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Most agents pick up how co-op boards work in the middle of a transaction. I learned before I ever had a real estate license — ten years on a Brooklyn co-op board as Secretary, Treasurer, and President.
Hundreds of buyer applications reviewed from that side of the table. I know what stalls a deal, what triggers a rejection, and what makes a package read clean.
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The two markets behave differently. Co-op pricing reflects maintenance costs, board requirements, and financing restrictions. Condo pricing follows more conventional supply-and-demand. The pricing strategy has to follow suit — a co-op priced like a condo will sit, and a condo priced like a co-op leaves money on the table.
+ Package
I assemble buyer packages the way boards actually want to read them — clean, complete, and answering the questions before they get asked.
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Reserve fund, financial statements, recent assessments, sublet and pet policies, flip tax, maintenance trends — read the way a board member reads them, not a salesperson.
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If your building runs an interview, we walk through it before you do. I can tell you what raises board concerns and what helps a candidate land well in the room.
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A real campaign — professional photography, targeted digital, and pricing pulled from comps that actually matter for your building.
Learn more →Almost never for the reason buyers expect. The usual culprits are insufficient post-closing liquidity, a debt-to-income ratio that reads risky, sloppy package presentation, or a financial profile that doesn't match the building's culture. I look at all of that before we make an offer.
20–25% is the floor, but every building sets its own rules — some require 30, 40, even 50 percent down. I'll tell you what to expect in the buildings you're actually looking at, before we get to an offer.
Usually four to eight weeks. The package itself takes two to three weeks to assemble. After that, the board reviews and either approves, requests an interview, or asks for more information. I keep this moving — co-op deals fall apart when they go quiet.
It's the money the building has set aside for major capital work — roof, elevator, boiler, façade. Low reserves usually mean assessments down the road: surprise bills on top of your maintenance. I review the building's financials before you make an offer so you know what you're actually buying into.
Depends on the building. Some allow it with board approval and a fee, some cap the number of years, some don't allow it at all — which matters if you're buying as an investment or thinking you might rent it later. I check the sublet policy before we make an offer.
Yes. Co-op boards aren't required to give a reason, and most don't — which is why preparation, package quality, and choosing the right building from the start matter so much.
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