False identity cards and driver's licenses were also believed to have been generated by Ms. Charlton's group, and they successfully rented three apartments in other people's names.
My choice was clear, and I successfully rented a cruiser (and lock) for $15 from a lovely college student who lived three blocks from my Manhattan apartment.
If I successfully rented out an apartment, I would make half of the tenants' deposit in cash so if I convinced someone to rent a $4,000-a-month unit, I'd make $2,000.
Instead, the available evidence suggests they have been successfully rent-seeking, for the most part largely because regulators, in the name of free enterprise, have increasingly been letting them run amok in new markets, including physical commodities markets.
Providers fumed over another e-mail message sent on Wednesday, this one on behalf of Ms. Heller, the deputy commissioner, requiring them to give the Department of Homeless Services examples of families who are working full time and successfully paying rent — so the department could "put a positive spin" on the rent program.
While the commanders successfully extorted rent from local merchants who ran shops on public lands, they were unpopular and preferred to remain in the shadows, strenuously avoiding one another as well as any direct conflict with the state.
To successfully deal in New York property — to rent or buy or remortgage — is, apparently, a question of making sure that your defrauding and screwing of the other guy more is more efficient than his hoodwinking and double-crossing of you.
But for any newcomer who has any interest in Johnny Cash, or how someone can successfully marry a message with music: don't rent the biopic, buy this record.
In addition, SmoovUp is targeting landlords and real-estate agencies who can post ads on the site for free so that flatmates — after successfully being matched — can easily find a place to rent.
He successfully lobbied the state government in the early 1970's to end rent control and rent stabilization, but three years later the Legislature rescinded the change.
Last year Airbnb successfully campaigned against Proposition F, or the "Airbnb initiative", planned legislation that would have reduced the number of days owners can rent their properties.
