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  • Sales
    Element - Front desk staff experience
    Updated almost 11 years ago
    We went to view a condo today. We didn't see the place because our trip ended with the front desk staff yelling on the phone at the broker (using our cell phone) and...
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  • Sales
    New York prices to collapse?
    Updated almost 11 years ago
    Post from a few months ago, but curious to hear thoughts about the validity of the info here and whether the author's conclusion is likely on target: <a...
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  • Anything
    Suing a coop for failure to fix roof?
    Updated almost 11 years ago
    Hi All, I'm a shareholder at an HDFC coop. The roof is old and the board (both old and new) have been talking about repairing it for about 3 years now. I live on...
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  • Sales
    Skewed inventory
    Updated almost 11 years ago
    From Corcoran Q12015 Sales report: There is very short supply in the co-op market and in small-scale units. 95% of all home purchases in Manhattan take place below...
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  • Rentals
    421A Building - Short-Term Extensions
    Updated almost 11 years ago
    I can't seem to find any information governing a short-term extension for a building governed by the 421A rent stabilization. I'm moving across the country and...
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  • Sales
    load bearing walls in tenement/walk up
    Updated almost 11 years ago
    Is there any 'easy' way to determine which are load bearing walls when you're looking at a walkup tenement buildings in the city? e.g. early 1900s vintage. Would...
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  • Anything
    building at 185 West Houston Street
    Updated almost 11 years ago
    Some of these room counts are off. The kitchens in this building except for one line do not have windows. I see they are being counted as rooms. Why is that. ...
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