Is it a regulatory thing (SAFE Act or other NY law) or just a product of the historic low rates?

Now afte a month of showings, the landlord tell me no body liked because of the cooking smell.

Biggest thing is quality of the area and future projected cash flow being affected by poor or gloss over rehabs (paint,carpet,etc.)Just like an old car it is dirt cheap to repaint that thing and make it shine with the tires but what is under the body and hood is what counts.The guts of a house is critical to long term success.

If we're being real here, he had a pretty threatening voice and body language.

Had the honor of serving as the student body president while there too! 

I'm in Colorado so that's the body of laws I'm familiar with: if someone begins living(3 nights or more) in one of your rooms without a lease, they automatically gain "month-to-month" rights.

I can see such a venture as a re-awakening of my creative mind and body, which is something that has been dormant over the last few years.  

I know places where the squatters would be leaving in body bags.

@Art MaydanIts a good in-person conversation to have so you can judge their body language when you mention a MTM arrangement with a signed lease.

Maybe give the folks at the WA Real Estate Commission's Regulatory and Enforcement Division a call and see if they agree with you.