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Of course, it’s best to avoid penalties completely. Sometimes, though, you can be caught off-guard and find yourself liable for a hefty penalty for a violation that completely slipped your mind.

Violation issues and their ensuing penalties are the nightmare of any landlord. Aside from being forced to navigate court hearings and a bureaucratic maze, pushing off a repair, delaying the re-installation of a fixture that was destroyed or deemed inoperable, or neglecting to attend to a structural fallout can mean paying tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

Jack Jaffa & Associates’ (NYC’s Violation Compliance Experts) comprehensive training seminar for all their employees covering a broad range of topics, including better time management, client crisis management and how to better serve their clients overall featuring noted writer and editor Michelle Herrera Mulligan.

In their ongoing efforts to constantly provide better service for NYC’s property owners and managers, Jack Jaffa & Associates hosted earlier this month a comprehensive training seminar for all their employees covering a broad range of topics, including better time management, client crisis management and how to better serve their clients overall.

It’s that time of year again! Whether you’re a genuine math-lover who gets a thrill out of crunching numbers, or you’re quaking at the thought of the long hours you’ll need to spend preparing your taxes, all property owners have one expectation in common when it comes to tax prep: to get as many benefits and exemptions as possible.

The temperatures are plunging, the wind is biting, and you spend a good five minutes each morning waiting for your car to heat up so that the steering wheel doesn’t freeze your fingers off. Winter is here!

As mentioned in our last blog, the DOB recently welcomed 105 newly minted inspectors at the 2017 inspector graduation ceremony. To property owners/managers all over NYC, this thankfully doesn’t mean tougher enforcements….because as you all know, DOB inspections are tough enough. So in honor of the new graduates, here’s a quick review of everything you need to know about DOB inspections.

In early November, the Department of Buildings welcomed 105 newly minted inspectors at the 2017 inspector graduation ceremony.

The end of the year is always a busy time for property owners – and we’re not talking holiday shopping. The end of the year is always a busy time for property owners – and we’re not talking holiday shopping.

One of the biggest challenges of being a successful landlord is finding the right tenants. You want courteous, responsible tenants who will be timely with the rent and take proper care of your property.

The recent weeks have brought unprecedented, record breaking hurricanes that have wreaked havoc on many of the Caribbean Islands and southern states. Thankfully New York has been spared from their damaging effects, but New Yorkers are not in the clear just yet.

As a landlord, one of your biggest challenges is keeping your tenants happy and your own business sense satisfied. You want to stay profitable, but at the same time, you don’t want to scare any tenants away.

The NYC government can be called many things: powerful, all-knowing, and relevant. They are also mysterious. There are thousands of government decisions that are simply impossible to understand with the human mind – perhaps because they are not products of the human mind. Most government decisions are actually created via a complicated algorithm code. This code has been designed to ensure absolute fairness and equality.

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for quite some time now, you’ve heard of the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things, or the IoT, refers to the connection of random electronic devices to the internet. It’s more than just smartphones, laptops and Google Glasses that can be accessed online these days. In our increasingly online world, a heart monitor, kitchen appliances and cars can all be connected to the IoT.

The Jaffa employees enjoyed an Employee Appreciation Evening last month (July 29, 2017) on board a luxurious yacht that sailed around the NYC harbor. Treated to a night of magic, caricatures, good food and games, the Jaffa staff returned to work re-energized to continue servicing their NYC property management clients and continue tackling NYC’s compliance and resolution issues.