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

on your victory  Even though youll be getting rentfree subsidized housing for the next four years you … apartments will never be available to tenants which is why the population of Brooklyn and Manhattan even after the … make it too difficult to be a parttime small landlord you wont have any and if you make rent regulation stronger youll …

By Craig Roche |October 3, 2013 - 1:08PM
Want an upgrade to your rental? Start thinking like a landlord

… to ask their landlord for upgrades as these tend to lead to rent increases  While this is true you shouldnt get too … for it … 3 You pay for it … There are some upgrades that I wont fund either because I dont feel like dealing with the … your landlord requiring you to get renters insurance Heres why   Insider moving tips from a small landlord   A landlord

By Craig Roche |September 12, 2013 - 10:43AM
Re-Lease Me: A landlord's guide to lease renewals

… this may be news to tenants this isnt how most small landlords operate   The first question that I always ask … Ill also work hard to find them alternative apartments with landlords in my personal network providing incredible … only questions are how much and for how long Unlike larger landlords my goal is not to bleed your wallet dry or to make …

By Craig Roche |August 29, 2013 - 10:43AM
Top 10 reasons NYC's small landlords are becoming extinct

… farmers urban gardeners or Amishand artisanal oldstyle landlords are just as uncommon Here are the top 10 reasons … twothirds of Harlem and the South Bronx in the early 1980s sold their buildings to the tenants aka the coop conversion … in a historic district every time you want to paint your house you have to hire an architect and a historian first …

By Craig Roche |June 27, 2013 - 10:18AM
A landlord speaks -- about what's behind that incomprehensible lease

… Lessons from a Small Landlord is a new biweekly column penned by a … with rental units Its also where I live I dont want my house smelling like cat pee or to be woken up by barking so … … boards … Neighbors … staff … A landlord speaks about whats behind that incomprehensible lease

By Craig Roche |May 16, 2013 - 10:27AM