Image via Pexels There are plenty of benefits of working from home: your commute disappears, you can work in your pajamas if you want to, and the hours are far more flexible than if you were in an office building. However, one major drawback for some home-based business owners is lacking a dedicated office space. If you don’t have space in your home for an office, make it a priority so you can be more productive and successful as a…
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The New Rent Laws: What You Need To Know (For Now) by Jessica Feder-Birnbaum
The new rent laws that went into affect in June 2019 have been overhauled to protect tenants. Landlords and management companies are scrambling to be law abiding and stay profitable. As with any new system, there’s a learning curve. Landlord feedback is that the laws skew too highly in favor of tenants. How pushback will alter these policies remains to be seen. Whether you’re a rent stabilized or market rate tenant, read on to see what these changes are and…
Everything You Need to Know if Purchasing After July 1st in NYC
Written by: Robert Varvara, The Steven Cohen Team at The Corcoran Group As New York City continues to experience a desperate need for funds to improve vital infrastructure, legislators look to homeowners in the city’s high-end luxury market. Amid confusion and substantial opposition surrounding the ‘pied-a-terre tax’, answers finally became clear when April rolled around. The so-called “millionaire’s tax” would be an annual charge on any apartment or house in NYC valued at over $5M that serves as a secondary…