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Walkthrough and Closing

Posted on December 25, 2015 by InVoluntary Exile

The last steps before you finally commit to the home buying purchase is the walkthrough and the closing. In my case, once the closing was scheduled for a Tuesday morning, the listing agent and I scheduled a time for me … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the Goddamned Mortgage

Posted on December 20, 2015 by InVoluntary Exile

In Medias Res Nov. 30 2:04 p.m. Your attorney asks the banker if there is anything else she can do to help him clear the file. Nov. 30: 2:01 p.m. Banker says they have everything. Nov. 30 6:19 p.m. Banker … Continue reading →

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Will It/Won’t It?

Posted on December 1, 2015 by InVoluntary Exile

One might expect the sale of a co-op apartment that doesn’t need to go through board approval to happen in three months or less. I started wooing this one at the end of August. Continue reading →

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NYC Apartment Hunt: The Saga (or Kitchen Sink Drama) Continues

Posted on November 16, 2015 by InVoluntary Exile

You get to a point in this process where you start to forget what you’re doing or why you’re doing it. Everything acquires a haze of deja vu that alternates with a mental fog. Guy Pierce and Aamir Khan’s drastic … Continue reading →

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NYC Apartment Hunt: Season Two

Posted on September 15, 2015 by InVoluntary Exile

After 2014’s havey cavey retreat from apartment buying, I renewed my rental lease for a year. I calculated that I could go back to the hunt in spring 2015, and have a new place by the end of the lease … Continue reading →

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