I think I might go ahead and do it. I've been looking at several areas ie Pelham Parkway, Norwood, north Bedford Park, Kingsbridge, and Concourse Village-ish. Concourse Village in particular is the outlier. Near Yankee Stadium, it has the B, D, and 4 trains and unfortunately isn't the safest around. That being said, NYC safety is funny, there really isn't a bad area though some areas do feel pretty bad.

Reasons not to do this? In particular, these are coops. I'm sure that'll confuse a lot of people. They're also priced under or around $200k.

It all goes long term as well towards buying a place in Japan. I've been eyeing Chiba, and in Tokyo, Nakano. I kinda thought about doing Osaka, but Tokyo I'm the most comfortable with.