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New York’s Ten Worst Landlords, Part 1 - The Village Voice has been running this annual series for at least 30 years now...

Lorenzo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:21:06 +0000

By Elizabeth Dwoskin Tuesday, Mar 16 2010

In a city of slumlords and broke-ass apartment buildings, these stand out.

The Voice has been doing an outstanding service to the city’s renters year after year by pointing out the worst of the worst landlords. Except we don’t agree with all of there picks. But let’s face it. There are at least a dozen ways to slice and dice your criteria, and everyone will come up with a different list of the worst.

But let’s not be naive. Some of the worst landlords are also putting up with some of the worst tenants. Ask the thousands of small landlords who can barely make ends meet, only to be graced with the tenant from hell who never pays their rent and can’t be evicted because of the incredible precision need by the landlords legal team, while the tenant often enjoys free, pro-bono legal work.

But let’s not quibble. The Voices list is an excellent place to start.

See NY like a film location scout - All about interesting and unique locations for NYC based feature films...

Lorenzo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:01:04 +0000

A great website just came to my attention. I love this kind of stuff. ScoutingNY.com is just the sort of website that can easily consume a few hours of my time and get me moving around the city to see for myself. Here’s a few interesting shots from this website.

1. The original Ziegfeld Theater

2. A bust from the facade of the Ziegfeld Theater

3. Zoroaster with a silkworm cocoon and a slave in on top of a clock at 470 Park Avenue South, between 31st and 32nd Streets.

Did you ever wonder how many public housing apartments there are in NYC?

Lorenzo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:28:36 +0000

I saw this paragraph stuck in an interesting story about how the city will save some of the most decrepit of the public housing buildings;

New York City public housing includes some 178,000 apartments in 340 projects made up of 2,600 buildings. It comprises 2,500 acres of real estate, a city within the city. The city itself has valued it at a staggering $4.3 billion.

The author, Howard Husock then goes on to make a good point about Mayor Bloomberg’s new public-private partnership to save some of the buildings:

It is foolish to adopt an ironclad policy freezing all that real estate in place — especially when much of the city’s public housing stock is under-occupied (more bedrooms than tenants who need them) and many of its sites stand on valuable real estate, to which private commercial developers might be drawn.

I RENTED AN APARTMENT ADVERTISED ON CRAIGSLIST

Lorenzo — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:03:08 +0000

NUMBER SHE GAVE ME IS FROM SEATTLE, INSTEAD OF NEW YORK CITY (206 – 4269814)

LAST JANUARY I RENTED AN APARTMENT ADVERTISED ON CRAIGSLIST AS ABOVE, AND SENT IN ADVANCE US$ 500,00 FOR A FIVE DAYS STAY. I’LL ARRIVE NEW YORK NEXT MARCH 16TH, AND I’VE TRIED MANY MANY TIMES TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WHO I RENT DE APARTMENT, MS. SAMANTHA WALCOURT, WITHOUT RESULTS SO FAR. BEFORE THE PAYMENT WAS SENT SHE USED TO ANSWERED RIGHT ON TIME EVERY E-MAIL I SEND. NOW, THE SILENCE IS COMPLETE. JUST NOW I REALIZED THAT THE FONE NUMBER SHE GAVE ME IS FROM SEATTLE, INSTEAD OF NEW YORK CITY (206 – 4269814).

THE MONEY HAS BEEN SENT IN ORDER OF THE ALLEGED OWNER OF THE APARTMENT, MS DEBORAH E. CLINCH, 26968, LOST WOODS CIRCLE, BONITA SPRINGS, FLORIDA.

I’M FROM BRAZIL, AND UNFORTUNATELY I’VE NO CONDITIONS TO GET THE CASE TO APPROPRIATE BARS.

I’LL NEVER GET THE MONEY BACK, BUT I’D LIKE TO COLABORATE IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE AWARE ON DEALING WITH THOSE PERSONS.

EXCUSE ME FOR THE MISTAKES ON THE WRITING.

