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Archive of: Foreclosures

GUEST POST: The Importance of Rentals In Milwaukee

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

Below is a very thought provoking guest post from fellow blogger (and friend and fellow AASEW Board Member) Tim Ballering:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Journal is reporting:Over the next three years, Barrett said raze orders in the city are expected to grow to 1,600 homes, with a cost of $24 million.  ”We have a very severe problem right now,” Barrett said.No kidding we have a “severe problem ”  This a problem that continues to ...

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State's Budget Bill Amends Tenant Protection Act

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, Evictions, Foreclosures / Comments

On June 29, 2009 Governor Jim Doyle signed the 2009-11 state biennial budget bill into law.  This law in part made modifications to the Tenant Protection Act (starts on page 108) which offers tenants certain protections during the foreclosure process.  My earlier post on the Tenant Protection Act can be read here.Specifically, the state budget bill modified the current law related to tenant protections in foreclosure actions as follows:1.      ADDED - ...

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AASEW MEETING ON HOW TO BUY FORECLOSED PROPERTIES - MAY 18th

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Foreclosures, Investing In Rental Property / Comments

Anyone interested in purchasing foreclosed properties will not want to miss the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin's upcoming monthly meeting on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 7 pm at the Best Western Midway Hotel located at 1005 S. Moorland Rd. in Brookfield.Attorney James Mulligan, an expert in the area of foreclosures, will be the key note speaker and will discuss how to purchase foreclosed properties as well as provide us ...

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TENANT PROTECTION ACT PASSED

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, Evictions, Foreclosures / Comments

A new law has recently been passed that will affect rental property owners that may be in the unfortunate position of having their properties foreclosed upon as well as those individuals that may be purchasing a property that has been foreclosed.  Sen. Lena Taylor's bill referred to as the "Tenant Protection Act" (SB 78) was incorporated into the budget repair bill that was recently passed. The new law requires that ...

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