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Oral Arguments On Important Landlord Case To Be Heard on January 6, 2010
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Caselaw, Tenant Damage, AASEW / Comments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of Maryland Arms L.P. v. Connell on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. This is a very important case for landlords as the decision will affect a landlord's ability to contract with his/her tenant.You can learn what the case is about by reviewing my earlier posts from May 28, 2009 and October 15, 2009.Oral arguments will be streamed at ...
Read MoreUpcoming AASEW Meetings, Topics & Speakers
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Lead-Based Paint, Remodeling / Renovation, Seminars / Comments
The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. (AASEW) has some very interesting speakers and topics for its upcoming monthly membership meetings in 2010. All meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Best Western Midway Hotel which is located at 1005 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield. There is no cost to attend the meetings. If you are not yet a member of ...
Read MoreRep. Marlin Schneider Amends AB-340 (CCAP Bill)
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Legislation, Screening Tenants, CCAP, Rep. Marlin Schneider / Comments
On December 2, 2009, Rep. Marlin Schneider (D-Wisconsin Rapids) made an amendment to AB-340. Referred to as Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to 2009 AB 340, this revised bill essentially would create two versions of the CCAP database. Schneider's amendment appears to be -- based on its timing at least -- a partial response to the Apartment Association of SE Wisconsin's critical response to a memo that Schneider sent to other members of the Wisconsin ...
Read MoreAASEW Holiday Party Tonight
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW / Comments
It is not too late to attend. You can register at the door.Cost is $25 per person.Location: Clarion Hotel at 5311 S. Howell Ave.Music and lots of Food. Cash bar.forget about all of the anti-landlord legislation being drafted and celebrate the holidays with us.
Read MoreAASEW Continues To Fight Against The City of Milwaukee's Residential Rental Certificate Program
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Legislation, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. (AASEW) continues its attempt to defeat the recently passed ordinance creating a Residential Rental Certificate Program in two areas of the city. On December 7, 2009, the AASEW issued a Press Release urging the mayor to veto the legislation in order to avoid expensive litigation. Additonally, President of the AASEW Tristan Pettit wrote a letter to Mayor Tom Barrett pointing out ...
Read MoreMILWAUKEE'S RESIDENTIAL RENTAL CERTIFICATE ORDINANCE PASSES
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Legislation, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
Earlier today by a vote of 9-5 the city of Milwaukee's Residential Rental Certificate Program ordinance was passed by the Common Council. Voting in favor of the new ordinance were Aldermen Ashanti Hamilton (1st district), Nic Kovac (3rd district), Robert Bauman (4th district), Milele Coggs (6th district), Willie Wade (7th district), Robert Puente (9th district), Michael Murphy (10th district), Terry Witkowski (13 district), and Willie Hines, Jr. (15th district). Voting against ...
Read MoreLLC's - PART 2: How To Insure They Protect You From Personal Liability
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, LLC's / Comments
In my October 28, 2009 post entitled LLC's - Part 1: Why You Should Consider Using Them To Hold Your Rental Property, I indicated that in the near future I would write a second post on LLC's and include a link to the outline that I drafted and presented to the AASEW membership at the October monthly meeting. My portion of the presentation on LLC's focused on ...
Read MoreMILWAUKEE'S RESIDENTIAL RENTAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM VOTE PUSHED BACK 1 CYCLE
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Legislation, DNS, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
The Common Council did not vote on the passing of the city's proposed Residential Rental Certificate Program earlier today as was planned. Instead the Comon Council voted 9-5 to hold the proposed ordinance for 1 cycle (1 month) for further review. The proposed ordinance, which would require all rental property owners in the UWM-area and Lindsay Heights neighborhood on the north side of Milwaukee to pay an $85 fee per unit fee ...
Read MoreLLC's - PART 1: Why You Should Consider Using Them To Hold Your Rental Property
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, LLC's, Investing In Rental Property / Comments
The AASEW's October monthly membership meeting focused on the issue of LLC's and why you should consider using this business entity to hold your rental properties. Attorney Lydia Chartre of Petrie and Stocking S.C. spoke to the membership about several issues related to LLC's including: - Why create an LLC? - Steps to create an LLC
Read MoreFREE SEMINAR ON LLC'S - WHY YOU NEED THEM AND HOW TO INSURE THEY PROTECT YOU FROM PERSONAL LIABILITY
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, LLC's, Seminars / Comments
Lydia Chartre and I will be presenting a free seminar at the AASEW's October monthly meeting on October 19, 2009 at 7 pm. The meeting will be held at the Best Western Midway Hotel which is located at 1005 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield.Lydia and I will be speaking on LLC's and why you should consider using this form of business entity to hold your rental property and ...
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