LUIZ CARLOS DE SOUZA

Tenants Lose Everything… - Will the landlord have to pay up?

Lorenzo — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:51:03 +0000

No Renter’s Insurance, No Brain

Rent it Right

by Janet Portman, Inman News

Q: While my son and his girlfriend were visiting us over the holidays, a water main in their apartment burst and flooded their apartment. All of their possessions — clothes, furniture, everything — were ruined by the water or the resulting mold. Is the landlord responsible for replacing these items? –Sharon P.

A: If your son had renters insurance, the answer to your question would be short and sweet: Call the agent and file a claim. Renters insurance, which typically costs just a few hundred dollars a year, will cover the damage you’ve described.

But since you didn’t mention it, I’ll assume there’s no insurance to cover the damage. Then, the answer to your question depends on why the water main broke — and more specifically, who’s responsible.

The main itself is under the control of the landlord, as are other major elements of the building and its systems. If the break resulted from the landlord failing to maintain it, one could argue that the landlord was negligent.

For example, if the owner knew that the pipes were in danger of bursting (because they were old or had been repaired in a faulty way, for example) but did nothing to deal with the problem, your son might be able to convince a judge that the landlord’s carelessness resulted in the break, which resulted in his losses.

That will get your son’s foot in the door to make a claim against the landlord’s insurance policy. The insurance carrier, which has contractually agreed to pay for damages caused by the landlord’s negligent acts, should step up.

But suppose the pipe burst from no fault of the landlord? Did unusually cold weather put stress on a pipe that normally would hold just fine? Or did the pipe break for no apparent reason, with no warning? If the landlord was not negligent, he isn’t responsible for the damage suffered by his renters.

Losses that result from accidents or defects on the property are the landlord’s responsibility only if he was careless or otherwise actively failed to maintain the property.

(Here’s an interesting wrinkle: Suppose the pipe burst through no fault of the landlord, but he was inexcusably slow to respond and made no efforts to save his tenants’ possessions, knowing the residents were absent. Then, you’d be dealing with negligence in the landlord’s response, which might be enough to lay responsibility on him for damage, such as mold, that could have been avoided had he acted promptly.)

Back to renters insurance, for a moment. If your son had it, the carrier would pay him with no questions asked regarding the culpability of the landlord. If the carrier suspected that the landlord had carelessly failed to maintain the pipes, it could proceed against him (or, more likely, his insurance company), to be reimbursed for what it already paid your son. And if your company couldn’t pin the cause on the landlord, they’d be out of luck — but your son would still have his money.

Janet Portman is an attorney and managing editor at Nolo. She specializes in landlord/tenant law and is co-author of “Every Landlord’s Legal Guide” and “Every Tenant’s Legal Guide.” She can be reached at janet@inman.com.
Copyright 2010 Janet Portman

A New York Legend… - You know... the millionaire who looks and lives like a bum.

Lorenzo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:05:00 +0000

by Brian

The proprietor’s son, Mo (short for Mohammed) was behind the counter at the bodega downstairs, working the morning shift. A fresh pot of coffee was brewing near the window, and we chatted about technology while waiting for it to finish. We had both agreed that the iPad was a turd not worth half its price when an old man tottered into the store. He looked every bit like the retired men who live in the apartment house across the street, limping from one social security check to the next wearing the same worn clothes and grizzled visages.

The old fellow approached the counter and greeted Mo familiarly. Then he started briskly calling out numbers, which Mo pounded into the Lotto computer. After a minute of this, the old timer called for scratch-offs and sang out some more numbers: “gimme 17, 31, uh, 23, 8, 14, 44…” Mo pulled at rolls hanging from a huge bank of tickets, yanking and tearing brightly colored cards covered with hopes and lies. After another minute, he stacked these onto the counter and added the paper strips spat out by the Lotto register.

The entire pile came to ninety-some dollars. The old man paid, scooped all the paper and cards together, promised to be back to collect his winnings, and left.

