Everyone's worst fears about sketchy landlords, confirmed

… an interview with a startlingly honestand racistBrooklyn landlord and developer and well its bad Aside from … owners and renting out their properties while they await foreclosure 26yearold Ephraim also laid out his flagrantly … to come in and theyre going to try to rip off the black tenants and the tenants know it theres word of mouth So its …

By Virginia K. Smith |May 13, 2015 - 1:05PM
How is the buyout of a rent-stabilized apartment taxed?

… Q Im in preliminary talks with my landlord about a buyout of my rentstabilized apartment Ive read different … federal Medicare tax on unearned income and a combined New York State and New York City rate of 89 percent …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |October 27, 2014 - 1:59PM
Your rental building's going condo. Now what?

… Most of the time when a building goes condo renters are given the option to remain as tenants or … herring Once the agency accepts it for filingwhich is different from the final approval for the developmentthe document … to inspect the building and uncover any issues that arent disclosed in the red herring Dont be put off by the …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |April 25, 2014 - 11:59AM