An open letter to the next mayor from a small NYC landlord

… for the next four years you still face a housing problem NYCs population has been growing rapidly over the last 30 years but unlike the other big growth periods in NYCs history NYC isnt really building much new housing this … applies to apartments where the tenants income is over $250k and the rent is over $2500month  Ive never met a person …

By Craig Roche |October 3, 2013 - 1:08PM
Is your landlord requiring you to get renter's insurance? Here's why

… What if a kids baseball broke your front window and then a torrential thunderstorm blew in and ruined everything in … hundred a year on renters insurance youd just go back to Ikea and plunk down $1000 for new furniture and if you live … to do $50100k worth of damage to an apartment or apartment building even inadvertently  Accidentally knocking the hose …

By Craig Roche |August 15, 2013 - 2:44PM
Top 10 reasons NYC's small landlords are becoming extinct

… oldstyle landlords are just as uncommon Here are the top 10 reasons why … 1 Rent regulation … Rent regulation imposed … bigger landlords to use a limited amount of capital to buy more properties … 4 Dealing with the Division of Housing … enough to do this job could make far more money doing other things which is why the kids of small landlords often sell …

By Craig Roche |June 27, 2013 - 10:18AM
Single and slightly antisocial? Have I got the place for you!

… for a shortened commute Good Moving out of her parents home Meh unless they were smalltime landlords and she was … and a history of paying rent on time … 4  Can you provide contact information for your last three landlords … I always …

By Craig Roche |June 13, 2013 - 10:58AM