Landlord Wants to Raise Rent Now

amother

Black

Mon, Nov 30 2020, 11:13 am

ShishKabob wrote:

I don't think this is an ok attitude when dealing with live human beings. If you're talking about selling real estate, or other goods it's a different story.

I obviously meant to a “mentchlich “ degree.
Please don’t get hung up on my words.
I believe we are fair landlords.

amother

Purple

Mon, Nov 30 2020, 10:12 pm

amother [ Black ] wrote:

I have a tenant who haven’t paid rent since 2017!!
They owe me over $40,000 in rent!

Court proceedings were taking years.
Finally there was a vacate order scheduled for April 14 2020, and the marshalls were ordered to get them out.
But then Covid hit and I haven’t heard a single word form the court.

Courts are still closed 9 months later with no word of any hope.

Meanwhile, the tenant is continuing to have a party with me paying their rent and no end in sight.

It’s frustrating to say the least.

Covid is just an excuse at this point. They are waiting for landlords to sell out their buildings to the banks.
Corporate America wants to take over everything, our buildings and our small businesses alike.

Edited to add that the court process with this one tenant in the last 3 years cost me thousands of dollars and that’s the normal.
Nobody talks about that.
Tenants OTOH, get provided free lawyers.

My husband also had one tenant not paying from before close to 10k and they had an eviction Scheduled and then came covid...

amother

Turquoise

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 12:13 am

Totally get you, amother Black. My dad is a NYC landlord. It costs thousands of dollars just to keep afloat with a bad tenant.

I remember seeing one tenant threatan my dad with physical harm. I asked my dad, "can't you evict him?"

"no, we just need to be as nice as possible and wait till he leaves..."

Luckily he left soon after but I was in fear for my dads life because NYC has crazy landlord/tennant laws...

amother

Black

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 12:54 am

amother [ Turquoise ] wrote:

Many tenants peek a gun or knife out of their pocket to their manager or landlord as a threat.
There’s absolutely nothing to do about that like you said.

amother

Ivory

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 2:38 am

amother [ Powderblue ] wrote:

Landlords have the upper hand. Tenants are the underdogs. Landlords objectively have more money and assets than their tenants. Tenants objectively are more dependent on their landlords for a roof over their heads than the landlords are dependent on the tenants for an income. An unfair tenant costs the landlord money. An unfair landlord means tenants living in literally unhealthy and unsafe homes, or ending up on the streets.

Instead of saying that the laws are biased against landlords, how about seeing how the laws were created to protect tenants from landlords who like to be abusive, and who can be abusive because they are in positions of power, objectively speaking.

Laws that punish landlords for being landlords only make it worse for tenants. In fact, the honest tenants basically have to pay the squatters' rent because of laws that make it hard to evict.

amother

Slategray

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 2:43 am

amother [ Ivory ] wrote:

Laws that punish landlords for being landlords only make it worse for tenants. In fact, the honest tenants basically have to pay the squatters' rent because of laws that make it hard to evict.

I don't really understand why it is so hard to evict a nonpaying tenant.

I have a friend, who was at the time an older single(b"h married now) who ended up having to share an apartment for a year with this crazy woman (Not on the lease) and her daughter neither paying rent. It was all kinds of crazy and all she could do was convince them to move.

freilich

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 7:32 am

amother [ Black ] wrote:

Seriously, please don’t be sarcastic.
I wish I’d have the time to sit down and write all my examples to you.
You would be shocked

And I’m a pretty fair landlord, but my tenants are not Jewish and try to take advantage....to say the least.

The laws are mind boggling.
The hatred against landlords is insane.

I’ve spent countless sleepless nights with stress.

You just have no idea.

This. So so true.

NyC is slowly turning into a socialist government. Its hair raising how the "landlords" are portrayed.

As for passive income, wow just wow.

amother

Sapphire

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 7:41 am

amother [ Black ] wrote:

Similar story here. However this isn't a tenant. This is a "squatter" was supposed to leave in April and now we are stuck. Not only that, but this is a 4 family house. 1 apartment is empty, due to covid. The other tenants are complaining though that the squatter is making lots of noise, playing loud music at night etc. So now the paying tenants want a rent deduction.

And there is absolutely nothing that can be done.

ETA. A squatter is a person who moves into an empty apartment illegally. The laws are crazy. If the landlord finds him there after 30 days he cannot send him out, but needs to take him to court, which can take months and lots of money to resolve. . Meanwhile, the squatter gets to live there rent free. They are a landlords nightmare.

amother

Black

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 8:37 am

amother [ Slategray ] wrote:

What sketchy slums do y'all own property in my gosh?

This is no sketchy slums.
It’s a once beautiful, now socialist NYC.

When people don’t realize how our country is falling apart from socialism, it’s just so sad how dumb they are.
Socialists only think of today, they have absolutely no understanding of what’s to come tomorrow because of their irresponsible actions.

amother

Tan

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 8:52 am

amother [ Slategray ] wrote:

NYC has all kinds of protections in place that tenants take advantage of - just like all of the socialist programs.

amother

Black

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 9:04 am

amother [ Sapphire ] wrote:

Yes! Another set of insane laws!

amother

cornflower

Tue, Dec 01 2020, 9:52 am

As has been mentioned, the main question is if your financial situation has been affected adversely by COVID.
If it hasn’t, rent raises are just the reality of cost-of-living increases.
If you are struggling financially due to COVID, I would send a letter or email expressing how you’ve been satisfied with the apartment for the past four years, (insert some reference to you being happy to help out their elderly relative),
and ask them if they can possibly defer the rent raise for another year, since you’re having financial challenges due to COVID.