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Old May 11, 2008, 06:11 PM
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I have a tenant and he rents the lower level of my house. He gets his mail at his parents house and has nothing to prove he lives here except for the key to the door. He recently went on Workers Comp. He is having a problem paying the rent. I do not feel its my problem and he agrees. I've told him he must pay by the 15th of the month. He gave me a third of it in good faith but still owes me the balance. He is month by month. There is no lease, this is not a legal apartment. I live in NY, on Long Island.

I told him I am not his 'lender' and I feel if necessary he should 'borrow' money from someone other than me.

How can I handle this?

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Old May 16, 2008, 05:49 AM   #11  
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However, in truth, lying doesn't get anybody anywhere. I am a firm believer, if you tell the truth, you never have to remember anything.

As for posting anything, I agree, it was stupid to write that! Next time, I'll just let the party that wanted to know, do it for themselves on their own computer.

I will inject this, however, living on Long Island is so difficult. They are slaughtering us with taxes compounded by everything else. Nobody cares about us blue collar workers who are trying to earn an honest living, working 100 hrs a week!!! Then its forclosure because all the equity is spent putting money in the pockets of some people that truly don't earn it. Nice guys do finish last. It's very sad.



I thought this was YOUR apartment. You should advise your friend that until the apartment is legal there are going to be problems.

All I can say is - welcome to New York State! Long Island does not stand alone in all of this. The foreclosure signs in my area are frightening -
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Hello Pony:

Nahhh, you got your rent. You've got your illegal apartment... You've got a tenant who is paying (kinda) rent that you're not legally entitled to. You don't have the cops beating down your door. You don't have the city fining you for your illegal apartment. You got good FREE legal advice from this board.

Nahhh, I think you're doing fine.

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As a fellow LIer, I can sympathize with your predicament. But breaking the law is not the real answer. By renting an illegal apartment you have put yourself between a rock and a hard place. If you declare the income, you risk the municpality coming after you for operating an illegal apartment. if you don't declare the income you risk the IRS on your back. In either case you put yourself at the mercy of the tenant.
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