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How I became a plaintiff: Mistakes I made
The statute should be comprehensible. It should not be written in Chinese anyway. It should be in passing English…so that common, human beings would understand what it meant… – Clarence Darrow, in Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, 1925. Let me … Continue reading →
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Tagged buying a co-op apartment, co-op apartments, co-op Board meetings, co-op Boards of Directors, interpreting legal documents, Proprietary Leases
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How I became a plaintiff: Red Herrings, negotiations and Proprietary Leases
If you buy a co-op apartment, you’ll sign a fat ugly document called The Proprietary Lease. All the laws and rules of your co-op are in there. It’s a miserable read. Read it. Continue reading →
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Tagged attempted eviction, buying a co-op apartment, co-op apartments, landlord lawyers, Proprietary Leases, red herrings, rent stabilized apartments, rent-controlled apartments, safe deposit boxes, tenant lawyers
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