“Mo,” I said, aghast, “that guy must have shot half a week’s social security on that shit — can’t you at least ask him to seek some help for that addiction?” One of the reasons I’d gotten friendly with Mo was because he had been a psych student at CUNY and so we’d bonded over that shared history.

Mo laughed loudly and said, “Brian, that guy is filthy rich — I mean millionaire rich. Owns four or five houses over on East 3rd St. And today’s play is fairly light for him — I’ve seen him drop close to $200 on this shit in a day. It’s nothing to him, just entertainment. But when he wins, he tips big — he once hit the scratch-off for $500 and tipped me a hundred.”

“Jesus, Mo, I haven’t paid a nickel of March’s rent yet and this guy’s pissing away enough every week to pay at least half of it?”

Mo poured me my coffee. “Strange world, ain’t it Brian?”

“Damned skippy it is, Mo. See ya around.”

By the time I got back upstairs, I was laughing at myself. Here I was, the Tao-psychotherapist with the graduate degree in psych, who couldn’t see through the surface of a rich old man. But I had just been introduced to a New York City phenomenon that I had long thought was a mere popular fiction.

I’m sure you’ve heard about the bag ladies who roam the streets like homeless people while they have hundreds of thousands or even millions stuffed into a mattress in a rent-controlled one-bedroom on the upper East side. This old guy at the bodega, wearing worn green slacks and a coat that looked as if it had been slept in, fit the part perfectly. If he owned four houses on E. 3rd, which are worth at least $800K each, he was indeed a millionaire. And if he rented them all, as most of the owners do around here, he probably brings in at least $50K per month from rent alone, and probably much more. Gambling away a thousand a week on Lotto would be like shaking lint out of his coat pockets.

So if anyone ever tells you that those stories of uber-wealthy street trash are the stuff of New York Post and National Enquirer tabloid fairy tales, tell them you know a guy who’s met the real deal.

Brooklyn Heights – Mailer, Miller, & Capote all called it home - Brooklyn nabe is setting for new novel

Lorenzo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:06:56 +0000

In a story published on Friday, March 12, 2010 by Jason Sheftell, the Daily News Real Estate Correspondent, he writes about the new novel, The Heights by Peter Hedges, author of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. I’m sure the novel is worth reading, but what caught my attention was his discussion of Brooklyn Heights as one of the most beautiful places to live in New York. He also has some nice photos to go with the story. Read more about the novel and Jashon Sheftell article.

Peter Hedges, the author of “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” has written a new book about the history of Brooklyn Heights and some of the renowned authors that have lived there.

Truman Capote’s old house at 70 Willow Street

Truman Capote’s old house at 70 Willow Street.

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Arthur Miller’s former home at 62 Montague Street

The attic where Norman Mailer lived and wrote at the corner of Pineapple Street and Columbia Heights.

Upper Broadway as a Young Boulevard

Larry Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:54:46 +0000

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY Published: March 10, 2010

THIRTY years ago, Broadway north of 96th Street was a vibrant but shabby area, its Hispanic groceries and Chinese restaurants mixed with declining Edwardian apartment houses and S.R.O. hotels.

Now most of this stretch has turned over a gold-plated leaf, especially as a new pair of towering condominiums at 100th Street settles in. A short walk up the 10 blocks to 106th Street takes an inquiring walker from wood frame to glassy modern.

These blocks of Broadway were built up in the late 1890s with six- and seven-story apartment houses, like the Wilmington at the southeast corner of 97th Street, and are pleasant enough. However, at the otherwise retiring Wilmington, someone grew a little frame penthouse on top. With its pitched roof, dormer and window bay, it might be a cottage from the neighborhood’s days as truck farm and chicken yard.

On the east side, at 98th Street, two 12-story apartment houses introduce a grandeur otherwise lacking on what could have been a magnificent boulevard. On the south corner, the 1911 Borchardt, by Rouse & Goldstone, has rich classical ornament, like the terra-cotta cornice along the fourth-floor level. It has the crispest little guttae, the droplike forms on the bottom, you are likely to see on the West Side.

