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  • Rentals
    Lease Renewal
    Updated over 11 years ago
    After 10.5 months living in an apt, my landlord has decided to sell and wants us to leave at the end of our lease, in 45 days. I paid a hefty brokers fee and moving...
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  • Sales
    NYC income tax paid for pied-a-terres?
    Updated over 11 years ago
    My husband who works in Manhattan and I were thinking of buying a pied-a-terre in the city. We live in New Jersey, pay the commuter taxes and have children in the...
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  • Sales
    Sale at 45 East 89th Street #40EFG
    Updated over 11 years ago
    Weird layout. Needs to be renovated.
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  • Boards
    Co-op changing sublet fees
    Updated over 11 years ago
    Hey, everyone. Does anyone have wisdom regarding sublet fees being raised after you've got a tenant in place? That is, when my tenant moved in the fee was $150, but...
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  • Boards
    proper to thank a board
    Updated over 11 years ago
    We've closed on a coop, upper west side, and I am wondering if it is proper or considerate to thank the board in some way? what way? Is this ever done?
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  • Sales
    2nd home mortgage
    Updated over 11 years ago
    Are there any good recommendations for mortgage firms that know the Hamptons market well? Looking to purchase a 2nd home in the $2 mm range, 50% LTV, but want someone...
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  • Renovation
    Floor matching
    Updated over 11 years ago
    We have 15 year old white oak floors in our apartment. In a recent renovation, the contractor added new floors in some areas that are very visible. After a 1/8"...
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