The guy's a waste of time gary, don't sweat it. The idiot doesn't even know brownstones are in Brooklyn, not queens.
Here's a nice 4BR 3bath Penthouse Loft in Soho 4000sf w/4000sf private roof deck renting for 12,500, should I contact the broker for you? http://corcoran.com/property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=1480575&ohDat= PS If you wanted to live next to Peter Luger - you should have moved to Queens cause Luger's is in Brooklyn, genius. I recommend Google citysearch or Zagat's next time before you post instead of just spouting random names.
I'm not a lowlife Democrat, I don't think I'd ever live in Queens. So I should start buying property in accordance to the nearest steakhouse? I guess that's why I live in Tanglewood. I'm down the road from Ruth Chris,Del Frisco,Pappa's and Smith and Wollensky!
You wouldn't know where the real action in NY was if it bit you on the ass. There are incredibly nice neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
What the hell are you talking about, there are fix costs associated with being employed, things like child care, transportation, work attire etc. That together with taxes determines how much net income you bring home. These are very relevant to this topic. If your net income after tax and expense is 10k, a 3k increase in taxes would make a big difference on people's decision to work.
For All those who think $400K is ALOT of money, let me do a breakdown for you before I hit the gym $400K pre-tax Roughly $250K post tax $20K per month is available Mortgage on a $800K home with 20% down = $640K mortgage Property Tax on $800K home roughly 3%/year = $24,000/year $640K mortgage at 5% = $3435.66/month property tax = $2,000/month Maid to upkeep your home = $400/week or $80/day = $1600/month Electricity for home that size about $1K/month in the summer Let's not forget groceries,cable,internet,lawn care,pool guy every week So running a home like that in the summer will cost you about $9000-$9500/month Can my wife clean? Sure but she's too busy at work to do that. If you make $250K post tax and pay $9000/month to upkeep your $800K home you are left with $11K/month to buy cars,eat out,shop,travel,save up, donate to charities. So it's not exactly like a guy with a $400K salary is exactly living on the Lifestyles of the rich and famous like you would so assume on this forum. By the way $800K gets you a run of the mill cookie cutter home in West University not some mansion or anything.
Oh my god. You are so ridiculous. You realize that you could BUY 1,000 sq foot apartment in manhattan and have a mortagage of about half of that??? 400K is nothing in manhattan??????? You are really coming across as a spoiled, rich, out-of-touch ingrate. I bet you spend more than Sarah Palin on clothes every month, and fly around more than Al Gore. How's that private jet working out for ya? Geez...this is what annoys me - is rich people complaining about money when average people are just trying to survive.
If you are paying 3% Property tax you are getting duped hard man! That's ridiculous. And how are you paying a maid $400 a week - do you have her come in every day? Are you that messy? And who has a private pool on a $800K piece of property in Manhattan??? Lawn care? What on earth are you talking about????? Do you even live in Manhattan?
That's the same reason I'd never want to win the lotto - I'd have to pay too much in taxes. But if I did ever win, I'd get the sweetest 2 story double wide you've ever seen.
On an 800K place in Manhattan. That stuff would be part of a building and shared expense along with all the other maintenance. The guy seems like a fraud, but unlike TJ or bigtexxx he isn't really as amusing.
I'm a fraud, I'm just a 17 year old who happens to be able to post throughout the day while in school. I'm just a guy ticked off when everyone acts like $400K is the end all when money is concerned. $400K salary is nothing, the top 300 in the chronicle all took in over $1.5M I believe last year. There's just too many people who don't make real money and they hate people like me who do and say it isn't enough. I'm not sure what I've said to make you feel I'm 17 but when I argue in the heat of the moment like this I don't take time to really think about what I'm going to say before I do it. I'll make it easy on you guys, I'm done posting on this forum, it's just a bunch of democrats who want to to vent about life. I'm happy with my life and I first posted in the debate section to speak my mind on some Obama topic I randomly saw, I don't know how it's gotten to the point that I post on a daily basis. I joined this to talk about the Rockets with some friends because most night I watch the games alone because my wife is at work. I figured I'd meet some fun people in this town. I lost hope of that when I realized 95% of this forum was mad at life and/or succesful people. I guess I enjoy lashing out and venting at others and this site is a recipe for disaster with my mentality. Good luck to all of you, enjoy your president, enjoy your impending depression. I'm done with this website. You can celebrate, but you still have Jorge and Basso to deal with
