Regulation doesn’t just affect cashflow, it affects relationships.
When upside gets capped, the conflict often shifts from the market to the partners:
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One partner wants to sell.
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Another wants to refinance and hold.
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A third wants to convert,
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redevelop, or deregulate.
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Someone else wants to defer maintenance; another wants to invest.
In family-owned assets, generational priorities diverge quickly:
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The older generation wants stability.
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The younger generation wants
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opportunity.
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Everyone argues about strategy, timing, and risk tolerance.
And when the asset is pre-1978 and governed by the RSO, the math gets tighter.
When the math tightens, emotions rise.
When emotions rise, communication fractures.
This is where disputes go past rent caps, and start touching on identity, fear, legacy, and of course, money.
In mediation, I often see the partners or family members talking over each other about how they want:
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to avoid uncertainty.
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control.
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different visions of the future.
The “property decision” is rarely about the property.
Regulation simply exposes those differences faster.
If you’re in a partnership, or a family business holding older assets, this is the moment to get ahead of the conversation.
When policy changes, relationships either tighten or break.
And the cost of unresolved tension is always higher than the cost of a structured conversation.
That’s the work I do.
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