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  • Boards
    Pet rules in coops
    Updated over 10 years ago
    My husband and I are first time coop buyers. We have a small, well-behaved dog and two small, clean, quiet cats (for the record, we never wanted three pets, but...
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  • Anything
    Right to roofdeck
    Updated over 10 years ago
    I live in a condo. About 25 years ago, well before I was an owner, the rights to the roofdeck were informally given to the tenant on the highest floor (there are only...
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  • Boards
    How do you handle a lazy condo board?
    Updated over 10 years ago
    How would you handle a condo board that doesn't enforce house rules, may not enforce bylaws, and does not keep things working in the building? I'm probably going...
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  • Boards
    Short-term leasing & mandatory guest registration
    Updated over 10 years ago
    What are some approaches that condos are taking to go after illegal short-term rentals (airbnb, etc.)? or at the very least, to regulate short-term rentals? By-Laws...
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  • Boards
    How long can a coop board look at financials?
    Updated over 10 years ago
    Hi, My wife and I purchasing a coop. We have the income requirements, debt/income ratio requirements for the coop board, but we will only have about 3 months of...
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  • Rentals
    major construction! stay away!
    Updated over 10 years ago
    I lived in this building for a year. Do not rent here. First, you will be surrounded by major construction until at least early 2017. There are two large apartment...
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  • Sales
    Breach by seller
    Updated over 10 years ago
    In the event that the seller refuses to proceed with the sale after board package is submitted but before approval or interview, apart from the legal possibility of...
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