One of the three main pieces of the fallen Lehman empire that Barclay’s has swooped in and salvaged at a bargain-basement price is their headquarters on 7th Avenue in Manhattan – literally 3 blocks from me. Do you know how many of my clients and neighbors work there?? You should see all the real estate [...]
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I live in a 500 sq-ft alcove studio in a really nice doorman building in midtown Manhattan, and I hemorrhage $2100 in rent every month for the privilege. If you’re not from NYC, you’re probably feeling really good about paying half as much for something 3x as big. But if you are from around here, you’re [...]
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I’ve never really needed a budget. Sadly, that’s not because I’m independently wealthy – I just spent too many years with broke-ass parents, then working 2-4 jobs at once as a broke-ass student, then living for 7 years in Scotland where I never earned more than $10/hr. I just spent as little as possible so that I’d have enough left [...]
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