Typically, buyers aren’t upset about these disclosures, even if they are negative. The problem lies in when they feel they have been lied to or tricked. So it is best to disclose everything.

I work with Real Estate buyers and sellers. Occasionally I am asked if I know about a rental available. One of the best places to search for a rental is still the newspaper and Craigslist. You can find a rental directly from the source. I did find a helpful site that you may find as a resource in your search for a place to rent or to find a renter.

It is easy to end up on the losing side of an eviction if you don’t meticulously adhere to the rules. Western New York has a variety of duplex, triplex and Quad homes available to investors. With that brings the need for tenants and the potential for the need to evict a bad tenant. Eviction reasons, processes, periods, and participants vary from state to state.

Unfortunately, not all tenants will be good tenants in WNY. Finding good tenants is always an issue for Western New York Landlords. All too often WNY landlords can be too eager to fill their homes. It is important that you do a little investigation on your potential tenants. Whether you are managing your property yourself, or using a property manager in New York, careful screening will save you a lot of money and stress.

Your tenant comes to you with a request that they need to break the lease. Not something that any landlord wants to hear, but what should you do? Residential leases are usually one year in term. Rarely there is a sound financial reason for not letting a tenant out of a lease.

In the state of New York there are very specific guidelines for Landlords that both protect the Tenants rights and theirs. Everything is clearly laid out to make it easy to understand who does what and what will happen in the event that someone fails to live up to their part of the agreement. To answer many of your questions you can visit the NY State Tenant’s Rights Guide for answers to such questions.

An interesting article popped up in the Realtor Magazine Daily Update about how Buffalo NY is taking an aggressive approach to holding the lenders accountable for the condition of the homes in their control as reported by Michael Orey of BusinessWeek.Spreading the Pain Michael Orey wrote in this very telling article Dirty Deeds. Those that profited from the sale of these houses at one point are now stuck with the collateral and they don’t like it.