Running up the front is a wonderful series of three-sided window bays, their metalwork picked out in buff and light green. ’Tis a pity that the noble Borchardt has suffered the Curse of the Dead-Brown Replacement Window.

Across the street the Gramont, of the same date, is by another quality firm, Blum & Blum, and like the Borchardt has rich light-colored brickwork with deep-struck joints. Anyone who goes around to the entrance on 98th will also be taken with the spectacular lobby front, a sumptuous, expostulating Parisian screen of ironwork, recently repaired and refinished.

Beyond 99th, on both sides of Broadway, run the Ariel East and Ariel West, both recently built by the Extell Development Company. Tall, squarish, glassy towers with maroon trim, these are the buildings that West Siders love to hate, out of scale with the neighborhood and way too fancy, so it is said.

Me, I like them. Is the stodgy, slightly worn-out quality of the West Side so fragile it cannot accept a couple of mirror-glass lightning bolts? Extell has also taken what was once a dodgy block and flooded the zone by building the two structures.

Next door to the Ariel East on the south is the Art Deco Metro Theater, designed in 1932 by the inventive Boak & Paris and closed for several years. This lovely little pink-and-black terra-cotta jewel is dirtier than an old sneaker, but the original whimsy is still clear in the modernistic comedy/tragedy medallion in the center.

The architect’s elevation drawings show that the metalwork is aluminum, at the time exotic for architectural decoration, with interlaced neon lights. Urban Outfitters was going to move in last year, but that deal, like others before it, fell through, and the temporary steel supports for the marquee are beginning to look pretty permanent.

On the north side of Ariel East is the 1909 Allenhurst. The architect, William Rouse, not yet in partnership with Lafayette Goldstone, gave it a mesmerizing crisscross diaper-work brick pattern in the topmost section. And he evinced a decent respect for the opinions of others by bringing the decoration around the side wall of the building, called a return, a rarely seen but very civilized gesture.

Diagonally across the 100th Street intersection is the oldest building in the area, the three-story 1871 Boulevard House, a wooden building with an intricate cornice. Years ago, I sometimes went to the Tacita de Oro on the ground floor for Spanish-Chinese food; at the time, the clapboard on the upper stories was peeling pink paint. In 1993 the Metro Diner moved in, tricked up the ground floor in faux-Deco style, and covered the upper floors in aluminum siding, apparently to avoid a possible landmark designation.

The apartment house right next door on Broadway was originally the Ben-Hur. Indeed this section presents a ghostly gazetteer of forgotten apartment names: Navarre, Aragon, El Casco, Friesland, Karlsruhe, an encyclopedia of middle-class aspirations. A few have been revived, but the famous charioteer is not yet among them.

At the Ben & Jerry’s at 104th Street, there is a dazzling glass mosaic in an abstract design of “spinach green, carrot red and butter yellow,” as The Architectural Record described it in 1947. The artist, Max Spivak, made it for the Riker’s restaurant chain, and its survival is a miracle on Broadway.

The huge 1913 Cleburne apartment house stretches from West End to Broadway at 105th, and is worth seeing for its off-norm touches of Arts and Crafts and its private carriageway, all designed by Schwartz, Gross & Marcus.

The Cleburne would not be here were it not for the sinking of the Titanic, in April 1912. Isidor Straus, a partner in R. H. Macy & Co., and his wife, Ida, had occupied an old wooden house on the site since 1884. The month after the Strauses went down with the ship, their children sold the property, and the Cleburne soon joined the march of apartment buildings up Broadway.

How Would An Earthquake Impact New York City Apartment Buildings? In - The Big New York City Shake

Larry Rosenberg — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:05:52 +0000

Excerpted from a post by Neil G. from Multifamily Investor.com. Illustration selected by Neil G. from Multifamily Investor.com.

