Update! Appliance Research: Chest Freezers
March 9, 2010 – 9:48 am | Comments Off on Update! Appliance Research: Chest Freezers

The decision (and purchase) has been made! In an earlier post (“Appliance Upgrade Research: Chest Freezers”), I checked to see if the chest freezers listed on the EnergyStar site were still offered by each of the manufacturers

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Resource conservation: lighting
December 12, 2005 – 10:48 pm | One Comment
Resource conservation: lighting

After the Con Edison billing mess, I’ve been looking for ways to reduce the amount of power used without pre-spending the years of savings I’m hoping to see.
Enter the Home Depot 60 watt compact fluorescent …

Tips, articles and tools for the Small Time Landlord
December 4, 2005 – 6:58 pm | Comments Off on Tips, articles and tools for the Small Time Landlord

Software for small time landlording
I’m just hoping this will be easier to track expenses than the excel sheet I’ve been using:

Quicken Rental Property Manager
Rent Right Property Management

Quick Reads

CNN  Money: A tool kit for new landlords 
Managing …

So I had to report myself
November 30, 2005 – 12:46 pm | Comments Off on So I had to report myself

Contrary to the information I had been told earlier, a building must have a complaint or violation active before the Dept. of buildings will send an inspector out.
Now the DoB sends out inspectors based on …

NYC.gov and EnergyStar
September 2, 2005 – 2:26 pm | One Comment

I love NYC.gov
Heaps of information about programs, grants and other goodies — all hidden beneith a maze of navigation options. My familiarity with the site(s) began a few years ago after being canned right …

O-Day
July 3, 2005 – 10:35 am | Comments Off on O-Day

It’s taken more than a year of talking about it, research & reading, but this afternoon I’m going to attempt to sound like I’ve made offers on houses before.
Tangent
Funny thing about the web is …

NYCHANIS Training Session
June 28, 2005 – 12:03 pm | Comments Off on NYCHANIS Training Session

NYCHANIS Training Session
The Furman Center will hold a free NYCHANIS training on Wednesday, June 29 from 5 to 6:30pm. Please email furmancenter@nyu.edu or call 212-998-6713 for more information and to reserve a spot.