Landlord & Tenant

March 15th, the Ides of March.  The date became infamous as the date Julius Cesar was assassinated by members of his senate.  Stabbed to death and marking a period of unrest in ancient Rome that eventually led to the transformation of Rome from a republic to an empire. Aside from the historical reference, the Ides… Continue Reading

It’s 1am and your cell phone is ringing.  It’s one of your tenants.  A call at this hour, they’re not calling to say hi.  There’s a major problem.  What could it be?? You reach for the phone with a pit in your stomach.  Another day in the life of a landlord, right? Being a landlord… Continue Reading

No landlord wants to evict a tenant, they would rather that the rent gets paid, the tenant complies with the lease terms, and the landlord leaves the tenant to quiet enjoyment, but sometimes landlords have no choice. What is a FAST Eviction?  It’s evicting a tenant as quickly as possible, which is what we do,… Continue Reading

I see it happen to successful residential real estate investors all the time. They get to a point where they’re doing a little bit of everything – working on rehabs, picking up some residential rentals to hold, assigning some of their contracts when the numbers  make sense and looking at bigger deals.  They’re in a… Continue Reading

A tenant has left and your rental unit has gone dark, or worse yet multiple rental units have gone dark.  Not only does this mean no rent for that time, but then there’re the costs of getting a new tenant – making the unit “rent ready”, advertising and broker’s fees, your time – the costs… Continue Reading

Case Study: The following represents and actual matter in which James E. Clark served as counsel.  Names of parties and other identifying information has been changed to protect the identity and confidences of the parties.  The following represents a smapling of the type of work Mr. Clark has done in the past and in no… Continue Reading

The guarantor of a lease agreement cannot be made a party to a New York summary eviction proceeding, unless the guarantor also has some independent possessory interest in the property. A landlord’s eviction of a tenant in New York State is primarily achieved through a nonpayment or holdover summary proceeding under Article 7 of the Real… Continue Reading