New York City hasn’t been rocked by an earthquake since 1884, when a 5.2 tremor rocked Rockaway Beach. In light of recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti, many here wonder: How would New York City’s different apartment buildings sustain the damage?

New York Magazine has an article that describes the impact on various types of common residential buildings around New York.

The final conclusion: 1,170 New Yorkers, if a 6.0 quake occurred today at 2 p.m., according to a 2003 study.

Dogs That Detect Bedbugs - Let the NY Times tell you all about it.

Lorenzo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:51:21 +0000

CRUISER made four house calls on a recent rain-soaked Tuesday. There were two happy endings and two unhappy ones, a fairly typical outcome for a typical day in the life of a bedbug-sniffing puggle.

“Except that there’s nothing typical about this business,” said his handler, Jeremy Ecker, 35, whose six-month-old company, the Bed Bug Inspectors, has vetted hotels, college dorms and Midtown office buildings, suburban homes, bare-bones Brooklyn rentals and tony Manhattan co-ops. (Mr. Ecker, who charges $350 for a residential inspection, is an independent inspector, meaning he has no affiliation with an exterminator, though many hire him to check a property they have treated.)

Let the NY Times tell you more. They also have an interesting slide show to go with this storty.

Tips from a NYC Bed Bug Expert - There's an epidemic of these nasty little vampires all over NYC.

Lorenzo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:44:43 +0000

We have a different approach to bed bugs that not only involve pesticides but steam, We steam furniture, walls, doors and any crack and crevice where they might be hiding, several pesticides working together and a dust that goes behind the wall via electrical circuits, light circuits and any existing holes in the walls. You can go online and Google New York Versus Bedbugs and get more info on the going on with bed bugs in the city. Bedbug complaints to the city’s 311 hotline grew from 10,509 in 2006 to 22,218 last year and that’s just the people who call 311 don’t forget the people that do call exterminators and the do it yourselfers.

So, you may be wondering just how long can you escape from the clutches of such a nasty curse when they seem to be everywhere and closing in?

Well, I have some news that should have you sleeping better at night. If you follow these safety tips you should be able to reduce the odds immensely of your home or apartment ever getting invaded by this sleep destroying army of insects.

Since bedbug extermination is not a do-it yourself job — here are some things you can do to protect yourself and your home:

#1 Never, never and I repeat never, bring home a mattress you found in the street. Or a chair. Or a bookcase. Or a (fill in the blank). You get the idea, no? Now to most people this sounds like common sense and you are saying to yourself that you would never do such a thing…. but there are hundreds, and thousands of people who think they just won the dumpster diving lottery when they see that almost brand new Sealy posture pedic kicked to the curb. It doesn’t occur to them that it was thrown out for a reason. This includes ANY furniture. Bedbugs hide in wood joints too. New York has rich garbage, some of the richest on the planet…. much of it is tempting to drag home…. but please don’t. Those innocent days are over.

#2 Never buy a mattress from someone who collects and recycles old mattresses then flips them, selling them as new. Do I need to explain this one after reading #1? If you see a neighbor bringing in a recycled mattress better educate them quickly or soon his/her bedbug problem will be yours, I can guarantee it. Especially if your live in an apartment building. The more neighbors you educate about where they buy their mattresses, the safer you will be.

#3 – Even when you buy a new mattress from a reputable mattress company or store…. if they pick up your old mattress well, guess what? They are picking up other people’s old mattresses that very well may have been bedbug infested. And those mattresses go on their truck uncovered with bedbugs and bedbug eggs dripping all over the cab of the truck and your new mattress even though plastic covered comes into your home with some of them tiny bastards stuck on the new mattress covering or the delivery men’s shoes or pants cuffs. Remember, all it takes is one determined bug or egg sack and your are infested. Buy only from stores that do NOT take away the old mattress. Gone are the days when removal of the old mattress is considered a buying perk.

