All Forum Posts by: Christian Lincoln

@Troy Fisher et al.  I think she may be a bored house wife but she's more of an ex-lawyer who has enormous anxiety about her quasi gifted, quasi autistic child and needs to convince herself she is protecting him.  In fact It probably has very little to do with me. I believe she will sue to make a point. She has the money and the means. What the point is, I don't really know.  And in fact after a neighbor on a different property cut down 13 hard wood trees without asking AND THEN WON IN COURT, I have no idea what makes this world click forward immorally or stupidly, or occasionally with vague common sense. I thought the tree issue was a slam dunk. 

@Account Closed Thank you Sue. I will consider sending something like this or having my attorney do it for 500 bucks.  Well said.

My attorney wants 500 dollars to write the letter back.  Ahhh New York.

Chris Simmons, great advice.  

Rob, you should be a lawyer. I sense that the lawyers in New York State are predatory enough to take this case on either side, when common sense should prevail.  What a waste of money, or weird way to prove to her asthmatic son she is protecting him from the bad world.  So bizarre.  Maybe I'll hold off on the legal approach and write one more letter.  I sense she is neurotic enough to just sue for the sake of it.   The weekend he left, both my front windows were smashed out of the house at 1am.  Nobody saw anything.  Side note.

This kind of thing will make getting a management company a relief at some point. 

Thanks guys.

A kid moved into my 6 bedroom house. After he moved in he tells me he has asthma and the other kids smoke in the house. I write a tough email to other tenants defending this kid and telling them no smoking AT ALL in house. It's in the lease. After another complaint from kid and another Threat of Eviction letter to my tenants, by all accounts, except for new kid, I'm told they stopped smoking in house.

Kid leaves abruptly and I reluctantly let  him after 3 or 4 months even though I lose a couple months rent.  

Now the mother wants all her money back, rental money included and is threatening to sue via her attorney.  Sue me for what I'm not sure. Her attorney says I put the kid at risk and broke laws by letting kids smoke.  Her Attorney also requesting I pay his bill, already in second correspondence. Granted the address of parent and lawyer is affluent Westchester NY town, but still, I went to the defense of her son 2 or 3 times and then she wants to sue me for second hand smoke or particulates in the air after they stopped smoking.  What would you do?

He just moved in. He's willing to move out. He doesn't care about the fact that it's probably weed half the time, but he says it's the particulates.    I don't want people smoking in the house. These kids have been stereotypically terrible tenants in general. If Vaporizors fall under the no smoking in house clause (who knows if they do) I would be fine trying to kick them out - or the three that still that are doing it.  I beginning to hate being a student housing landlord. 

tenant with asthma saying that even the vaporizer from other students giving him asthma. Do I enforce the no smoking rule that's in the lease with these Vaporizors?  Uggg.

thanks,

Very helpful @Ned Carey .  Thank you.  This is no small point. 

The property was sold at auction by city for cost of the back taxes due to the current seller, two years ago, ( a tax/forclosure guy). He says he doesn't have time for it, dumping it out of his portfolio, willing to sell it for his cut (3,500) acting as a wholesaler i guess, and for the cost of the back taxes owed the city, now at 11,000 dollars. He says it will require an Article 15 proceeding but this isn't a big deal, he does it it all the time. So I believe this is a Deed sale not a Tax Lien sale.  He showed me a copy of the certificate which says he bought it for price of back taxes from city two years ago.  

My attorney and title company don't seem to understand this or don't like this or don't seem inspired to want to move forward with something like this (title company says we can't really insure this without an action to clear title), I think mostly because they seem unfamiliar with it. I've ordered the title search anyway. Can someone walk me through the pitfalls of this, or maybe how something like this happens? Can I still make an offer contingent of clear title and just pay the taxes with city (if this is the only obstacle on title as he says) and then proceed to close?

Title company says this: "Being that this is a tax sale property I will most likely not be able to insure without an action to clear title. I presume you will be taking a deed from the holder of the tax sale certificate? If you could get a deed from the person who lost the property that may make it insurable also."

Does New York State do a quiet title?  is that what article 15 is?  Do I have to find another title company or where do I start?

Thank you 

@Wayne Brooks thank you - good idea. I'll do that.  Not sure NY is quiet title state.  Well I guess it wouldn't be as interesting or profitable if it were easy, right?  Trying to look at it as a creative process.  @Ned Carey @Matt Devincenzo