Wednesday Events
Home Buying for Hipsters Home Buying for Hipsters meets today at Huckleberry Bar. Rob Slifer of Professional Advantage Financial Group discusses money, while Matt Rogers, real estate attorney of Gotham Lawyer, talks about legal issues. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 588 Grand Street (at Lorimer). (347) 526-1383. CB 7 Meeting Community Board 7 holds…
Home Buying for Hipsters
Home Buying for Hipsters meets today at Huckleberry Bar. Rob Slifer of Professional Advantage Financial Group discusses money, while Matt Rogers, real estate attorney of Gotham Lawyer, talks about legal issues. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 588 Grand Street (at Lorimer). (347) 526-1383.
CB 7 Meeting
Community Board 7 holds its monthly meeting tonight. The meeting is open to the public. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 4201 4th Avenue. (718) 854-0003.
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Hipsters don’t buy homes….they INVADE them.
Full disclosure: I’ll be speaking tonight at Huckleberry regarding the legal side of home purchases. We try to focus on home purchases for people who have “non traditional” sources of income, such as project-based employment or self-employment. It can be more difficult to obtain mortgage financing without a typical “9 to 5” job – we, especially Rob Slifer, the mortgage broker, try to tailor this seminar toward the atypical homebuyer who may have a more difficult time applying for a mortgage. Hence, the “hipster” focus. By the way, Eve Levine is the real estate broker who has organized this event – for some reason she was not listed here.
10:10 Let’s talk about styles. Maybe you can try to be original/creative rather than reconstituting and co-opting the 70s or the 60s that you hardly understand. I’m of this generation, but I understand the pretentiousness leveled generally on hipsters: self-absorbed, not well informed enough in the ways of the world, vain, clueless and lost. If all you can be proud of is your haircut from magazines and the faux oil and gasoline distressed jeans from diesel, then you’re a sad case of causeless rebel. Original hipsters will never be.
I don’t get it. Is home buying a different process for people who have ugly haircuts and ill-fitting jeans?
Cashier’s checks only, please.
Here’s a tip for home buying for hipsters: Bring mom and dad and their checkbooks.
Anyone who shows up at this meeting is forever banned from being called a hipster.