All Forum Posts by: Matthew K.

Hey guys!  Not a pleasant question but I am going through a highly contested divorce.  Although I purchased a property 45 days before my spouse left, she wants to go into the property for an appraisal 2 years later and I own 100% of the business. Is this allowed?  

Hey guys! If anyone wouldnt mind lending a hand, Pittsburgh is talking about extending the memorandum for no reason now. Please call or email the mayor's office to state that this isnt a good idea.

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Hey guys!  If anyone wouldnt mind lending a hand, Pittsburgh is talking about extending the memorandum for no reason now.  Please call or email the mayor's office to state that this isnt a good idea.  

https://pittsburghpa.gov/city-...

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.co...

It sounds like Pittsburgh (city) is now declaring housing as a human right.  https://triblive.com/local/cit...

@Anthony Angotti - I was aware of the memorandum by the city but hadnt heard of the one from the county.  Would you mind sending a link for that please? 

@Danae Aballi - The city of Pittsburgh created a no eviction memorandum which was what I was referring to.  The law was created based on the timeline of the length of the pandemic, so I believe that it is still in effect but I do not know for sure.  Assuming it is still in effect, just purchase anywhere outside of city proper.  Last year, we had a 3% growth outside the city and a 0% growth inside the city too.  Look for areas which grew in occupancy beyond that 3%, or offered a strong change in income to invest in. 

It is already happening.  The city of Pittsburgh owns more than 1000 units and growing.  I wouldn't be surprised if other cities are in similar boats too.  

As a landlord, I have witnessed abuse from a father to his wife and seven year old son and used the lapse of lease to somewhat remedy the situation. I would see the boy walking around with bruises but didn't think anything of it until their next door neighbor called me a few times complaining about large thuds, screaming and crying at late hours. Unfortunately the police were not able to do anything as the wife never pressed charges after they were called from the neighbor. The lapse of lease gave us the opportunity to evict them and to save the rest of the good tenants, as well as to hopefully cause an end to those issues.  When we first went into the unit, we found multiple bowling ball size holes in the walls, including seven in the kid's room with lots of blood splattered throughout.  These are common stories that don't show the highlights of the job but doing the parts of the job that has to be done. Unfortunately, this is another example that is no longer allowed under the Pittsburgh memorandum and would have kept this bad situation going on.

@Michael Gansberg good ideas, but through reading other posts, it sounds like some people have been successful at evictions because of location and clauses that are not money.  NYC is very tenant friendly, so I assume that you may be among those not allowed to do evictions.  

Question: How do I get the blue underline for someone's name? 

Hey guys!  Invitation Homes is apparently the largest company of real estate rentals in the US and they had a record year last year which included successful evictions.  What are they doing that we are not? 

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