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Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

This is the thread to post anything related to landlords and the landlord-adjacent acting like feudal lords. R.I.P. to the BFC thread (owned...)

https://twitter.com/tonydwagner/status/1148442052851408897

https://twitter.com/heyhayley/status/1148625020870189056?s=19

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 21:32

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# ¿ May 19, 2024 11:03

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Noobs: easy pickings on sites like biggerpockets.com, a large forum for landlords and investors. It took only five minutes to get something good!

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 21:38

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Loretta spitting that hot fire tho

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 21:49

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Yikes!

Should I follow the law? A story in three pictures:

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 22:00

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

e: beaten to the punch smh

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 22:12

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

https://www.wired.com/story/how-9-people-built-illegal-5m-airbnb-empire-new-york/

Choice quotes

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Before the building was partially shuttered by the city of New York in May for being, among other things, �imminently perilous� to people or property, more than 2,600 guests had booked a stay in the townhouse through Airbnb for a total of 2,268 nights, earning its host over $210,000, according to Airbnb data released by the city.

The host is part of a sprawling network that city officials say illegally converted residential units in 36 buildings�many of which were low-cost or rent-stabilized�in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan into full-time short-term rentals, available primarily through Airbnb. From 2015 to 2019, the alleged scheme earned more than $5 million in revenue through Airbnb for booking 24,330 rooms and housing 63,873 guests in what the city describes as dangerous and unsanitary conditions.

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The city says Tominovic and others coached guests to mislead enforcement agents tasked with finding short-term rentals. In reviews included in the lawsuit, guests who stayed in listings associated with the scheme noted that the host had instructed them to lie to housing inspectors if confronted and say they were staying with a friend. Multiple guests noted in reviews that they had been told to ignore authorities banging on the door or window.

�During our stay, there was knocking on the door periodically from 1 am until 8 am, and, since we had been instructed to not answer the door under any circumstances, we were left to an incredibly unrestful sleep,� wrote one guest at an apartment on West 136th Street. �[The host] is putting people in a very uncomfortable and rather questionable situation in this apartment and I would not recommend.�

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By the time a guest disobeyed the sign, things had gotten dire. On May 3, inspectors from the city building department and the Office of Special Enforcement found three guests from South Carolina accidentally locked into their room on the first floor, trapping them in the building; the inspectors also found two guests from Brooklyn and two guests from Singapore in different rooms on the second floor�all of whom had booked stays through Airbnb�according to affidavits filed by the inspectors.

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The inspectors smelled gas and called the fire department, which found a gas leak, according to inspectors� affidavits. The commissioner of the building department ordered the second floor vacated after a review determined that the conditions described in the inspectors� report were �imminently perilous to life, public safety or the safety of the occupants or danger to property,� according to court documents. The illegally constructed extra rooms lacked required exits, sprinklers, and fire alarms, �rendering apartment unsafe to occupy,� the documents say.

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The account is marked as �verified,� ostensibly a sign that Airbnb checked his name and information against some form of government ID. But listing, host, and transaction data provided by Airbnb suggests that Bloz Rajkovic, the Airbnb host, might not exist.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 22:20

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

https://www.wkrn.com/news/guess-whos-moving-you-memphis-landlords-eviction-notice-to-tenant-goes-viral/

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�It�s antagonizing,� Deadrick Flemming said. �I feel like it�s kind of embarrassing. It�s a shameful situation for someone that is trying their best to make ends meet.

According to WREG, many people living at the complex refuse to pay rent because the property management refuses to make repairs.

�They are quick to put you out and slow to fix stuff,� one resident who wished to remain anonymous said.

Chasity Blackburn, senior director at the Bent Tree complex, denies that repairs have gone unaddressed.

�If they call us, the typical turnaround time is four days,� she said of non-emergency work orders. Blackburn explained that although the landlord�s approach in this particular eviction notice may spark controversy, but the process itself is standard for the market. If rent isn�t paid by the 15th of the month, it is sent over to evictions.

�She does anything and everything she can to collect the money,� Blackburn said.

Woof Blitzer has issued a correction as of 22:33 on Jul 11, 2019

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 22:29

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

drjuggalo posted:

Never thought I�d see a thread that makes me more mad than the cop thread, at least they work hard for their money by shooting minorities and harassing poor people

I will be scouting the web-zones for content every day so get ready pal

# ¿ Jul 12, 2019 00:54

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Some random ones from the r/realestateinvesting or whatever the gently caress it was, I forget

The spectre of rent control...

Injury? Hospital bills? Fuk u!

Profit Before People

# ¿ Jul 13, 2019 01:26

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

JuSt OpEn ThE dOoR

Photoshopping dogs out of photos like Stalin to get a place to rent

I know your bro brutally killed himself, but look I have a business to run

# ¿ Jul 16, 2019 00:41

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Pablo Nergigante posted:

Legally, landlords can�t come into your home unless you invite them in.

Or they invite themselves in by lurking your social media accounts and finding a tiny thing that could possibly be against the lease.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2019 01:38

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Appetizer:

Main course:

# ¿ Jul 20, 2019 03:03

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Terrible Opinions posted:

You know I figure you mean there's like construction or bad heating or something, but when you say that I imagine some insane landlord demand that you remain awake between specific hours with an airhorn to punish violators.

Politifact rates this: mostly true

# ¿ Jul 22, 2019 20:32

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Ron Jeremy posted:

https://twitter.com/isgoodrum/status/1154101943888781312?s=21

lmao

# ¿ Jul 25, 2019 17:09

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

A MIRACLE posted:

what is a housing co-op and how do I organize one

My friend does this. He and a group of people buy derelict houses from the city, rehab them and rent them below market rate. They only have 3 houses so it�s not very big. They also have chickens and vegetable plots in the yards.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2019 01:44