First Time Homebuyer: Buying a Co-Op in the Bronx in 2026 (INTERVIEW) - 481
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David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Felix shares how starting early, getting the right guidance, and staying flexible helped him buy his first home in the Bronx despite believing homeownership in New York was out of reach.
Buying a first home in New York can feel impossible for many renters, especially when the process feels confusing and expensive. Felix explains how speaking with experienced professionals early helped him realize he was much closer to buying than he originally thought. David and Felix discuss co-ops, subletting, house hacking, and why flexibility matters when buying in a competitive market. This episode shows how education, planning, and the right support team can completely change a first-time buyer’s path to homeownership.
“Sometimes you think you’re far off, but once you talk to some professionals and you got some good savings, you’re actually not that far away from buying property.” — Felix Agustin Rosario
Highlights
- What changes when first-time buyers start planning earlier instead of waiting until they feel “ready”?
- How can buyers in expensive cities like New York create more opportunities through flexibility?
- Why do so many renters misunderstand how close they actually are to buying a home?
- What can first-time buyers learn from exploring co-ops, subletting, and house hacking strategies?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome with the show. How to Buy a Homies. Today we've got another interview with a renter that just became a homeowner. This is the story of Felix and Priscilla. And we're going to hear how they ended up buying a home and it took them a two year journey to get there. They bought in the Bronx and in New York a lot of times you end up running into homes that are being sold as a co-op. |
| 0:21.9 | So we're going to learn all about that from this episode. |
| 0:25.3 | And as always, there's going to be lots of tips and tactics and things that you're going to |
| 0:31.3 | learn about what might happen to you and your home buying journey from someone who just got |
| 0:36.5 | their home at the beginning of 2026. Let's do it. |
| 0:41.2 | How to Buy a Home Educates, protects, and connects first-time home buyers to qualified bedded |
| 0:45.4 | realtors in their area, whether you're looking for DIY information or step-by-step guidance. |
| 0:50.4 | How to Buy a Home is the number one resource for first-time home buyers. |
| 0:55.0 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:55.9 | I'm super excited. I got Felix here. He's from the Bronx. Or at least that's where he bought a house. I don't know if that's actually where you're from. Felix, where are you from? I am from the Bronx, yes. Yes, sir, yes, sir. Cool. So was this like always the dream like you're going to buy a house in the Bronx? |
| 1:14.0 | For a house in the |
| 1:12.8 | Bronx? For a majority of my life, yes. I thought that if I was going to, if I was going to buy |
| 1:19.3 | property, I wanted to buy here in New York. And so not specifically in the Bronx, but then I did, right, but that was the idea in New York in |
| 1:30.1 | general. I'm excited to tell your story because you and I have been talking for years now, |
| 1:35.2 | which is super cool. Right. But let's start with your biggest tip. What's your biggest takeaway? |
| 1:41.6 | Something that you can share to people out there, because I know people think |
| 1:46.3 | it's impossible to buy anything in New York. So what's your biggest tip on the process? |
| 1:51.7 | Well, my biggest tip would be, and it's something that I got from your podcast, is just start |
| 1:58.0 | early, start getting, you know, calling, well, trying to get a unicorn realtor. |
| 2:04.4 | So I would suggest trying to email David Sedone for that. |
| 2:09.1 | He did a great job. |
| 2:10.5 | Right. |
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