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Blog Post Albany NY Good Cause Eviction Bill - Everything a Landlord Needs to Know

Albany NY Good Cause Eviction Bill - Everything a Landlord Needs to Know

Albany NY Good Cause Eviction Bill - Everything a Landlord Needs to KnowOn July 19, 2021, the Albany NY Common Council earned the dubious distinction of being the first city in the state to pass a (euphemistically-named) "Good Cause Eviction" bill that, in typical NYS b...
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Blog Post The Upstate NY Landlord's Guide to Evictions During Covid-19

The Upstate NY Landlord's Guide to Evictions During Covid-19

On March 7, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed executive order #202 declaring a disaster emergency in the state of NY.  Since that initial order, Cuomo has signed subsequent Covid-related executive orders at the pace of roughly 1 every 3 days, for most of the y...
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Blog Post The Upstate Landlord's Guide to the NY Tenant Protection Act of 2019

The Upstate Landlord's Guide to the NY Tenant Protection Act of 2019

The Upstate Landlord's Guide to the NY Tenant Protection Act of 2019On June 14, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a sweeping package of New York statewide rent regulations known as the "Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019" (bill S6458), bri...
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Blog Post Schenectady NY Opportunity Zones

Schenectady NY Opportunity Zones

Schenectady NY Opportunity ZonesThis article is part of a 4-part series on Capital Region Opportunity Zones.  For more info, check out The Average Investor's Guide to Opportunity Zones, Albany NY Opportunity Zones, and Troy NY Opportunity Zones.  After a 50 year dec...
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Blog Post Troy NY Opportunity Zones

Troy NY Opportunity Zones

Troy NY Opportunity ZonesThis article is part of a 4-part series on Capital Region Opportunity Zones.  For more info, check out The Average Investor's Guide to Opportunity Zones, Albany NY Opportunity Zones, and Schenectady NY Opportunity Zones.  Had anyone sug...
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Blog Post Albany NY Opportunity Zones

Albany NY Opportunity Zones

Albany NY Opportunity ZonesThis article is part of a 4-part series on Capital Region Opportunity Zones.  For more info, check out The Average Investor's Guide to Opportunity Zones, Schenectady NY Opportunity Zones, and Troy NY Opportunity Zones.  Albany NY is e...
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Blog Post The Average Investor's Guide to Opportunity Zones

The Average Investor's Guide to Opportunity Zones

The Average Investor's Guide to Opportunity ZonesThis article is part of a 4-part series on Capital Region Opportunity Zones.  For more info, check out Albany NY Opportunity Zones, Schenectady NY Opportunity Zones, and Troy NY Opportunity Zones.  If you...
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Blog Post 7 Steps to Properly Screening Tenants

7 Steps to Properly Screening Tenants

7 Steps to Properly Screening TenantsWhether you’re an accidental landlord renting out your Saratoga single family or a professional investor with multifamily units throughout Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, having an air-tight tenant screening process is the most important ...
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Blog Post 3 Keys to Ensuring Rent is Always Paid On Time

3 Keys to Ensuring Rent is Always Paid On Time

Back in 2002 while still in college, I purchased my first rental property, a small duplex which came already occupied with tenants in one unit.  My plan was to live in the vacant unit and rent out the other, with the expectation that my rent collected would cover my mortgage...
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Blog Post 8 Things HGTV Gets Wrong About Home Renovations

8 Things HGTV Gets Wrong About Home Renovations

HGTV certainly deserves credit for inspiring a home renovation boom in America, but they also deserve much of the blame for painting a misleading picture of how major home renovations really work in the name of dramatic television. Like Scooby Doo and MacGyver, HGTV has discovere...
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