- Finding out that someone was killed in the apartment (In NYC this is not all that uncommon, yet still unsettling to most buyer and sellers unless of course they’re getting a “killer” deal).
- Pugnacious attorneys
- Dotty paralegals (I once had one send a very important document to the wrong address that almost cost the deal)
- Animals – your chinchilla is still a “pet” in the eyes of the co-op board. You should have considered this when you asked me if the building was pet friendly and I firmly said “NO”.
Chinchilla
- “This guy (or girl) I used to date lives in the building”.
- “The listing/ leasing agent is mean”.
- “The apartment feels HUGE! Wait, it’s only 750 sq ft?! I need at least 1,000″.
- “I’m into green living and don’t flush the toilet that often so I need one with stronger water pressure”.
- “Wow! The apartment gets great light and I love the river view but my mother is really into Feng Shui and will only allow me to purchase something with western exposure”.
- “My psychic (on Staten Island) said I shouldn’t buy in this building”.
- “We believe that ’4′ is an unlucky number so can we have the apartment number changed to 13B instead of 14B”?
- “My favorite restaurant stops delivering a block away”.