AM Katz Real Estate Management

AM Katz Real Estate Management Revolutionizing Property Management
New York & Tristate

08/31/2026

Wait, are you sure you got the right number?
This is a real estate management office.

08/24/2026

Self-managing your building is a completely valid choice. But you have to go in knowing what you’re walking into. New York City has added so many local laws and regulations in the last few years alone that even experienced owners get caught off guard. And the penalties aren’t small. One violation, one missed compliance deadline, one job you handed to the wrong contractor because you didn’t know the city had a specific requirement, and you’re looking at eight, nine, ten thousand dollars out of pocket. Gas piping alone. We’ve seen it. Something as straightforward as weatherstripping a door runs $800 to $1,000 when you hire out. With a management company that has workers on staff, that same job costs a fraction of that. The savings add up fast. If you want to self-manage and you reach out, we will gladly walk you through it. But know the laws. Know the regulations. Do your homework before a violation does it for you.

08/05/2026

The Upper West and East Sides are about to lose roughly 10% of their street parking. The city’s new “Empire Bins,” curbside trash containers meant to get garbage bags off the sidewalk, will wipe out around 1,500 spaces in each neighborhood, more than anywhere else in the city. Citywide, the plan removes nearly 30,000 spots by 2032, and the two neighborhoods hugging Central Park are first in line. Cleaner sidewalks, fewer places to park. If you lived there, which would you rather have?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

08/03/2026

Him: Have you seen that email I sent you?

Me: Hang on let me check…while actually hanging on for dear life to see a train while standing in the pelting rain and wind and mud for about 14 seconds.

But you know I’ll get to that email, not to worry!

07/28/2026

The rent freeze is being called historic, but it’s splitting the city. For the first time ever, the Rent Guidelines Board froze rents on both one- and two-year stabilized renewals, meaning over a million New Yorkers won’t pay a dollar more for two years. Tenants call it a lifeline that finally lets them breathe at the end of the month. Owners warn it could backfire, saying that with operating costs still climbing and no relief from the city, the next things to go are repairs, maintenance, and building staff. One landlord put it bluntly: it’s a business, and the rent coming in doesn’t cover the bills going out. Two very real sides. Does a rent freeze protect tenants, or does it slowly hollow out the buildings they live in?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

07/27/2026

Evicting a tenant in New York City is harder than most landlords realize. 🏙️

The laws have changed, and the biggest thing owners miss is simple: no signed lease, no eviction. These days a tenant has to have an active lease for you to move forward, stabilized building or not.

No lease means you’re stuck filing a holdover just to force a signature, which drags on for months, and only then can you start a nonpayment case that takes months more.

Here’s what actually works for us: we don’t mail leases, because tenants don’t mail them back. We go straight to the apartment, knock, and get it signed on the spot. If Monday doesn’t happen, we’re back Wednesday. That persistence works 95% of the time, and it saves owners from the nightmare a missing lease can turn into.

This is the difference proactive management makes.

07/24/2026

Buried in Mamdani’s credit check proposal: landlords or brokers would pay the fee, not applicants. Sounds small. But when screening costs money out of your pocket, you screen fewer people, which means fewer applicants get a shot, not more. Or does it just get baked into rent? Where do you think that cost ends up?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

07/23/2026

The rent freeze is headed to court. Landlords sued this week to overturn the two-year freeze on roughly a million rent-stabilized apartments—arguing the board was stacked and that frozen rent plus rising costs makes older buildings impossible to maintain. Tenants counter that small hikes push longtime residents out. What’s true right now: the freeze still stands, it starts October 1st for new leases only, and a judge weighs in this fall. Where do you land on this one?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

07/21/2026

Why buy one property with cash when you could own five? Take out a mortgage, let the rental income cover the payments, and keep your cash free. That leftover money becomes the down payment on the next property, then the next. Your tenants pay down the loans while your money keeps working across multiple deals instead of sitting in one. Cash is a tool. Don’t bury it in a single door.

07/20/2026

Running a property management company together means constant coordination. Buildings, vendors, inspections, tenants, board meetings, and repairs across Brooklyn and NYC. Most days everything runs like a system.

And then there are small moments like this that remind you the company is run by two brothers who enjoy annoying each other from time to time.

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3900 12th Avenue
New York, NY
11218

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+19175968684

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