Well maintained apartments
Pros
Spacious, nice location
Cons
Heating wasn’t controlled by tenant, at mercy of landlord
Location, location, location
Pros
The location! The 5th floor walkup is not fun. LL hires people to do the trash, which is nice. If the LL feels like it, he’ll fix any issues within the day
Cons
LL is only responsive to tenants that he likes personally — he doesn’t like blacks, puerto ricans, Dominicans or Americans (he’s eastern european). Packages can easily be stolen from lobby.
Advice to the owners
Get someone else to manage your property, offer more flexibility & concessions to tenants such as bike storage or laundry