Sheldon Stivelman..... A liar, a manipulator and one who "Definitely" can't be trusted. Sheldon represented the seller of an apartment I was looking to purchase. From our first meeting the rudeness began to flow. After my hesitation to hand over my financial documents that he requested he told us that we must have "no experience dealing with coops". Little did he know my father owns 3 coop apartments and was the President of the board of his coop for 10 years.
If you want to have a phone conversation with Mr. Stivelman, Good luck. He doesn't let anyone speak and constantly speaks over people to try and intimidate them. This took place with multiple members of my family who tried to speak with him.
When it came down to negotiating an offer Sheldon stated that he had "extensive experience" working with the coops board and knew exactly what needed to be done in order to be approved for the purchase. This included increasing the down payment, and including members of my family on the coop application as well as the mortgage application which caused the process to be drawn out and for us to complete tons of unnecessary paper work.
In the end, the coop that he knew so well, the coop whose requirements he preached he knew and who supposedly gave him their requirements and had so much experience working with denied the application.
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