NYC Real Estate

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG speaks with Julie Schechter of Armstrong Teasdale LLP , on the various ways in which a building can prepare itself to operate in this ever-expanding COVID world. Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com ! Video of today's recording: https://youtu.be/0u2IxhnlW3I Download the helpful guide made up by Armstrong Teasdale, LLP on today's top...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down with Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Esq of Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas, LLP , a real estate law firm in NYC to talk about a variety of COVID related issues including: Payroll Protection Programs and Coops/Condos Restrictions on Work Virtual Meetings and more Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com ! View the Zoom video of th...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down via Zoom with Michael Jaffa (COO) and Megan Feldman (Head of Sales) of Jack Jaffa & Associates to go over the various agencies that make up NYC's administrative arm and discuss violations, hearings, proper filing and more. Mark's firm utilizes Jaffa's dashboard tracking services and hearing attendance from time to time. Watch the...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG gives a quick update on a variety of topics, including: Residential Evictions Commercial Evictions Benchmarking Filing Delays (LL133 and LL84) Essential Construction and more Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call Mark directly at 212-335-2723 x.201.

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management Firm EBMG and Justin Waiser, Esq., a partner at William A. Slutsky, P.C., a NYC real estate law firm sit down over Zoom to discuss a variety of issues that buyers and sellers are facing during this COVID-19 pandemic.   Email the show directly at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call Mark Levine's office # at 212-335-2723 x.201.   This episode...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG LLC and attorney Julie Schechter of Armstrong Teasdale conference call via Zoom from their remote workstations to talk all things COVID-19 and the NYC real estate market. (pardon the sound quality). Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com Video will be uploaded to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/excelbradshaw Topics covered on thi...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management Firm EBMG sits down with William T. Payne, PE of engineering firm O & S Associates on the ever-expanding FISP (formerly Local Law 10 and Local Law 11) in New York City. Email the show and SUBSCRIBE! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com For buildings taller than 6 1/2 stories, FISP is an every-five year review of the facade. NYC law dictates when each build...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management company EBMG sits down with Ian Dahlberg, the founder of Dahlcore Security to talk about his Coast Guard experience and path to opening up a security company in NYC. Dahlcore provides licensed security guards, fire watch and other services while maintaining the professionalism you'd expect from a former Coast Guard member. Email the podcast! nycrealestat...

Host Mark Levine of property management firm EBMG sits down with Jim Bullock of NY Fire Consultants to talk about all things fire safety related, including emergency preparedness, fire extinguishers, sprinkler systems, fire watch, log books and more.  This is a must listen to episode with a former FDNY member giving great advice.  Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com!  T...

Host Mark Levine of Property Management firm EBMG discusses Local Law 69 of 2017, dealing with yearly bed bug filings for all residential buildings with three or more units in New York City. Yearly reports are required to be filed with HPD between 12/1 - 12/31 of any given year. This is utilizing information that was compiled during the period of October 1 - November 31st, prior. For those buildin...

Host Mark Levine of EBMG , a New York City property management firm sits down with Greg Quattlander, Master Plumber and President of NY Plumbing to discuss the process and implications of Local Law 152 of 2016; Periodic Gas Testing in the City of New York. Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com | Check out our Videos [ LINK ] When a building needs to file is predicated on its Community Boa...

Presented by EBMG: Host Mark Levine from NYC property Management firm EBMG sits with Chris Donnellan of Marathon Energy to talk about a variety of topics relating to oil and gas in residential apartment buildings.  Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@ebmg.com ! SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE this podcast - send us a screenshot of your share on social media and we'll enter you to win a Starbucks Gift...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG goes over two interesting topics for buildings in NYC on this episode. The first topic is Yearly Board Disclosures, which are required to be sent to all shareholders or unit owners in accordance with NYS Business Corporation Law, Section 727. These disclosures note if there were or weren't conflicts of interest with the Board of Directors / Man...

Host Mark Levine of property management firm EBMG gives a very quick overview of the new Local Law 115 of 2019 pertaining to new signage requirements for the hallway side of stairway doors.  Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com ! This new law goes into effect on 11/15/19 and notes that the following text must be displayed on a sign: In a Fire, Close All doors Behind You! Keep Fire...

This episode of NYC Real Estate is presented by EBMG, a NYC Property Management Firm specializing in the management of residential and mixed-use buildings. Host Mark Levine sits with Edward Taylor, Esq. of New York law firm Taylor, Eldridge & Endres, P.C. to talk about Emotional Support Animals (ESA's) in Cooperatives, Condominium and HOA communities. ESA's are not considered to be pets and th...

Host Mark Levine, of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down with Carol Ott, Publisher of Habitat Magazine , among other NYC real estate publications. Carol has been publishing Habitat Magazine since 1982 and they have an online archive digitized from 2002 on. Carol opens up about the Coop / Condo market and how things have shifted in the last 20 or so years. Definitely an interesting listen....

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down with owner Denise Savino and General Manager Adam Grieshaber of Automatic Industries to talk about all things laundry room related; including what to look for when bidding out a new contract, amenities added at the beginning of a contract, the contract itself, service and more. Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com . Call A...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down with insurance expert and owner of Mackoul Risk Solutions , Ed Mackoul, to talk about the rising premiums that insurance carriers are bringing to the market in current conditions.  E-mail the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com to suggest a topic you're interested in or have a question that you want discussed. You can also cal...

Host Mark Levine of EBMG, a New York City property management firm sits with Orest Tomaselli of National Condo Advisors, LLC to discuss a variety of interesting real estate topics, including new and existing developments, Fannie Mae lending requirements, 10% reserve funding in budgets, Reserve Studies and more.  E-mail the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com.

Host Mark Levine from NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down for a one-on-one talk with Penny Mendelsohn of McFar Contractors to talk about exterior renovations in the NYC area. A 4th-generation member of the family-run company, Penny shares her insights and talks candidly on what it is like to be a female in a male-dominated profession.  Email the show! nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com.&n...

Host Mark Levine from Property Management Firm EBMG sits down with Edward Mackoul and Rebecca Scandaliato from Mackoul Risk Solutions to talk about the new guidelines and laws pertaining to Sexual Harassment training and course completions in the New York State and New York City areas.  Email the show at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com or call Mark Levine directly at 212-335-2723 x.201. ...

Host Mark Levine's property management firm, EBMG is hiring a seasoned property manager for his growing business. A quick interim episode, the usual podcast will return next week, when Mark returns from Florida, where he was with family during Hurricane Dorian. Email any resumes, or the show, directly at nycrealestatepodcast@gmail.com

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down with Justin Waiser of NYC area law firm William A. Slutsky, P.C. to talk about a variety of issues when dealing with contracts for major capital work. Work that could be considered major capital is facade, boiler, elevator and more.  Topics covered in this episode include:  - Vendor selection criteria  - Contract negoti...

Host Mark Levine of NYC Property Management firm EBMG takes you on a guided tour of what you should look out for after you become a part of the Board of Directors (coop) or Managers (condo). Topics hit upon in this episode are: - How do you get appointed or voted on? - What's an inspector of election at an annual meeting? - How do I become the President? Does the president have any more power than...

Host Mark Levine from NYC Property Management firm EBMG sits down with Benjamin Williams of NYC real estate law firm Rosenberg & Estis to talk about important topics pertaining to NYC real estate, such as: Real Estate Taxes, Tax Classes (1 - 4), Assessed Value and how it is achieved (both in rental buildings, coops and condos), Tax Certiorari Proceedings and more.  Email Benjamin Williams...