$ 179k: Crown Heights Studio

So this is what $179k buys you in Brooklyn these days. A 410 foot studio on Utica Avenue. Well, at least it’s renovated. Open house this weekend.

$ 189k: Kew Gardens 1 BR

Nicely done FSBO site. The descriptions sounds like agent-speak 101 though. Anyway, we’re talking about the apartment, not the site, so….. looks nice. Kew Gardens=not too shabby. This is a coop, not a condo. 100 amp service. Does that mean the whole building has to agree to upgrade? Perhaps a silly question, but I don’t know from coops.

$189,488: Parkchester 2 BR

Lemme tell you something. You really get your money’s worth in Parkchester. 2BRs right near the subway and all amenities. The buildings seem well cared for. If I was looking to buy my first place and I wasn’t so anti-condo, I’d consider Parkchester. Are those floors polished concrete?

$199k: Jersey City 1 BR

Hey, look at that! Da kid is getting out of the boros. See? I told you this is a tri-state blog! So, I heard JC is cool. This says it’s near Lincoln Park and the Path train. Looks like a lovely pre-war building that hasn’t been all modernized.

$139k: 3BR Condo Alternative

This came up under my condo search. Now, who wouldn’t want to live on a house boat? Forget what I said about Parkchester. If I was buying my first place, this would TOTALLY be it! I could’ve sworn I saw this ad awhile ago and the fact that the photos are not current probably means I’m correct. Maybe it never sold. Or it sold and the new owner couldn’t deal with it. Whatev. Who cares? I want it! I’d so be at KPD every night. And morning. Maybe lunchtime too. Not that I’d ever live in Mill Basin if I had to live on land.