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  • Sales
    Income Requirements (Salary+Bonus?)
    Updated 5 months ago
    Hi, In order to stay under the 40x rule, and if I will have a 90k salary with guaranteed 10k signing bonus, is my max rental budget 2.25k(based on 90k salary) or...
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  • Renovation
    Major appliances
    Updated 6 months ago
    To what extent do high end fridges, ovens add value to a place? A Wolf or Gaggenau cooktop vs Jennair, a Miele vs Whirlpool? The obvious answer is 'it depends' -...
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  • Anything
    construction noise
    Updated 6 months ago
    I live in a low floor apartment above a garage that is undergoing structural repairs. There is loud jackhammer noise all day monday through friday, and my little one...
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  • Renovation
    Electrical upgrade
    Updated 6 months ago
    What kind of board pushback can I expect to upgrading electric in my unit? Currently has a 30 amp feed, probably using an antiquated 3-wire circuit rather than more...
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  • Anything
    NYC more affordable than elsewhere in the US?
    Updated 6 months ago
    We make so much money, but it really doesn't feel like that here. Have been looking at some suburbs, and the way I do the math, living there is not actually cheaper....
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  • Schools
    Why private school?
    Updated 6 months ago
    What is the rationale for sending kids to a $60k per year private school instead of a free public magnet school (Stuyvesant or Bronx Science)?
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  • Anything
    Affordable Housing Policy
    Updated 6 months ago
    So it appears that now there exists an asset limit for affordable housing rental and sales lotteries <a rel="nofollow"...
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