The attorney will also serve as a neutral party taking emotions and family out of it and sticking to the task at hand to correct the issue.This is one of those things where people thinking they are saving money upfront costs more on the back end.

I own a two-family brownstone row house in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY that serves as my primary residence.

It seems as though liens and deeds would serve this purpose.

Hi Sean,Welcome to BP and thank you for serving our country!

Even if they are not judgment proof it can take years to collect anything substantial sometimes.If the tenant does not file an answer with the court or is not personally served with the notice and the Marshall has to tack it to the door then at least in my state of Georgia the judge can only grant eviction and not a judgment.When that is the case usually you take them to small claims court to get a judgment unless it is a very large amount.

So now I have the house , do the code violations get served to me as the new owners, or do they usually automatically start racking up fines daily to me from the day of closing?

The rafter tails don't carry much load and serve mainly to support the soffits, facia, and gutters so you should be able to get away with just nailing new 2x4's alongside the existing trusses and rebuilding the affected area.

It will serve as the tie breaker between the two that your realtor told you about.

I swung by there just to see what up, but dont generally give my info out without the opportunity for a test run.I didn't even bother to go to the other forum, what purpose would it have served?

There's likely nothing in there that requires they move after the expiration of the lease, so you'll just have to serve them with a notice that you are terminating the tenancy.