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New "Residential Lease Renewal or Notice To Vacate" Form Available at Wisconsin Legal Blank
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Documents / Comments
I have recently completed drafting a new landlord-tenant form that is now available at Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc.The new form is entitled "Residential Lease Renewal or Notice To Vacate" and a sample can be viewed here.Essentially this is a form that a landlord could use when his tenant's lease is ending (and does not automatically renew or revert to a month to month tenancy) and the ...
Read MoreAvoid Homemade Rental Agreements . . . Regardless of What the Tenant Resource Center Tells You
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Agreements, Rental Documents / Comments
I received a troubling call from a landlord last week. This landlord had some questions regarding management of her rental properties and told me that she had previosuly called the Landlord-Tenant Resource Center for assistance. I informed the caller that there is no such animal as the Landlord-Tenant Resource Center and that she had actually spoken with the Tenant Resource Center, a very pro-tenant organization.The landlord continued to tell me that she ...
Read MoreFree Landlord-Tenant Law Seminar In West Allis on March 31, 2011
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Screening Tenants, Rental Agreements, Rental Documents, Seminars / Comments
I will be presenting a seminar for the West Allis Landlord Training Program on Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. This seminar is sponsored by the West Allis Police Department and is open to the public at no cost.I will be speaking on two specific areas:1. Rental Documents -- specifically what rental documents you should be using with your tenants to protect yourself such as:
Read MoreNew Rental Agreement for Self-Service Storage Units Now Available at Wisconsin Legal Blank
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Agreements, Rental Documents, Self-Service Storage Units / Comments
I have recently drafted a Self-Service Storage Unit Rental Agreement that is now available and being sold at Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc. Additionally I have drafted two seperate default notices that should be sent to the tenant who has breached the rental agreement for the self-service storage unit. The two default notices contain differernt language as required per Wisconsin's new law regarding self-service storage facilities and units.Self-service storage facilities ...
Read MoreNew Carbon Monoxide Detector Notice Form (and Others) Available at Wisconsin Legal Blank
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Documents, Carbon Monoxide Detectors / Comments
I have recently completed drafting 3 new forms that Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc. now has available for purchase that should assist landlords and property managers with their rental units..The new forms are:1. Carbon Monoxide Detector Notice:As of April 1, 2010, state law requires that an owner of a residential property must install a carbon monoxide detector in various locations within the property. This new notice sets forth the ...
Read MoreNEW LANDLORD FORM NOW AVAILABLE REGARDING TENANT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAWN CUTTING AND SNOW REMOVAL
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Agreements, Rental Documents / Comments
I have recently completed drafting a new form for landlords to use that is now being sold at Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc.Addendum To Residential Rental Agreement: Responsibility for Yard Care and Exterior UpkeepForm #985 is entitled Addendum To Residential Rental Agreement. This document sets forth a tenant's responsibility for yard care and exterior upkeep of the rental property. This form should only be used if the landlord is renting out ...
Read MoreWisc. Legal Blank Co.'s New & Improved Residential Rental Agreement Is Now Available.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Agreements, Rental Documents / Comments
I wanted to alert anyone that is currently using the Residential Rental Agreement that is sold at Wisconsin Legal Blank Co, Inc. (and even those of you who don't : ) that the new and improved version is now available ans is being sold at WLB.I completed the revisions to the updated Agreement last week. The new version indicates a revision date of 1/4/10 whereas the prior version had a ...
Read MoreDoes Your Tenant Have A Pet? If Yes, Then You Should Be Using A Written Pet Agreement
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Documents, Pets / Comments
NOTE: THIS BLOG POST WAS REVISED ON AUGUST 26, 2015 In talking with my clients and potential clients over the past year, I have also noticed that more and more landlords are allowing tenants to keep pets. I am not sure if this is because of the many pet owners that were also homeowners that have since lost their homes to foreclosure and have been forced to become renters ...
Read MoreMARYLAND ARMS CASE WILL BE REVIEWED BY WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Caselaw, Rental Agreements, Rental Documents / Comments
In my May 28, 2009 post I wrote about the then recently published Wisconsin Court of Appeals case of Maryland Arms Limited Partnership v. Connell, 2009 WI App 87, __ Wis.2d __, 769 N.W.2d 145. This was an important case because a divided Court of Appeals held that a tenant could not be held responsible for the damages that resulted after her hair dryer caused a fire which resulted in ...
Read MoreNewly Revised 5-Day Notice To Pay Rent or Vacate Now Available at Wisconsin Legal Blank
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Evictions, Notices, Rental Documents / Comments
As many of you know I am the author of the set of Landlord-Tenant forms that are sold at Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc. I am currently in the process of reviewing and updating all of the L-T forms as well as creating a few new ones. At this time however, I wanted to alert you that the revised 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate is now available for sale at ...
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