Yes, you can have a $10/month, 50-year lease in NYC—technically, anyway

… to purchase while fighting a lease both the seller and the buyer believed to be invalid Even though the lease wasnt … continue the suit seeking action to declare the contract null and void For convenience purposes the closing was held … always end in settlements the lawyers say with the landlord buying the tenant out of their lease Thats likely how things …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 11, 2014 - 11:59AM
What's a buyout really worth? Use this calculator to figure it out

… For rentstabilized tenants a buyout offer from your landlord is like hitting the jackpot in the great casino of … a tenants rights group has put together a handy buyout calculator which the New York Times spotted this weekend …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |April 7, 2014 - 11:59AM
The One That Got Away: 'I gave up a chance to buy my East Village 2-bedroom for a laughable $90K'

… As a New Jersey kid growing up within spitting distance of New York City David longed to make a permanent … live there David says adding I had a feeling he was somewhat involved in the local drug trade Especially thrilling … into the early morning and knowing thered be no trip to the Port Authority to catch a bus back home to Jersey … …

By Kelly Kreth |March 6, 2014 - 8:59AM