House with basement apartment (rental, purchases, school)
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MrBitterness, how about you mind your own business? By renting out a part of the house, living in LI becomes more affordable to people who will be paying the 6 figure teacher, police, and garbagemen salaries. By renting out, a student, nurse or teacher gets to live in LI and pay taxes that support this expensive town of our's.
Even the counties have held off on inforcing illegal apartment actions because doing so drives people out of LI and considering the job losses in NYC and the resulting loss of taxpayers in LI, that's the last thing we need.
The "counties" don't enforce code violations or illegal apartments. The Towns do. And oh yeah, they do backflips if they find one and can bang out the owner for violations and code infractions. The town building department employees are the only taxpayers they care about supporting.
MrBitterness, how about you mind your own business? By renting out a part of the house, living in LI becomes more affordable to people who will be paying the 6 figure teacher, police, and garbagemen salaries. By renting out, a student, nurse or teacher gets to live in LI and pay taxes that support this expensive town of our's.
Even the counties have held off on inforcing illegal apartment actions because doing so drives people out of LI and considering the job losses in NYC and the resulting loss of taxpayers in LI, that's the last thing we need.
Sorry, but if there is one person on here who's opinion couldn't mean less to me, it's a gay bashing, racist like yourself.
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Last edited by MrBitterness; 11-12-2013 at 10:35 AM..
I recently purchased a home which as a basment apartment. Kitchen, bedroom, bath, etc. My question is, what would be the best way to find a tenant as I want to minimize the risk of having landlord/tenant issues. Would you stay away from craigslist? Perhaps I post in Newsday?
I would recommend craigslist but do not list a call back number. Asked them to reply via email with a description of themself, current living, job.. etc. This way you can filter them out.
And definitely do a credit and background check! Most neighbors will report illegal apartments but that's a decision you will have to make for yourself if it is worth the risk.
MrBitterness, how about you mind your own business? By renting out a part of the house, living in LI becomes more affordable to people who will be paying the 6 figure teacher, police, and garbagemen salaries. By renting out, a student, nurse or teacher gets to live in LI and pay taxes that support this expensive town of our's.
Even the counties have held off on inforcing illegal apartment actions because doing so drives people out of LI and considering the job losses in NYC and the resulting loss of taxpayers in LI, that's the last thing we need.
Mind your own business? When someone asked a question on a public forum?
MrBitterness, how about you mind your own business? By renting out a part of the house, living in LI becomes more affordable to people who will be paying the 6 figure teacher, police, and garbagemen salaries. By renting out, a student, nurse or teacher gets to live in LI and pay taxes that support this expensive town of our's.
Even the counties have held off on inforcing illegal apartment actions because doing so drives people out of LI and considering the job losses in NYC and the resulting loss of taxpayers in LI, that's the last thing we need.
What LI taxes does the illegal tenant pay? The only local tax on LI is the property tax. By not making the apartment legal, the homeowner is not paying the increased property tax associated with a multi family dwelling. Hence the landlord and tenant are parasites and not adding to the tax base.
What LI taxes does the illegal tenant pay? The only local tax on LI is the property tax. By not making the apartment legal, the homeowner is not paying the increased property tax associated with a multi family dwelling. Hence the landlord and tenant are parasites and not adding to the tax base.
Agreed! The apartment should not be rented if not legal. Why should the landlord get this additional income without paying the proper property taxes? If the tenant has children using the school district, then we are paying for the education of these children.
What LI taxes does the illegal tenant pay? The only local tax on LI is the property tax. By not making the apartment legal, the homeowner is not paying the increased property tax associated with a multi family dwelling. Hence the landlord and tenant are parasites and not adding to the tax base.
Local renters pay lots of sales tax on purchases of goods and services which lowers the local tax burden for everyone. Will it compensate for the landlord skipping out on the additional property tax he would pay? Probably not, but renters (particularly if we would develop some LEGAL rental apartments near LIRR stations) would be a BIG help to local homeowners AND business owners. Renters pay sales tax AND landlord pays prop tax ie win-win. But that's another NIMBY issue no one wants to deal with. Suozzi pretended he did but that's campaign talk. In reality, no one already elected wants to go there...the "we'll become another Queens" Nimby mantra is firmly entrenched.
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