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Why Boards Must Preserve Their Institutional Memory

The e-mail was polite and breezy. "Sorry to bother you," a broker who was representing a potential

Discrimination and Admissions - Law Offices of C. Jaye Berger UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by C. Jaye Berger, Principal, Law Offices of C. Jaye Berger on November 01, 2011

Boards of directors are always being asked to review applications to purchase from potential ... Read this article in the digital edition. BACKSTORY Boards of directors are always being asked

Avoiding Discrimination Claims in the Co-op Approval Process

of discrimination, board members must not ask questions related to protected classes such as race, age, ethnicity ... are the questions that a board can very safely ask in this initial conversation? Daniel Finger: Usually, and just

Buy! Buy! My Darling!: How to Get a New York City Apartment the Pulp Fiction Way

] — the financials, the offering plan, all of that — and make sure the bank approves," she went on. "The broker

Hallway Tobacco Smoke Can Kill an Apartment Sale. Have Sellers Recourse?

New York City

in The New York Times' "Ask Real Estate" section, what can one do about the smoker next-door, whose tobacco

Must the Dreaded Co-op Admission Interview Include Your Children?

New York City

-behaved and above average? Must parents bring children kids to the co-op board interview? Brokers tell all

Ducks in order?

Couple of points: It is great you ask, many just jump in blindly and regret decisions later

Walkthrough Inspections: A Less-Costly Alternative to Full Building Reports

"I got the term 'walkthrough' from a managing agent some time ago who asked me to do this thing ... and expensive building-conditions reports that co-op and condo boards use for capital-reserve planning, mortgage

Gas Shutdown Can Kill Co-op Apartment Sales

Yorkville, Manhattan

. They have two questions. Will prospective buyers have trouble securing a mortgage while the gas is shut down

Disputing a Condo Loan UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by John Turchiano, Patrick Niland on September 01, 2013

, Beachwalk Landing Condominium Patrick Niland, the mortgage broker, responds: The statement that unit

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