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ditmarsman

in Landlord 11 years and 6 months ago

Online rent collection

Anyone have any good experience or suggestions for collecting rent online or affordable lockbox type solution? I’ve been having tenants deposit the rent to a…

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Updated 11 years and 6 months ago

ermagod

in Landlord 11 years and 6 months ago

Rules or Formulas for New Rent Upon Vacancy Decontrol?

A few weeks ago one of our rent **control** tenants passed away at the ripe old age of 94\. I just spent a couple of…

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Updated 11 years and 6 months ago

greencat

in Landlord 12 years and 2 months ago

Tenant asking for rent deduction

Hi everyone, On Monday PM we heard from our tenants that there was no hot water. We had someone out the next morning in the…

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Updated 11 years and 6 months ago

nwilcke

in Landlord 11 years and 8 months ago

Need advice from other landlords re: tenant turnover

Hi, fellow landlords: I own a 3 family house and live abroad, so I rely on tenants to act as supers. I have a consistent…

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Updated 11 years and 6 months ago

schoopster

in Landlord 11 years and 11 months ago

Existing Air Conditioners

When my tenants moved into my co-op there was an old but working air conditioner in the living room I said I’d leave for them…

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Updated 11 years and 7 months ago

starfish11040

in Landlord 13 years and 2 months ago

Tenant paying rent using someone else's check - should I accept it?

I have a stabilized low-rent tenant who is sending me a rent check written by this friend of his from the friend’s checking account. It’s…

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Updated 11 years and 8 months ago

helenwaite

in Landlord 11 years and 9 months ago

Rent Refund for Early Move-out at LL's Request?

We paid our final month in full but hustled to move out a week early in order to accommodate our Landlord’s requests. We got our…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

no-permits

in Landlord 13 years ago

Financing for an SRO?

Does anyone know a lender who will do an SRO? I’ve tried all the local commercial banks, spoken to mortgage brokers and have come up…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

dawnc

in Landlord 11 years and 10 months ago

Renter's fee in self managed co-op ?

We are a self managed 8 unit co-op that relies on it occupants to share the workload of maintaining the building. As more owners cease…

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Updated 11 years and 10 months ago

m926bk

in Landlord 11 years and 11 months ago

Renters Rights in a Market Rate Apartment (Notice)

Backstory: For three years, I have rented a unit from a shareholder in a co-op. The leases were pretty standard-looking one year leases, although there…

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Updated 11 years and 11 months ago

zlt99

in Landlord 11 years and 11 months ago

Changing Name on Lease

We have a two family house; we live in one unit and we rent the other unit. We had 2 people living in our rental.…

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Updated 11 years and 11 months ago

madstuy

in Landlord 12 years ago

Lease non renewal

Hello all, A quick question. I own a 3 family in BedStuy. At the end of one of my tenant’s lease, I would like to…

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Updated 12 years ago

woodjem

in Landlord 12 years and 2 months ago

Tenant responsibility for notifying us of damage?

My wife and I had a tenant in our 3rd floor apartment for a little over a year.  She just moved out, and when checking…

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Updated 12 years and 2 months ago

rd684

in Landlord 12 years and 3 months ago

Greenwood Cemetery Cherry Blossom Alert

http://cdn.brownstoner.com/5180f0f9098cb-.jpg A friendly heads up to nature lovers and photogrpahers, the cherry blossoms in Geenwood Cemetery are at their absolute peak and it’s stunning. As…

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Updated 12 years and 2 months ago

elm_bk

in Landlord 12 years and 3 months ago

fabric mulch cover all over my yard - what to do?

Hi – we moved in to a house over the summer and are just now getting to the backyard.  There seems to be a layer…

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Updated 12 years and 2 months ago

nancy sullivqn

in Landlord 12 years and 2 months ago

Fill Soil Available - FREE (South Slope)

About 2-3 yards (cubic yards) of soil fill to be used as construction fill. NOT suitable for gardening or planting. You must pick it all…

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andecross

in Landlord 12 years and 3 months ago

Restaurant with garden, liquor, and late hours going in right under my bedroom window

I moved into an apartment on Franklin Ave a year ago, and its great. While it can be loud in the front of the apartment…

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Updated 12 years and 3 months ago

adamg

in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago

Are you looking for a tenant for your rental unit?

 Just a laid back and respectful young married couple of non-smokers with great credit and no pets desperate for a home in your (or your…

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Updated 12 years and 3 months ago

suedeshoes

in Landlord 12 years and 3 months ago

standard rental deposit?

Hi, new landlord here.  What’s the standard practice for security deposits in Brooklyn?  First, last, plus deposit makes the most sense to me (from my…

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Updated 12 years and 3 months ago

nyflicka

in Landlord 13 years and 7 months ago

Screens for Casement Windows?

I have a 2-part question:  We are moving into a new construction building with casement windows and none of them have screens – this seems…

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Updated 12 years and 3 months ago

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