Originally posted by @Elizabeth Colegrove:I personally would get a lawyer involved and would not do anything until I have the rights to the property.

Originally posted by @Elizabeth Colegrove:Can you go for lip stick on "pig" nice?

No one thinks about the tourists in the taxis that spend 80$ on what should have been an 18$ ride and the working class people stuck on the cross town busses being made late to work... and when they shut down the Brooklyn bridge the traffic backs up across the bridge on the brooklyn queens expressway causing headaches for tons of truck drivers who just want to get there trucks back to the lot and get on the train to go home... 

I located a mix use property in Queens NY, 2 one bedroom apartments on the top floor, store space on main level.

@Elizabeth O.

I need a good commercial real estate broker in Queens NY. 

If the queen is just resting they might move in a few days.

Brooklyn, Queens.  

I live in between two major cities in NJ (Newark and Elizabeth) so my township has gone through changes over the years.

I am based in New York but will likely want to start out in a smaller, nearby MSA where price per unit is lower and I can lower my vacancy risk with more tenants (open to mix-use with the right commercial tenant as well).The way I see it, we are at a stage in the cycle where areas like New York could see a significant correction, and at the price point I'm looking at, you can maybe find a 2-4 family value add in the Bronx or suburban Queens, or something similar with greater upside in Northern NJ.