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City of Milwaukee's "Residential Rental Certificate Program" Is Unveiled

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, DNS, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments

Well I have finally been able to get my hands on a preliminary copy of the city of Milwaukee's proposed mandatory rental inspection ordinance.  The ordinance is sponsored by Alderman Kovac, Wade, Davis and Hines.  The ordinance refers to the proposed program as a "Residential Rental Certificate" program.  The program is really just a variation on "landlord licensing" and mandatorty rental inspection programs.  I would encourage you to read the

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Free Landlord-Tenant Law Seminar To Be Held On October 24, 2009

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, City of Milwaukee, Seminars / Comments

On Saturday October 24, 2009 from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm at the UWM Union Ballroom the UW-Milwaukee COAST and the City of Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services will be offering a free landlord-tenant law seminar to the public.  This seminar is NOT restricted to just landlords and tenants in the UW-M area.On behalf of the AASEW, I will be presenting a portion of the seminar on the topics ...

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"Landlords Feel The Loathing" - Accurate Article On Landlords' Plight Published in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Today

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, DNS, Investing In Rental Property, Screening Tenants, CCAP, Rep. Marlin Schneider, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments

Several weeks ago I received a telephone call from Journal Sentinel reporter Patrick McIlheran.  Mr. McIlheran told me that someone had referred him to my blog and after reading some of the posts that he wanted to speak with me as he was in the process of putting together a piece about how the state and the city seem to make the business of landlording more and more difficult.  I was more than ...

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Why Milwaukee's Mandatory Rental Inspection Program (a.k.a. "Landlord Licensing") Is Not Needed and Is A Bad Idea.

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in DNS, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments

Here are a few of the reasons why the City of Milwaukee's soon-to-be proposed ordinance requiring mandatory rental inspections  (a.k.a. "Landlord Licensing") should not be passed.For more background information on this proposed new ordinance please read my earlier post entitled " Milwaukee To Propose Landlord Licensing and Mandatory Interior Inspections of Rental Property."  There Are Better Ways To Spend Milwaukee’s Limited Money - The ...

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Milwaukee to Propose Landlord Licensing and Mandatory Interior Inspections of Rental Property

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, DNS, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments

The city of Milwaukee is planning on introducing a new ordinance that will require rental property owners in certain parts of the city to license their rental properties and submit to mandatory interior inspections by the Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS).Many of the AASEW board members have been having regular monthly meetings with the new DNS Commissioner Art Dahlberg.  During a recent meeting Mr. Dahlberg informed us that in ...

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