Building up small businesses in Brooklyn

Andrew Kimball, CEO of New York’s Brooklyn Navy Yard, knows the power of business incubators.

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Corporate meltdown leaves renters in limbo

Nicholle Krause first noticed the weeds sprouting in the usually well-manicured grounds of her 320-unit apartment complex in Chandler, Ariz., in December. Soon, signs of neglect began multiplying: Garbage spilled over from the dumpsters, the water in the swimming pool turned a slimy pea green and the grounds were infested by swarms of bees — especially alarming because Krause is severely allergic to bee stings.

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How to score your first investment property

For the first time in a long time, you can actually get both a short- and long-term gain on a real estate investment. With prices down, interest rates at record lows, and so many would-be buyers deciding to rent instead, it’s a great time to buy a real estate investment. 

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Renters in foreclosed homes get help

Tita Mendoza and her husband moved into their Miami Beach condo in June and have been dutifully paying the $1,800 rent on time every month. And yet, they could be evicted any day now.

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Tenants: Landlord used dead cats to push us out

Tenants of a Brooklyn building said their landlord came up with a new idea for how to kick them out: Let the smell of the cats out of the bag. Dead cats, that is.

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These landlords have forgotten that NYC rents are determined by a bureaucracy that would probably make terrorists talk quicker than waterboarding does. Yes, if you want to make terrorists talk, give them each a multi-unit Manhattan housing complex to run.

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A Rock Hill, South Carolina landlord who is an ordained minister refused to evict unemployed tenants who couldn't pay rent -- and took a job himself to help meet mortgage expenses.

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A bug bomb blast is to blame for a house explosion in Lebanon that sent at least two people to the hospital Thursday morning. The explosion happened at a home in the 1100 block of Lehman Street (see interactive map below).

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Lawsuit claims landlord pocketed thousands while tenants died.

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A suburban Philadelphia landlord has admitted setting up spy cameras and secretly recording women tenants for nearly two decades.

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FLORISSANT --- A landlord who twice threw away a wheelchair ramp installed by a pair of disabled tenants has been ordered to pay $300,000 in damages.

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Tenants at a Rocky Mount subsidized-living apartment complex are upset over what they call "bullying" by their property management.

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Thinking it was just a shaving mirror in the shower in their basement apartment, three roommates soon find out it is a two way mirror leading into a locked utility closet. And it wasn't the only two way mirror in the place!

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- A local property owner who rents to tenants faces a predicament when he recently found out he can't do much about one of his tenants refusing to pay rent.

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JEFFERSON CITY - It's a bill that would give renters more protection during evictions. Can you imagine being a renter and paying all your bills and then suddenly the bank comes knocking at your door? They tell you they've foreclosed your home.

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A former exotic dancer with a body for sin and maybe a brain for it, too, stole three Upper East Side apartment buildings from her late ex-boyfriend and brazenly started collecting rent, authorities said.

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State senators acted Thursday to protect tenants when homes are lost in foreclosure, make it easier for farmworkers to unionize and make it harder for unqualified people to pass themselves off as professional personal trainers.

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TIME Magazine Prize-Winning Photos: The Housing Crisis

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Four years after Tyrus, now 31, lost half of his family in that fire, he is determined to save other deaf people from a similar fate.

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Excerpt: Philadelphia police have a man in custody in connection with a bizarre murder in which the victim was found in a makeshift coffin in the living room of a boarding home (above).

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Public safety officials in the city of Pittsburgh are ready to start cracking down on landlords who repeatedly fail to reign in disruptive tenants.

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A Norfolk man may serve up to four years in jail for threatening his tenants with a loaded shotgun.

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Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said it will allow some borrowers to rent out their homes after losing them to foreclosure. The goal of the new policy, announced Friday, is to prevent properties from becoming vacant so they won't fall into disrepair.

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SPRING VALLEY - A landlord who tried to evict a woman and her child from their apartment by removing the toilet and other fixtures was fined nearly $10,000 by the Rockland Board of Health yesterday.

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Tenants for office space are beginning to enjoy more bargaining power as increased supply for such commercial property and a weakening economy drive rents lower.

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"Tenants of a Brooklyn building said their landlord came up with a new idea for how to kick them out: Let the smell of the cats out of the bag. Dead cats, that is."

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A company that owns a Brooklyn Bushwick building has been accused of allowing dead cats to decompose on the Troutman Street property to "stink out" the tenants.

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Neighbors who watched as their landlord was shot to death expressed disbelief Wednesday about an eviction that ended in homicide in their Grier Heights neighborhood.

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When struggling home sellers opt to rent out their homes until the market improves, they can be in for one rude awakening after another. Here's how to avoid the worst newbie mistakes. See more irresistible headlines  

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City officials are investigating a home in a sleepy Melbourne neighborhood where an alleged swingers club has been enticing customers to "explore the sensual and sexual side of the lifestyle."

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