All Forum Posts by: Amy Zhang

I am trying to rent an apartment in woodhaven, NY. I am working with 2 RE agents to help find tenants. My requirements are 700 credit score and income 3x rent. I don't find that many quality tenants. The apartment is a railroad style which is a little harder to rent as some people don't like it per agent. Its has been a month and has not rented it yet. I advertised in zillow, trullia, criaglist, hotpad but so far no luck. 

Any suggestions from experience landlord in NYC? should I lower my requirements? My requirement used to be income 2.5xrent and credit score 650 and i had bad tenants last time who didn't pay on time and didn't pay the last month so I had to ask them to move out. 

I have an apartment to rent and am going through screening process. Mom and son will be living in the apartment and kids will be there on the weekend... son income alone does not qualify but his half brother who own restaurant nearby is willing to be on the lease..son works at the restaurant as well.. combined son and half brother income will qualify... should I be worried about that since half brother will not be living in the apartment and even though he will be on the lease? I am worried son cannot pay rent...

Thanks for advice

I have an apartment that I want to rent out to hospital employees. Its 15 min drive from the hospital. How do I advertise to target those renters? Any suggestions?

I have a duplex in queens, NY and decided not to renew the lease because they are bad tenants and gave me too much headache. I gave them 60 days notice to move out.

Now they are saying they do not have money to pay rent and move out. They have told me a few weeks ago that if I want them to move out, I will have to pay 2 month rent for free. The rent is $2200/month. I don't want tenants blackmailing me. I spoke to a lawyer who says it will take about 6 month to evict tenants and lawyer fee will be $3000. I do not want to give 2 months rent for free $4400. SHould I do cash for keys and negotite for one month rent or should I just try to evict them if they do not leave? 

Another thing is I also have basement renovated which is not entirely legal. I am afraid that if they get angry, they can call 311 and I probably would get violation which could be several hundreds to thousands.

Thanks so much for the reply. I gave first floor tenants 60 days notice to move out and told them lease is not renewed. Now they admit that water is no longer leaking. Now first floor tenants states they do not have money to pay rent and move out. I also have tenants living in the basement which is not entirely legal. Basement and first floor tenants are working together to give me a hard time. I spoke to a lawyer and gave basement tenants 30 days notice to move out. 

They said they do not have money to move out. First floor rent is $2200/month. Per lawyer, It will take about 6 months to evict tenants and will cost about $3000. If they don't move out by the end of the notice, I am not sure if I should go ahead with eviction or I should consider cash for keys? If I do cash for keys, how much should I pay them? 

Thanks in advance

 

I have fixed the crack in the bathroom and now it stopped leaking at previous spot . Now its leaking at a different spot. Contractor/plumber thinks tenants now likely pouring water in the hallway outside of the bathroom or closet in the kitchen floor. I am not really able to fix it. 

I am not able to go and check when water is leaking because they told me it only leaks very early 4am or very late at night.  I have people living in the basement. One time it was leaking in the afternoon and I had someone go check right away and water stopped leaking then. Its obvious tenants are doing it on purpose. 

Can tenants sue me for water still leaking? 

Their lease expires at the end of July. Should I not renew the lease and ask them to move out at the end of the lease? or should I raise the rent and force them to move out? 

So far I told them that I have tried everything I could and plumber is not able to stop the leak and nothing else much he could do. I might have to renovate everything which would require apartment to be vacant. I have not heard anything back from them either by text or call. 

 Above is the bathroom. Contractor/plumber already checked the toilet, sink, and shower and found no leakage and its hard to tell where its coming from. He said another possiblity is the hallway.  I might be able to place the camera in the hallway and basement but probably not in the bathroom. 

 No one using water at that time. Tenants states they are not doing anything and deny any water on the floor. Contractor/plumber came in and run all the water in the bathroom--toilet, shower, sink etc for a good period of time and don't see any leakage. It is unlikely a pipe leakage since it does not leak all the time only leak at certain period of time and water was leaking a lot. Tenants have lied me multiple times before so I do not trust their words. Water is not near a common wall. 

Wouldn't placing a camer be invading privacy? Is it legal to do that? 

I have a rental in NYC.. there is a water leakage in the basement... it only leaks around 4pm or 10pm at night.. plumber/ contractor is not able to find where the water is leaking... he thinks first floor tenants are pouring water down on purpose but not sure where they are doing that from.... Any suggestions? Cannot evict tenants during COVID 19 and it’s also hard to evict tenants in NYC... I don’t think it’s legal to place a camera inside...I am not sure what to do... any suggestions would be appreciated

water leakage in the basement. Its a slow leak dripping.