All Forum Posts by: Steve Mcdonald

Hello all,

My friend is currently seeking a property manager in Queens. Does anyone know of a good and reliable property manager in the area? There seem to be many property management companies, but finding one that is truly reliable has been challenging. His current property manager hasn't been proactive in finding tenants or taking care of the property, which is why he is looking to make a change.

If anyone has any recommendations for a trustworthy property manager in Queens, I would greatly appreciate your help. Due to his work commitments, my friend is unable to manage the property himself, so finding a dependable manager is crucial.

Thank you for your assistance.

Steve

Can these program force the apartment to become rent control / rent stabilization?

I have tried Glacier, Aqua, Kohler, Delta, Sterling, American Standard and some others.

I have had issues with delta compact elongated. Flush broke twice and sometimes clogs.

Glacier the cheapest one the issue was the gasket between tank and back broke after 2 months.

In the end I still checked the reviews and looked for ones that have a bigger drainage opening and a more powerful flush.

Had better luck with the glacier products that were a step up from the cheaper ones, American standard and some kohler.

Before putting the new toilet I either put hot water or draino in the pipe and then put a very good quality jonny wax ring before putting the new toilet.

 Thanks Ray. I appreciate your input. I did not think about "counties fall more behind on payments" that is true eventually that will end up happening. No way they can cover without raising taxes substantially.

A friend of mine reached out to me about a property he in the process of selling. The house is located in Great Neck, Long island area. Very convenient location to trains and highways.

They accepted a bid and went in contract prior to Covid being serious. So they got pre corona market price. They were unable to close since NYS shut down as corona became serious. Now when the state has opened up the buyers are unable to get a mortgage.

The buyers are requesting the seller to extend the timeline so that they can secure a mortgage with a penalty guarantee if they don't get the mortgage or the seller can cancel the contract now and relist it.

The house needs work, so its not move in ready.

My friend is confused and reached out to me. He seeing the news of the real estate market is going up and is confused whether to relist or give an extension.

Wanted to know what other people thoughts are. Is the prices that are going up for move in ready homes or for all homes. I would think move in ready.

Thanks and I appreciate any input you can give.

Any super recommendation for Queens.

Interesting topic.

Without health their no wealth. Sometime taking pain now will help down the road for a smoother recovery. Just like any health issue their initial pain and the hope is to get better. The initial part is the hardest part.

As for the cases reducing. That because of the lock down. If remove. it will spike. My friend who a nurse said the counts are higher. The people who have gotten the virus initially did not take it seriously now they are the ones who are asking people to stay home. As far as other parts of the country we will not know till later. Just like when the cases started in USA. It started first in Cali and Washington and Cali took action right away to slow the spread.

Regarding the right to choose. I agree a person has a right to choose. It a free country. But it has a liability: Law Suit. So let say someone goes out and is sick and make someone else sick. That will create a liability. If you look around a lot of lawsuits have already increased. Students are suing colleges for refunds. Even companies who plan to open are worried how to deal with privacy and liability. Insurance companies are worried about payouts. Now you wonder how would they track who spread it. For that gov has announce plans for tracking -  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200415-covid-19-could-bluetooth-contact-tracing-end-lockdown-early

I wish the stimulus money that was first passed helped the small businesses and better distributed to the public then focusing on bailouts. They could have done infrastructure projects that would have created tons of jobs. It funny taxpayer money is used to bail out airlines, but in exchange they give us small seats, charge us for everything. Not allow us to cancel tickets etc. But yet we are suppose to bail them out?

Initially I can see a deflation as everyone will hold their money they get and wait till things calm down. Once they feel happy and secure people will start spending which will lead to heavy inflation.

I think china and s Korea did not make massive economic stimulus the way us, uk and other countries did.