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Getting Tenants in Tough Times

by Brendan O'Brien | November 17, 2009
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The U.S. rental vacancy rate is now the highest it has ever been, at 11.1%.  This is not at all what we expected when the housing market crashed and mortgage companies started going out of business in record numbers.
At that time, the prediction was that landlords would actually benefit, because people who weren’t able to [...]

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Avoiding Landlord Stereotypes

by Connie Brzowski | December 13, 2007

Simon Lagree Had it All Wrong
Without doubt, being a landlord requires a certain mindset. Before actually owning rent houses, I was certain I didn’t want to participate based on our first experience as tenants. Right after the wedding, the mister and I moved into a lovely little duplex on the edge of town. We [...]

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Targeting Terrific Tenants

by Connie Brzowski | December 1, 2007

The mister and I waited years before buying our first rent house. Of all the various and sundry reasons for staying out of the game, our biggest obstacle was a severe case of Tenant-phobia– the crippling fear of Landlording. To make matters worse, anytime the subject came up, helpful friends and relatives regurgitated the [...]

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Alternative to Eviction: Rent Increases?

by Joshua Dorkin | March 21, 2007

If you can’t get rid of them, raise their rent . . .
Sometimes we end up in a situation where tenants aren’t the wonderful people we hope that they are. They throw out of control parties, damage the property, litter the property, have 10 people stay in the 2 br apartment, pay rent late, [...]

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Landlords vs. Tenants

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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Sunday Real Estate Wrap Up

by Joshua Dorkin | August 27, 2006

After a long day of rest, I’ve emerged from my sports cocoon to bring you my Sunday wrap up. I’d like to first congratulate Tiger Woods for his 4th straight tournament win, and I want to wish Andre Agassi good luck in the final tournament of his career. Ok . . . back [...]

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