All Forum Posts by: Kevin Nolan

WARNING: Do Not Work with @Corina Eufinger as a Property Manager or Real Estate Agent

I strongly advise against hiring Corina for any property management or real estate services. Over months of working with her, I encountered severe issues, including:

• Lack of Communication & Accountability – Corina ignored multiple emails for weeks or even months, providing misleading or vague responses instead of real updates. Basic inquiries about rent payments, tenant status, and property finances were either deflected or completely ignored.
• Breach of Contract & Unethical Practices – Even after I informed her I was selling the property, she tried to list it for rent without my consent—seemingly to secure a tenant placement fee for herself. She blatantly lied about tenants moving out, only to later admit in an email that there had never been a tenant in the unit at all.
• Failure to Collect Rent & Protect Owner Interests – She made what seemed to be no real effort to collect rent from tenants who consistently fell behind, leading to thousands in lost income. She also renewed leases of tenants that had been significantly behind on rent.
• Disappeared for Months with No Backup Plan – Corina was unresponsive for over two months following the passing of her mother. While personal loss is difficult and understandable, running a business that directly impacts property owners requires a contingency plan. Instead, I was left without updates or access to critical information during that time.

Corina’s mismanagement, dishonesty, and carelessness not only caused me significant stress but also substantial financial loss. If you value transparency, accountability, and professionalism, stay far away from her services.

Backstory - I just recently bought a property in Westchester, NY and inherited a Section 8 tenant. She is an older lady on oxygen so I communicate with her daughter who seemed to be a very nice/sweet/polite woman at first. My initial idea was to give them notice as soon as I closed on the property but with NY state tenant friendly laws I decided to renew her lease even though Section 8 was only offering below market value.

So... Section 8 had an inspection done the first week of January 2021 on her unit which had PASSED (keep in mind) so I then had a lease drafted up and signed by the tenant. Within 2 minutes of her signing the lease, I received a text saying that the radiator wasn't working in the living room (which is in an open space with the kitchen, where there is another radiator). I immediately didn't think anything of it since I'm a new landlord and just had an HVAC guy go in to see what he could do. He went in and had to bleed the pipes to see what the issue was (this costed me $700). He then called me to tell me that he wasn't able to fix the problem and I had to call a plumber to check to see if there was a seized valve or something. I asked if it was an emergency since the tenant said it was "cold" in the apartment and he told me "absolutely not the entire unit is scalding hot I was dripping in sweat). So I decided to push it aside for the time being until the next day I recieved another call from the tenants daughter saying to tell her when the radiator will be fixed because the place was freezing cold. I went out to buy a space heater because the plumber that I called said he wouldn’t be able to make it over there for a couple days due to snow storms and being backed up. I then emailed the daughter to see if I could go into the apartment to get a better idea as to what was going on, but she never got back to me.

4 days later I get an email response back finally saying how she never saw the email and to contact her directly on the phone if she doesn’t get back because she doesn’t check her email. (I laughed at this because I feel like im babysitting at this point). But then 2 minutes later I received a threatening email from Section 8 saying “I have been aware of the heating issue and understand that you have been working the issue with no resolution. Please have the plumber repair and remedy the heat to an acceptable level of operation immediately or I will have no other choice but to trigger an emergency inspection with CVR. Please advise of your course of action you will be taking today to resolve.”

I respond back explaining all of this and how I have done everything in my power to get this fixed and been responsive but that I was waiting on the tenant to allow me access and respond to my email. So despite all of this I hire an emergency plumber to come in that same day who later tells me that the only problem was that there was a valve that was turned off next to the radiator in her living room. (this costed me $250).

This is where I’m looking for some assistance from all the BP friendly folks!

My questions to myself that I want to ask the tenant/section 8 are:

1. How is it possible that the radiator just suddenly happened to “break” moments after the lease was signed and submitted to section 8, when it clearly was turned off without knowing (or maybe intentionally knowing this woman…)??
2. How is it possible that in the previous inspection back in January, this was missed but it was just a valve shut off and I had to pay for it??

1. Do I have the right to put this back on Section 8/the tenant for this? I now incurred an additional $950 worth of expenses due to something that only SOMEONE could’ve controlled by turning the valve off in the first place.

I can't help but think this has to be negligence by both the tenant and section 8 considering they missed this in their inspection in the first place but now all of a sudden are demanding that I fix it?? Please please help because I’m brand new to this and feel like I have just been manipulated by these people.