#3 – When moving and using a moving truck, ask them how often they spray their trucks. If they look at you like they don’t understand… get a moving quote from someone else. Insist on them doing a bug treatment before they pick up your stuff. Otherwise, seriously consider renting a U-Haul and get the cab sprayed by a professional. The peace of mind is worth it. You wouldn’t sit on a public toilet seat would you? In most cases, ANY moving expenses are a tax write off… check with your accountant. If your employer is relocating you, chances are they won’t mind picking up the tab if you explain why.

#4 – Have your new EMPTY home or apartment sprayed THOROUGHLY by a professional exterminator BEFORE you move in your things. If renting, your landlord should not have a problem providing this service. And unless you are buying a brand new home, never assume a home is clean of pests because it’s been empty for a time. Bed bugs can live up to a year without feasting on flesh. Insist that it is bedbug treated which is different from other pest control measures.

Two sacred words for New Yorkers, “Nathan’s Famous”

Lorenzo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:31:23 +0000

It must be getting close to lunch time. I can smell the aroma of world’s greatest hot dogs and french fries. Real french fries, full of real potato. Not the frozen crap.

This is a real deal. The New York original. Our gift to the world!

So after a day of aparment hunting for the perfect apartment, do yourself a favor. Make one more stop… at Nathan’s.

A craigslist horror story!

Lorenzo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:46 +0000

We’ve brought you Craigslist scams and Craigslist nightmares, but now we present a bona fide Craigslist horror story! One unsuspecting Phoenix man recently moved into a shared home he found on the classified-ad web site, with no idea of the situation he was moving into.

That situation quickly became clear when he walked out of his bedroom and saw his roommates shuttling bricks of marijuana out of the attic and through the house. One of them pulled a gun in a bid to intimidate the new renter into silence, but he simply waited for the others to leave and promptly called the police.

The story had a happy ending for the innocent roommate, who escaped the situation without injury, but his four housemates are currently booked into a Phoenix jail on charges of possession with intent to distribute.

Harlem Insider: Life Strategist Gabe Nies

Lorenzo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:48 +0000

Recent Los Angeles transplant Gabe Nies talks about raw, soul food restaurants, his fun building and the music on the streets of Harlem.

Name, Age, Occupation: Gabe Nies, 32, Life Strategist

Neighborhood: Harlem, New York

Abode: Huge two-bedroom brownstone apartment

How long have you lived in Harlem? Less than a year

What do you love most about your neighborhood? I love the vibe in this area!

Best kept secret in Harlem?
There’s this really cool restaurant called Raw Soul. Normally, when you think of Harlem you think of Sylvia’s for Soul Food. This place is so cool because it’s a raw restaurant and it’s in Harlem and it has so many cool foods. The paradox is interesting and its an awesome restaurant.

Favorite way to spend a Saturday night in your neighborhood?
Since I’m still new to New York I go everywhere so I either hang out in my huge apartment here or I go to other parts of the city. I love to walk around this area and look at all the old buildings and churches. I mean the Apollo is right around the corner! I haven’t been there yet, but I can’t wait to go.

Do you talk to your neighborhoods?
Yes, all the time. In my building everyone is under 34 and they are all cool, hip people. We have parties in the building, sometimes we go to brunch together, we hang out at each others apartments. There are only three of us in the building and we each have our own floor. You just go downstairs and knock on the door and say hey what are you doing and we all just hang. They are really great.

Why Harlem?
If feels like you are kind of in another time. It’s a mixture of people and music in the streets… there’s so much gentrification in Harlem, and there’s such a great diversity of people. So many people are moving up here because you can get so much more for your money, too.

When you moved to Harlem you were moving from L.A., how has it been for you?
I feel really good about what I did and in my opinion New York City is the best place to live because everything is here. You can walk outside and feel the energy — literally.

The move changed my life and it did so because I took a risk. I always believed that I would be here no matter what. If you believe something and are passionate about it, you will always get it. Moving to a big city or far away from family and friends puts the accelerator on your life, your progression and your evolution. That’s exciting!

