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snarkolepctic

in Landlord 12 years and 4 months ago

Garden level rental question

How big an issue is noise for your tenants?  When I am down in our garden apartment I can hear walking upstairs.  I have a 10-year-old…

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Updated 12 years and 4 months ago

henrybee

in Landlord 12 years and 4 months ago

tenant breaking lease

a tenant of 3 years standing with whom I have had an excellent relationship is breaking the lease. He is refusing to sign a termination…

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Updated 12 years and 4 months ago

chrisemma

in Landlord 12 years and 4 months ago

I am looking for an exterminator to do a chemical termite barrier. Any recommendation? Location in Carroll Gardens. Thanks

Termite barrier

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Updated 12 years and 4 months ago

hbranty

in Landlord 12 years and 6 months ago

rec needed for detailed italianate plaster work

we have a brownstone in fort greene.  the parlour ceiling is very, very detailed italianate plaster work and a 4×6 ft part of it fell…

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Updated 12 years and 4 months ago

meme2

in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago

rent control rent increases need help filling out paper

Have 2 rent control NOT stabelized need help filing out the paper work anyone that can help with the paper work? Is there a company…

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Updated 12 years and 5 months ago

cls

in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago

Kitchen Designer

Hi, I’m looking for someone to help me with a layout for my kitchen for a remodel. Please let me know if you have any…

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Updated 12 years and 5 months ago

julia77

in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago

To Incorporate or Not to Incorporate

We have the opportunity to buy a small investment property in BK with the plan to rent it out and hold on to for 10+…

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Updated 12 years and 5 months ago

fmb78

in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago

Access to basement through garden level rental for boiler maintenance.

Hello.  Just wondering if and how any of you have dealt with this conundrum.  We’re living in an upper duplex and will have a tenant…

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Updated 12 years and 5 months ago

steveg

in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago

Need Drain Company / French Drain? over flowing

http://cdn.brownstoner.com/5117048aeca99-.jpg I dont even know if this a French Drain -but this drain is in the basement apt foyer below the front stoop and every…

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Updated 12 years and 5 months ago

helenwaite

in Landlord 12 years and 6 months ago

Take Landlord to Small Claims Court or...?

We have been renting this place – a condo- directly from the owner  for 9 months. Without being to boring with details, the place has…

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Updated 12 years and 6 months ago

brooklynny

in Landlord 12 years and 7 months ago

Tax Question for Landlords: Do you issue 1099's?

There seem to be conflicting opinions on whether small, non-professional landlords (such as those of us who, for example, rent out our garden apartment) are required to…

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Updated 12 years and 7 months ago

sunsetbliss

in Landlord 12 years and 8 months ago

Extortion in an eviction case - advise needed.

Hi All, I am new to the forum, having recently aquired a building in Brooklyn.   It is a four-family brick.  I am living in…

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Updated 12 years and 7 months ago

sparkly

in Landlord 12 years and 8 months ago

bussman fuses

I asked a fuse question some time ago.. but now I have another.   Are bussman fuses illegal to have.. If you had these would…

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amazingcw

in Landlord 12 years and 8 months ago

Noise reduction

Our HVAC system is housed in a closet; however, we find the noise annoying.  We want to insulate the closet to reduce or eliminate the…

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brooklynvivian

in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago

Can someone recommend a good general contractor who can do small jobs as well as big ones?

Can someone recommend a good general contractor who can do small jobs as well as big ones?

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Updated 12 years and 9 months ago

CGmodern

in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago

month to moth after lease expires?

hi all- I could’ve swore there was some kind of rule or law about when a tenants lease expires…that it atomatically goes to a month…

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Updated 12 years and 9 months ago

bk_bstoner1

in Landlord 12 years and 10 months ago

Tenant Screening companies?

Hi B’stoners! Can anyone recommend a good company that I could use to conduct tenant checks (background/credit, etc.)? Thanks so much,

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Updated 12 years and 9 months ago

starfish11040

in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago

chronic late payment of rent

This is a legal question that may have to be answered by a lawyer but I’ll give it a try here. I have this rent…

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Updated 12 years and 9 months ago

countylineman

in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago

Can I reclaim a space that I've rented out at the end of a two-year lease?

I have a question as a landlord regarding the non-renewal process for a two-year lease. I’ve rented out a ground floor space in the South…

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Updated 12 years and 9 months ago

m926bk

in Landlord 12 years and 11 months ago

Notice by Tenants for Lease Non-Renewal?

I’ve read and re-read my current lease and I don’t see any language regarding tenant giving landlord notice for lease renewal or non-renewal at end…

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Updated 12 years and 11 months ago

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