| The New York Co-Op Bible: Everything You Need to Know about Co-Ops and Condos: Getting In, Staying In, Surviving, Thriving REV Edition Contributor(s): Shapiro, Sylvia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312340753 ISBN-13: 9780312340759 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $24.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: A user-friendly guide to the art of living in a co-op and condo Sylvia Shapiro, a lawyer and board president of a major Manhattan apartment building, has written what will become required reading for anyone buying or selling an apartment, or curious about entering the fray of the co-op and condo market. Shapiro answers all the questions apartment dwellers are afraid of asking the board, broker, lawyer, or accountant-and she does so without talking down or a steep hourly fee. Included are such topics as: Is the building right for you? How can you make the approval process go as smoothly as possible? What should you do if the board rejects you? And what if you get in? Can you keep your dog? How much power does the board really have? Having lived in her building for more than a decade in blissful ignorance of how it was run, Shapiro awoke one morning to discover that her building was going co-op, and she intended to buy. Intent on protecting her investment, she took on the mantle of board president and set about figuring out how the system worked. Seven years and many trials by fire later, Shapiro presents her hard-earned knowledge in this neat little tome. Apartment dwellers will come to swear by it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Real Estate - Buying & Selling Homes - Business & Economics | Real Estate - Commercial - Business & Economics | Real Estate - Mortgages |
| Dewey: 643.27 |
| LCCN: 2004066058 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.19 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
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| Publisher Description: A user-friendly guide to the art of living in a co-op and condo Sylvia Shapiro, a lawyer and board president of a major Manhattan apartment building, has written what will become required reading for anyone buying or selling an apartment, or curious about entering the fray of the co-op and condo market. Shapiro answers all the questions apartment dwellers are afraid of asking the board, broker, lawyer, or accountant-and she does so without talking down or a steep hourly fee. Included are such topics as: Is the building right for you? How can you make the approval process go as smoothly as possible? What should you do if the board rejects you? And what if you get in? Can you keep your dog? How much power does the board really have? Having lived in her building for more than a decade in blissful ignorance of how it was run, Shapiro awoke one morning to discover that her building was going co-op, and she intended to buy. Intent on protecting her investment, she took on the mantle of board president and set about figuring out how the system worked. Seven years and many trials by fire later, Shapiro presents her hard-earned knowledge in this neat little tome. Apartment dwellers will come to swear by it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shapiro, Sylvia: - Sylvia Shapiro, a life-long New Yorker, is an attorney who specializes in real estate law and the board president of a major Manhattan building. She is the author of The New York Co-op Bible. |
