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  • Sales
    All Cash or Mortgage
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Looking to purchase a 1.5m apartment. Let's say we have 1.8m in cash not including 491k. Is it better to purchase the apartment using all cash or put down 1m and...
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  • Sales
    negotiating broker commissions?
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Since I am going to be losing money in my transaction (bought in 2007), I am wondering how best to negotiate broker commission. Ideally, I'd like to align our...
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  • Neighborhoods
    175/192 Spencer St.
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Just checking to see if anyone renting from this building/company (175 or 192 Spencer Street) reads or comments on this board. Anyone?
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  • Sales
    192 Spencer Street
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Just checking to see if anyone who lives in this building reads or comments on the posts here. Anyone?
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  • Sales
    Any advice on pricing strategy?
    Updated over 14 years ago
    I am putting my condo on the market and have interviewing brokers. I am getting a wide range of list price recommendations. I bought in spring of 2007 for $1.8m and...
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  • Sales
    Help for NYTimes story: Writing Letters to Sellers
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Folks, My name is Elizabeth Harris and I'm a reporter at The New York Times. I'm working on a story about how, in competitive bidding situations, some potential...
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  • Rentals
    Tax Implications of Subletting Co-op (2 Owners)
    Updated over 14 years ago
    My wife and I are moving from Queens to NJ, and we are trying to sell our co-op, but even with taking a loss we're having a tough time. So we are thinking of renting...
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