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Classic Clinton Hill Brownstone Under 1M
I COULD TOTALLY WORK THIS BUILDING. If I could scare up 200K for a down payment, that is. First off, I think the ask is very reasonable (it’s newly reduced to 995K from 1.15M). The building is utterly classic, a … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged Boerum Hill, brownstone, Clinton Hill, insurance, market value, mortgage payment, Park Slope, rent, rent stabilized, taxes, tenant, utilities, vacant
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A Landlady’s Woes
LEST YOU THINK it’s all done with smoke and mirrors, let me re-cap some of the things I’ve had to deal with in the past two months as the owner of four very old houses (two in Brooklyn, two in … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, MANAGING RENTAL PROPERTY, PHILADELPHIA, PROPERTIES FOR RENT, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged appliance repair, Boerum Hill, BROOKLYN, brownstone duplex, Cobble Hill, floods, freezing, glut, handyman, hike, Kensington, leak, management, painting, PHILADELPHIA, plumbers, Queen Village, reduction, rent, rental market, roofer, townhouse
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So Ya Wanna Be a Landlady?
SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD. When all the rent checks roll in promptly on the first of the month, and there’s a long spell without broken appliances or electrical issues or, God forbid, rats. Sometimes it sucks. I must make it look … Continue reading
Contract Remorse
THIS WEEK I went to contract on a 1940s shingled cottage in Springs (or is it “the” Springs? I guess I’ll find out). It’s a hamlet a few miles north of East Hampton, on Long Island’s South Fork. I should … Continue reading
Posted in LONG ISLAND, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged 1940s cottage, boiler, contracts, down payment, East Hampton, feng shui, Jackson Pollock, Maidstone, mortgage, overgrown garden, rent, roof leak, skylights, South Fork, Springs
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