"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 happy to assist Mr. McIlheran as this topic comes up regularly during my interactions with clients, and at the the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin meeting.  Truth be told, most business - not just rental property owners - wonder why the city makes doing business here so difficult and unappealing.

After speaking with Mr. McIlheran, I referred him to a colleague of mine, Tim Ballering, owner of Affordable Rental Associates, LLC and past president of the AASEW.  Tim owns and manages hundreds of units in Milwaukee and has been a landlord almost as long as I have been alive (just kidding Tim ; ).  It goes without saying that Tim could give Mr. McIlheran some necessary background and perspective that I could not.

Mr. McIlheran's piece entitled "Landlords Feel The Loating" was published in today's paper.  You can also read it online at JSOnline.

It is a very good article. Please be sure to take the time to read the article and to email or call Mr. McIlheran and thank him for taking the time to present an accurate story on landlord's present plight.  In light of the soon to be proposed Milwaukee ordinance that will require landlords to submit to mandatory inspections of the interior of their rental units, Ms. McIlheran's article could not be more timely.