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City of Madison Proposes New Legislation That Will Make A Landlord Become His Tenant's Babysitter

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, City of Madison / Comments

In an attempt to curtail house parties or "keggers" in the city of Madison, a new ordinance has been proposed.  Legislative File Number 23310, would create section 25.10 of the Madison General Ordinances to prohibit what is referred to as "nuisance parties."  The ordinance would require the police to provide a landlord with notice of a nuisance party that occurred at his rental property and require the landlord to take ...

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Two Pro-Landlord Bills Are Proposed

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

Two new bills have been proposed in Madison and both of them are pro-landlord.Landlord Pre-Emption BillRep. Robin Voss has proposed what is being referred to as the Landlord Pre-Emption Bill (LRB 1296/3).  This bill prohibits any municipality from enacting an ordinance that does any of the following to a residential landlord:1.  Prohibits or limits a landlord from obtaining or using various types of information about a tenant or ...

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Repeal of Expanded 1099 Requirements Signed Into Law

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, 1099's / Comments

President Obama has officially signed H.R. 4, the “Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011” into law.   This new law retroactively repeals  prior 1099 reporting rules for landlords that were added by 2010 legislation (i.e. the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- better known as Obamacare).Prior to the 2010 legislation, it was generally required that if you were ...

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New Law Limits Landlords From Pursuing A Deceased Tenant's Estate

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

Governor Doyle recently signed into law 2009 WI Act 323 which creates a new section to Chapter 704 of the Wisconsin Statutes regarding Landlord-Tenant Law.The new section 704.165, Wis. Stats., is entitled "Termination of Tenancy at Death of Tenant"Below is a summary of the new law:1.     If a residential tenant dies and had a term lease, his/her tenancy will be terminated  60 days after the landlord learns of the ...

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Proposed Bill To Require Landlords To Disclose If Their Rental Property Was A "Meth Lab"

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

On March 26, 2010, Senators Lena Taylor and Spencer Coggs along with Senator Lehman sponsored 2009 Senate Bill 650.  SB 650 will affect both landlords and sellers of real estate in which the drug methamphetamine has been manufactured.The bill requires both owners wishing to sell and landlords wishing to rent property that was used as a "meth lab" in the past to disclose in writing this fact to ...

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Landlords Will Be Required To Install Carbon Monoxide Detectors In Single Family and Duplex Rentals

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, Carbon Monoxide Detectors / Comments

A new bill was recently passed by the Wisconsin Senate that will require landlords that rent out single-family homes and duplexes to install carbon monoxide detectors on all floors of these dwellings by Febraury 1, 2011.Senate Bill 415 was passed 69-27 via voice vote after the Assembly previously passed the bill by a 2/3's margin.  You can read the entire history of the bill here.  It is anticipated ...

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Milwaukee's New Vacant Building Registration Ordinance Is Here

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

I need to apologize.  I have spent much of my time these last several months following and providing information about the city of Milwaukee's new Residential Rental Inspection ordinance and as such I have inadvertantly failed to let everyone know about another of Milwaukee's new ordinances that will affect rental property owners. I was talking with a client of mine last week prior to the 1:30 pm eviction return calandar in small claims ...

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More (and More) Legislation Introduced That Will Affect Landlords

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

I'm not sure if it is just me but it seems like more and more legislation is popping up that affects landlords.  Maybe it is just because I am paying more attention to the rental industry then I used to -- kind of like buying a new jacket, bike, or car and then noticing from that point forward how many other people also are wearing that same jacket, riding that same bike, or ...

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UPDATE ON MILWAUKEE'S PROPOSED MANDATORY RENTAL UNIT INSPECTION PROGRAM

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

A friend of mine was at a meeting this morning with the City of Milwaukee's Budget Director and learned some more information on the City's proposed mandatory rental unit inspection program.First, the proposed ordinance is in the final stages of drafting and will be released in the near future.Second, it will be a 5 year pilot program in the UWM area only.Third, there will be a fee of $40 per ...

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Public Hearing on AB 340 (Proposal to Restrict CCAP Access and Information) to Be Held on October 1, 2009 in Madison

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Screening Tenants, CCAP, Rep. Marlin Schneider / Comments

For those of you following my blog, you are well aware of my thoughts on State Rep. Marlin Schneider's new legislative proposal to restrict access to and limiting information contained on CCAP (Consolidated Cort Automation Programs).  Schneider's proposed legislation is referred to as AB (Assembly Bill) 340.In fact, Patrick McIlheran of the Milwaukee Jornal Sentinel just wrote an article that addressed how AB 340 will hurt landlords.AB ...

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