How Long Will It Take Me To Purchase a Paris Apartment?
	How Many Days to Accomplish	Action or Activity	PREF Comment
	1-14	Searching for an apartment	Best is to allow for ~14 days in Paris arriving on a Wednesday and staying for two weeks thereafter.
	1-3	Negotiating the selected apartment	Let Stephanie do it for you with your inputs.
	2-5	Getting a "promesse de vente" signed	We use notaires who are "lightning fast" by French standards and who recognize the calendar urgencies of visiting non-French.
	60-70	Allowing time for notaires to do their special activities surrounding an apartment changing hands	Time to rule out any problems with: financing, ownership, loi carrez, lead, asbestos, quarries, termites, etc.
	1	Taking possession of your dream Paris apartment	PREF leaves you, keys in hand and utilities turned on.
	7/28/2009	<-- DATE you plan to buy here DATE you can take possession here -->	Monday, October 05, 2009