Craigslist Roommate Nightmares: National Edition - The New York roommate craziness has gone national...

Lorenzo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:22:52 +0000

Posted Mar 11th 2010 11:00AM by Harmon Leon

More freaky people on Craigslist with rooms for rent looking for you to move into their freaky habitats. Yes, spin the wheel and see who could be your new roommate. Will it be the nudist with the 28-inch waist who doesn’t believe in having doors on the rooms of his apartment? How about the 59-year-old guy who is done with dating and wants you to move into his mobile home? Or the man who requires sex on demand?

Find all this and more in this edition of Craigslist Roommate Nightmares.
Washington, D.C.: $1 Seeking a live in Houseboi/Houseman (Fairfax Area)

Seeking a live in houseboi/houseman room with private bath/den share/kitchen/laundry close to Metro, bus, stores restaurants. Must be HWP no drugs no excessive drinking. Domestic chores/personal assistant /errands/sex on demand. in exchange for room and board

Our Take: Hmm, I’ve always wanted to be a live in houseboy. Sure, I have to give sex on demand and run errands, but, hey, this place is located near stores and restaurants. I guess I’ll have to give up my drug use and excessive drinking first in order to be considered.
Chicago: $275 LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MAN TO SHARE (Michigan City, in NW Indiana)

I am a 59 year old single male. Am looking for another man to share my completely furnished 3 bedroom mobile home set up in a mobile home park in Michigan City, in NW Indiana. I am about 20 minutes from town. $275.00 a month. Includes own room with cable TV and phone, all the utilities, and the full use of the mobile home. No security deposit needed. Available immediately. No drugs please. Moderate drinking and cigarette smoking is fine. Sexual preference is no problem. Due to 3 extremely bad and hurtful marriages, I do not date or have anything to do with women.

All I ask is help with keeping the mobile home clean and help with the yard up keep. Thanks Ted

Our Take: This sounds like the American Dream. Available immediately I can move into a mobile home in Indiana with a 59 year old men who has had 3 failed marriages. No security deposit required so I can do it today. The two of us can sit around his mobile home all day long moderately drinking and smoking cigarettes, as we talk about how both of us are bitterly through with woman.
Chicago: Free Rent and job assistance to Single Female!! (Libertyville il.)

Offering free rent and great paying job with earnings potentials of up to $6000/month or more, to open minded attractive female

Located in the Libertyville area, please reply with recent photo of yourself, and contact number. Move in immediately!

Our Take: Once again, welcome to the world of prostitution or Scientology.
Los Angeles: $600 Need male roommate (nudist) (Van Nuys) (map)

i have a one bed/bathroom apt and willing to give up my bedroom for a true nudist guy who is drug free sane and has a job. I have a dog and 2 cats so must be pet friendly and clean as home dont smell like a zoo, i host nude events and clienst so home must be clean and smelling great.

I am 33/latin lean 28 waist and light skin active in biking and running not buffed just lean. I am drug free and love to cook ,watch tv and hang out with buddies like any other guy i am gay but not a flamming queen. I have many straight nudist friends so i respect everyone as i was raised in a nude home with my 3 older brothers and my dad, so to all of you guys who think this is a Fantacsy and that nude = sex please move on

I believe in no doors inside the home as we are all men and have and share the same body actions and functions why hide and be ashamed,, If you want the bedroom its $600 month to month no deposite you get a parking and the apt has swimming pool (clothed) and laundry area. If you are trying to save money like me and willing to share a room thats kelw too then the price changes to $400 month to month and either price we share all utulities. I have and live in a frunished apt so if you have alot of stuff may not work out please be serious and reply asap age/job/pic (face) and lets go from there peace and have a great day

Our Take: So what was the waist size of my new nudist roommate again? Oh yeah, it’s a 28 waist. Why would I want to move into an apartment that has doors on the rooms? There’s nothing to be ashamed about. I can’t wait to meet his nudist buddies as well.

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