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  • Sales
    Can't Trust Agent Selling Your Home
    Updated over 9 years ago
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  • Sales
    Selling broker suing me after I stop the sale
    Updated over 9 years ago
    So I decided not to sell my coop. I did not enter into a contract with a buyer. My selling agent/managing agent decided to take me to civil court for close to 5k. My...
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  • Sales
    Non Contingent
    Updated over 9 years ago
    I've negotiated a contract for sale, and the seller insists the contract be non-contingent on a mortgage. I have negotiated an appraisal floor, am able to cover 30%...
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  • Anything
    Startup ideation phase
    Updated over 9 years ago
    Dear Streeteasy community, I bought an apartment in NYC two years ago and since when I started trying to buy I've thought that there are a lot of things that could...
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  • Sales
    Real Estate is a Bad Investment
    Updated over 9 years ago
    No matter how you slice it, renting is ALWAYS financially more beneficial over time than owning. Let's make some financial assumptions that are borne out by decades...
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  • Sales
    Studio or 1 BR?
    Updated over 9 years ago
    I'm about to list my apartment. A few years ago, I divided the 18' x 18' space with a 6-panel sliding door that runs wall to wall, ceiling to floor. The bedroom area...
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  • Sales
    Any incentive to break a deal for buyer agent?
    Updated over 9 years ago
    Probably a stupid question... I am doing FSBO for my coop. I had a buyer visited with her buyer agent last weekend. After the visit, the buyer agent asked me if...
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