Illegal Apartment

[Blueeyes1]

What is the name of your state?New York
Is it possiable for a Real Estate Agency to show an Illegal Apartment?
I have been living in an apartment for three years (one electric meter) and I want to know the following.
Can a tenent sue the Landlord for back rent?
I did not realize this was an Illegal Apartment, since I signed a document with the Broker that I'm on a month to month basis I thought it was legal.
This is also my first apartment.
If so what type of paper trail should I start to obtain?
The Real Estate Broker advised me when I moved in the Landlord will only accept CASH as a rent payment, I guess that should have been a RED Flag.

Thanks so much

 

[Blueeyes1]

Anybody Please?

 

[Blueeyes1]

Help

Anybody Pleaseee

 

[Rhubarb297]

What is the name of your state?New York
Is it possiable for a Real Estate Agency to show an Illegal Apartment?
I have been living in an apartment for three years (one electric meter) and I want to know the following.
Can a tenent sue the Landlord for back rent?
I did not realize this was an Illegal Apartment, since I signed a document with the Broker that I'm on a month to month basis I thought it was legal.
This is also my first apartment.
If so what type of paper trail should I start to obtain?
The Real Estate Broker advised me when I moved in the Landlord will only accept CASH as a rent payment, I guess that should have been a RED Flag.

Thanks so much

Okay, I'll bite. You've lived there three years and now you want to sue the landlord to get the rent you paid back because it's an "illegal apartment" (not quite sure what that means.) So you think you should have been able to live there for three years without paying rent?

I could understand if you were trying to get out of a lease but you're on a month to month. (Your comment that you chose a month to month lease because you thought the apartment was "legal" makes no sense. Now if you said you entered into a year long contract because you thought the apartment was "legal" that might make sense.) Give your notice and leave. Then after you leave, you can turn the landlord (and possibly the realtor) into to the proper authorities for the "illegal" apartment. That's your remedy.

 

[HomeGuru]

What is the name of your state?New York
Is it possiable for a Real Estate Agency to show an Illegal Apartment?
I have been living in an apartment for three years (one electric meter) and I want to know the following.
Can a tenent sue the Landlord for back rent?
I did not realize this was an Illegal Apartment, since I signed a document with the Broker that I'm on a month to month basis I thought it was legal.
This is also my first apartment.
If so what type of paper trail should I start to obtain?
The Real Estate Broker advised me when I moved in the Landlord will only accept CASH as a rent payment, I guess that should have been a RED Flag.

Thanks so much

**A: so what are your reasons for trying to get FREE rent.

 

[Blueeyes1]

Thank you for you help.
I am not trying to get Rent for free.
I was told this by friends and I wanted to confirm if it was possiable.
What about taxes can she be reported to the IRS for not claiming the money?

 

[anteater]

Thank you for you help.
I am not trying to get Rent for free.
I was told this by friends and I wanted to confirm if it was possiable.
What about taxes can she be reported to the IRS for not claiming the money?

And how do you know that she is not reporting the rent as income?

Why is it any of your business, anyway?

 

[FarmerJ]

Just curious here but WHO told you the unit was not a legal unit ? I know of people who have multi units with a single meter for the lights and the gas and they just include the utilitys in the rent and they as owner are billed . SO again who told you the unit is not a registered / non conforming / illegal unit ?? BTW as long as you get reciepts for your cash payment . did it ever occur to you that the LL may have gotten tired of having rent checks bounce ?

 

[HomeGuru]

Are we on a wild goose chase again?