Unfortunately, it's easier to remember the tenants who gave you the hardest time. Do you remember the tenants who took up a petition to get rid of you? How about the ones who put dead chickens in front of your door and ...

Property management experts sometimes get a beautiful real estate rental that is difficult to keep occupied and never seems to make an adequate profit. If you have one and wonder why...

At one time a $50 deposit and first month's rent could get one into rental property with few, if any, questions asked. No more, said Carner, who stated that besides making sure the applicant has a job, apartment managers are beginning to utilize software services to check the validity of driver's licenses, social security cards, criminal backgrounds and even if the applicant is on a federal most wanted list. And it can all be done…

KAYT BRUMDER, a fifth-year architecture student at Cooper Union in New York City, has an advantage when it comes to home design: She owns her apartment, so she can make structural changes. Ms. Brumder, who is 31, bought the 600-square-foot studio in East Harlem — which she shares with her boyfriend, Jorge Pereira — for $280,000 five years ago. In their renovation, Ms. Brumder and Mr. Pereira, who graduated from Columbia’s school of architecture last…

As young couples blend households and decorating tastes, for better or for worse is becoming an increasingly less abstract concept. Hence the proliferation of shows such as Lifetime's "Merge," WE's "Mix it Up" and HGTV's "Designing for the Sexes." Find me a couple who blends their two decorating styles effortlessly, and I'll show you a couple where one of them is design guru Colin Cowie. When one person's trash is another's treasure, Cupid seems to…

Living within an apartment community requires a constant interaction with strangers. They are there when a resident picks up the mail, enters an apartment, or exits an automobile. In apartment ...

This article examines results of a survey of residents at "institutional-grade" garden apartments in several cities to determine the characteristics of residents in high-end (luxury) garden ...