same footprint) where one is in estate condition and the other was renovated 7 or 8 years ago, how would you value the...
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  • Renovation
    Tub Glazing
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    Does anyone know a good contractor to do this? I contacted a contractor from this site and he promised to email me about tub glazing but never did.
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  • Sales
    Upsizing your home in order to increase profits
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    A friend is looking to sell their $700k house in a tier 1 suburban NYC town, and upgrade to a $1.2mm home. Taxes will increase from $25k to $35k. What is worth...
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  • Sales
    London Terrace Towers
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    I have always wanted to live at London Terrace. Not that I have the money, I have been hearing some unpleasant things about it. Does anyone out there know firsthand...
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  • Sales
    How expensive is buying and then selling?
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    Let's say I buy a 1 million dollar pre-war coop, and after 10 years I sell it for the same price. How much did I loose for brokers, mortgage taxes, flip tax in...
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