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  • Rentals
    400k income, why not rent in NJ instead of Manhattan?
    Updated about 5 years ago
    Assuming a couple are making 300-400k and renting (please, no discussions about buying). The NYC city tax is 4% = 16K. 16K is a reasonable chunk of change,...
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  • Sales
    CONFESSION (mea culpa)
    Updated over 5 years ago
    I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE. as a newbie with an interest in buying a 1BR in the near future, i started browsing the discussion threads here at streeteasy a few months...
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  • Market
    Cramer Says to Buy Gold
    Updated over 6 years ago
    So it must be time to sell. Tim Seymour on Fast Money said it's time to long the EEV. So it must be time to short it. Those are my new rules. Whatever...
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  • Sales
    Real Estate is a Bad Investment
    Updated about 10 years ago
    No matter how you slice it, renting is ALWAYS financially more beneficial over time than owning. Let's make some financial assumptions that are borne out by decades...
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  • Market
    Dow 7000
    Updated over 10 years ago
    People laughed at my Dow 8000 prediction. We got there, came back, I saw some light at the end of the tunnel. And then Paulson came out and changed his plan again...
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  • Sales
    fsbo savings
    Updated over 10 years ago
    All things being equal, what do I stand to save besides the 5-6% commission, in a FSBO transaction? This is assuming an all-cash sale to a known party, few or no...
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  • Market
    Markets: NYC Real Estate Better Deal than Apple
    Updated over 10 years ago
    Markets: NYC Real Estate Better Deal than Apple Many experts say the Great Recession is starting to recede. They point to statistics that show an increase in the...
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