We are scheduled to close on March 1. 

I was going to pay feburary rent and then say to use my last month rent for March." ...

We do already have someone booked for end of February and a couple of inquiries for March.

Freddie Mac will make the increase effective March 7, 2023 and Fannie Mae will make the increase effective April 1, 2023. 

They want to get you out of March into April so your chance of getting your money back from the credit card company will be down to zero

Closed on new construction home in March of '21.

First, here's the link to submit written testimony Just cite your displeasure with these proposals and please don't submit anonymous testimony, it gets discarded.The deadline to register by zoom is 3:00 PM today (2-27) to speak on Zoom at the hearing, here is the registration linkThe 3 Bills We Are Concerned AboutHB 6781, AN ACT ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE STATE.Link To The BillThis Bill contains these negative provisions;Increase fines to $2,000 a day for failure to maintain a property when it could be tenant caused damagesEliminates Lapse of Time Eviction in building with 5 units or moreRequires landlords to notify tenants of their rights in evictionsMakes denying a tenant based on their 5 year old eviction record a discriminatory actHB 6780 AN ACT CONCERNING TENANTS' RIGHTS.Link To The BillThis Bill contains these negative provisions;Limits your application fees to the cost of your screening reportForce owners to accept a tenants copy of a previous screening report and not charge an application fee...even if the report is possibly photo-shopped or from an inferior screening companyEliminates Lapse of Time Eviction in building with 5 units or moreRequires landlords to notify tenants of their rights in evictionsSB 4 AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S PRESENT AND FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS.Link To The BillThis Bill Contains these negative provisions;Institutes a rent cap at 4% increase plus a CPI adjustmentCreates an eviction moratorium between December 1 and March 31 so tenants you start to evict in August live rent free to next April!

We let the other 2 applicants know we have a slightly smaller unit available in mid-march. 

Also, if you have any Capital Gains since Oct. 4th, 2019... the IRS gave everyone an extension due to the pandemic to roll them into a OZ deal by March 31st (next week).  

Got our latest quote on a new building, phase 3 at a different location.Building 30 x 250 roll up doors, drive up access $162,000Concrete Slab $ 47,000Erection of Building $26,000Total $ 235,00050 units, averaging $ 4,700 per unitAlready own the land, does not include driveways, grading, electric, security, etc.If you see my first post above, this was $4,000 per unit erected March of this year.This location needs more storage, but is not a super strong market.