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  • Renovation
    Drop Ceiling and
    Updated over 10 years ago
    we are renovating post-war apartment and dropped ceilings 1 3/4" for wires and j-box. they are skim coating. now contractor just told me that the ceilings may be...
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  • Sales
    looking for first time home owner financing
    Updated over 10 years ago
    Hello, my husband and I would like to purchase a townhouse in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan that we can pick up at a discounted price at is part of...
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  • Rentals
    Broker asking $3500 fee to renew lease
    Updated over 10 years ago
    Hi, I have been living in the same apartment for the past 2 years. Now my broker has informed me that he has listed the apartment for rent and if I want t stay, I...
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  • Anything
    The Walton Condominium
    Updated over 10 years ago
    Note that this is not a "full service building" as stated in the description. There is no resident handy man and no night time porter. The super does not perform any...
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  • Sales
    The Leonard
    Updated over 10 years ago
    What is the opinion on the area called "Civic Center?"
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  • Brokers
    How much do NYC rental agents make?
    Updated over 10 years ago
    Just curious how much great rental agents make. I'm an agent in another major metro area and rentals aren't much of an income producer here, but I'm moving to NYC in a...
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  • Sales
    Return of co-op move-out deposit
    Updated over 10 years ago
    Someone I know, not a client, has been unable to obtain his $500 move-out deposit at and after the closing. Management company is quite large, and they don't seem to...
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