I bought a multifamily property last October in cash using 50% from me and my dad lended me the other 50% on an interest free loan. Its a long story why that ended up happening but my plan was to do a delayed mortgage once I renovated and rented and pay back my dad with that and continue to purchase more properties. I just spoke with my mortgage broker who mentioned he didn't think I would be able to do delayed financing since this constitutes as a gift from my dad. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on this situation in terms of finding a specific lender who would be willing to lend to me in some form of a delayed mortgage (if this is even still possible). I am worried that im in a situation that the only option I have is to sell, get my money back plus a slight return, and then start the process over buying a new one.

@Jill F. thank you for the info - I'm from Westchester, NY. I've done some research on this in NY State and it looks like its the same as Ohio in that needs to be 68 degrees throughout the day time and 62 throughout the night. There is another radiator in the same open room so I think I'm going to push it off for the time being and if she doesn't like it I think I'll give her the happy clause. My biggest concern with her is the fact that she brought this up within MINUTES after she and I signed the annual lease. This would mean that she signed the lease under the current condition, right?

@Theresa Harris thank you for the info - I thought so too until I spoke with the case worker on the phone and she also was demanding saying the unit wasn't up to market value meanwhile its much nicer and larger than my other unit which is getting over market value. I was in a tough spot with all of these eviction issues in NY right now plus her mother (who also lives there) is elderly and on oxygen so I figured give them 1 year and ill bite the bullet for the time being. Then I'd give early notice over the summer about not renewing the lease when its up.

Oh boy oh boy - So backstory, I just purchased this 2 unit rental property back in October 2020 and it came with washer/dryer that on the contract stated belonged to one of the tenants(who is section 8 and has been EXTREMELY high maintenance so far and paying $500 under market value). 

I walked down into the basement today to check something in which I saw that brand new washer/dryer machines were installed/moved from one end of the basement to the complete opposite end. Meaning they had to cut through for a new vent on the dryer on the other side of the basement and I did NOT give any consent on this. This tenant has been on month to month since purchasing the rental unit but just recently signed them to an annual lease a few weeks ago. 

Does anyone have any insight on how to handle this? Is this grounds for eviction? Keep in mind this tenant has been very demanding with requests on fixing stuff that had been broken for years and has tried taking advantage of the fact that I have been nice and dealt with her requests so far (which I understand now that I can't be too nice to tenants or else they will take advantage of you). If she wasn't so high maintenance and I was getting more money in rent instead of barely breaking even I wouldn't care as much but this is excessive and I have to do something about it or who knows what she'll try to do/install next.

Please any help here would be greatly appreciated 

BACKSTORY: I'm a new landlord who inherited a very high maintenance tenant who was on a month to month term. I made the big mistake in fixing the requests she "demanded" because I thought it was the right thing to do. Then I started receiving texts from her every other day requesting something new.

After I agreed to sign her to an annual lease the very next minute she texts me to tell me that the radiator suddenly just so happened to "stop working". I thought it was very suspicious that she waited until I signed a lease with her to then suddenly have the one radiator be broken. I'm 99% sure it wasn't working before but didn't want to say anything until she was under contract. Anyways, I called the HVAC professional to come in to try to fix the issue. He told me that the living room radiator in the unit is the only one that isnt working, but the rest of the house is warm and heating properly. I asked if it was an urgent matter to get a plumber in to fix the one radiator and he responded "Not a urgent matter at all that house is hot I had to take my jacket off that zone just had no heat to it".

The very next day the tenant texts me "Please let me know when someone is going to fix the living room radiator? Apartment is cold". 

Would someone be able to explain my rights with this? Do I really have to go in and fix this radiator if the rest of the house is heating perfectly fine? I'm worried I'm getting walked over on right now and it will only get worse. I am also sending her a text tomorrow notifying her I'm no longer accepting texts as a way of communication unless its an emergency, setting office hours, and that all repair requests will be needed to fill out a work order request and email to me. 

Hi everyone - I'm a first time homeowner looking to renovate one of my units in my new house and am looking to clarity on what and when to buy items.

I am looking to renovate the:

 1. kitchen completely (cabinets, appliances, flooring and paint)

 2. bathroom (flooring, tub, and vanity)

3. Paint the whole place

Does anyone have any recommendations on where to start? I figured I would start out by painting and then flooring, but do you suggest that I have the new appliances delivered first or after I work on those?

Or in other words.. any suggestions on steps throughout the process?

Thank you!

I just purchased a property in Westchester NY and I am looking to renovate the place. Any ideas/recommendations on what to renovate and more specifically what to buy? I am planning on redo-ing the kitchen, bathroom, all flooring, paint, and outdoor landscaping. But any insight would be great on what specifically to buy!

I just purchased a property in Westchester NY and I am looking to renovate the place. Any ideas/recommendations on what to renovate and  more specifically what to buy? I am planning on redo-ing the kitchen, bathroom, all flooring, paint, and outdoor landscaping. But any insight would be great on what specifically to buy!