My dad isn't much on hype, but he sent the passage below to me via email this morning and I felt compelled to share it as a reminder to everyone how precious life is.  

“Landlords of rent stabilized units who try to use a temporary lapse in the rent stabilization laws to break existing leases, to raise rents improperly, to intimidate tenants, or to coerce tenants into leaving their homes, will be subject to the full force of law for any such action,” Cuomo wrote in a letter to be sent Sunday to landlords.The letter, obtained by the Daily News, states that despite any temporary lapses, the new rent laws once approved will be retroactive to June 15 — so “your legal obligations under existing leases and under the passage of the new rent stabilization program will not expire on that day.”De Blasio says if rent-regulated apartments law expires it would be 'end to New York City as we have known it'The governor directed landlords to continue to follow the current law until a new law is enacted and any changes are fully understood.

Then I ***HIGHLY RECOMMEND*** buying what they call passage knobs instead of locking handles-tenants can't lock themselves out that way.

Shared driveway--Do you own it or just have right of passage (an easement)(???)

That all might change here in FL with the passage of a new "Speedy Foreclosure" Law, but it may be a good strategy in other places; and (2) investors are buying properties from the bankruptcy trustee as a short sale.With the right house - that has a homeowner who wants to stay, i.e. guaranteed cash flow from someone with an emotional investment in the house - and a bankruptcy trustee who sees the benefit of these strategies, investors can make a good deal of money in bankruptcy court.-- Shawn

As a result, we have had tenants lined up to rent before the work is completed, and we now usually have to expedite our work to accommodate tenant move-in dates.To make renovation easier, and also general management, we’ve changed door locks on all our units to Schlage keypad deadbolts, with passage handles for the lower latch.

Downstairs the plumbing in the ceiling looks a bit like this:So, Mark was perceptive to propose 'angling out' from the main soil stack - in this case we'd be cutting it close to impeding some of the headroom in a passage way between different rooms in the basement.

Or does the 4 year passage trump all prior deed errors, liens,...etc?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/1031-exchange-a-cheri...A much-loved tax advantage in the commercial real-estate industry is on the chopping block even as chances dim for the passage of a broad federal tax overhaul this year.Why?

Think and Grow Rich contained a passage about mindset after 40.