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Good Landlords vs. Bad Tenants? Let the Lawsuits Begin!

by Bea Chenowitz | December 15, 2006

An article in the Sunday issue of the New York Times (“A House Divided: Uncivil War on E. 73rd Street,” December 10, 2006) describes a dispute between a landlord and an unhappy tenant in a tony Upper East Side brownstone of New York City. A battle like that is always a case of someone’s word [...]

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Blogs

New Twist on the Dilemma of City vs. Suburbs

by Bea Chenowitz | November 15, 2006

For city dwellers with children, there is always this dilemma of whether one should move to the suburbs. The case for the suburbs is pretty cut and dry: there are the obvious lifestyle reasons such as more space for children to run around, and also financial ones, like being able to send kids to great [...]

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BiggerPockets News

Greetings from New York!

by Bea Chenowitz | November 10, 2006

Thank you, Josh, for inviting me to join the Biggerpockets.com blog community! And I also wanted to congratulate him on his recent nuptials & honeymoon to Thailand & Hong Kong. I’ve spent some time there myself, & they are such amazing places to visit, Thailand with its exquisite beaches & Hong Kong with its fast-paced [...]

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Real Estate Deals

Largest Housing Plan For Middle-Income New Yorkers In Three Decades

by Charles Feldman | October 20, 2006

Location…Location…Location. The battle cry of real estate brokers. And, location is what a new “landmark” plan for middle-income housing in New York City has: Directly across the river from the United Nations in Queens…24 acres! New York City Mayor Bloomberg made the announcement and, according to Jill Gardiner’s account in The New York Sun, the city [...]

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