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Are there different rules/laws for selling apartments in a coop, based on whether you're an owner or the sponsor
—laws controlling who the SPONSOR is allowed to sell to (especially when he's trying to disengage from the building)?
We are trying to accomplish more owner-occupied units in our coop and do NOT want investors. The sponsor knows this, and yet...
He sold one of his units to another investor. That investor never lived in the building, and immediately rented it to a family who already lived here but was looking to move within the building. That tenant moved out within a short time (year or two) and the apartment is now rented to yet another person.
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We have sponsored units in our building and little by little they sell them. We don’t have a lot at this point. Once the sponsor sells them then the buyer becomes a shareholder and has to follow the rules. They can’t rent out their unit aka sublet until after a certain time. You should contact your management company and co-op attorney because something doesn’t make sense or maybe with us we don’t allow investors and that’s why we don’t have that problem. Did you also check your bylaws?
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