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Court of Appeals Decision Reminds Landlords To Review Their Nonstandard Rental Provisions Before Making Deductions from A Tenant's Security Deposit
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Caselaw, Rental Documents, Security Deposit, Nonstandard Rental Provisions / Comments
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision dated May 9, 2013, held that a landlord wrongfully withheld a portion of his tenants' security deposit for costs incurred when attempting to re-rent the rental unit.As I have mentioned in a prior post, Wisconsin law essentially allows a landlord to deduct only three things from a tenant's security deposit: (1) damage, waste, or neglect, (2) rent, (3) utilities. Any other items ...
Read MoreAASEW Meeting: Is Property Management An Art or A Science? - June 17, 2013 at 7 pm.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Seminars, Property Management / Comments
Join the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin on June 17th as we have masters of the craft present on Best Practices in Property Management along with the legal ramifications of failing to follow the rules. SE Wisconsin is clearly a pro tenant district so educate yourself to the possible landmines that await you along with what some are doing to avoid them. It will be an educational night with ...
Read MoreAASEW Meeting: Financing Real Estate In Today's Market ---- May 20, 2013
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Investing In Rental Property / Comments
Please join me at the AASEW's next monthly membership meeting where we will discuss Financing Real Estate in Today's Market.When: Monday May 20th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.Where: The Best Western, 1005 S. Moorland Road, Brookfield 53005Who: Panel of local lending experts. Details below.Cost: This meeting is free for current AASEW members, $25 for guests or expired membersGood deals are more abundant today than ever in the past. But we all ...
Read MoreHUD Issues Notice on Assistance Animals and Reasonable Accommodations For Persons with Disabilities
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Reasonable Accommodations, Assistance Animals, Companion/Comfort Animals / Comments
Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a notice on assistance animals and reasonable accomodations for persons with disabilities.Not to long ago I wrote a post that dealt with this subject. HUD's new notice also adds clarifying information to that post.Disability-related complaints, including those that involve assistance animals, are the most common discrimination complaint that HUD receives per John Trasvina, HUD Assistant Secretary ...
Read MoreTop 10 Pitfalls That Landlords Should Avoid
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Notices, Screening Tenants, Rental Agreements, Rental Documents, CCAP, Seminars, Property Management, Rejecting Rental Applicants / Comments
Those of you that missed the last AASEW membership meeting on Monday, April 15, 2013, missed a great meeting and a great presentation. The featured presenter was John "Dr. Rent" Fischer, a Wausau-area landlord and rental property manager, who spoke to a packed house that Monday. John's presentation was dynamic, educational and at times pretty darn funny.With John's permission, I am providing you with a link to ...
Read MoreAnother Way That Landlords Can Teach Tenant Roommates the Concept of Joint & Several Liability (and Collect Rent)
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Joint & Several Liability, Roommates / Comments
I recently received an email from the Gino Zahnd the CEO of a company called Cozy based in the San Franciso area. Gino's company assists landlords in collecting rent and referenced my blog post discussing the concept of "joint and several liability" in which I explain how landlords should treat roommates as "one person" in order to impress upon tenants the concept of joint and several liability. Joint and Several liability is a ...
Read MoreNext AASEW Meeting: Dr. Rent's Top Ten Landlording Pitfalls To Avoid - April 15th
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Evictions, Seminars, Property Management / Comments
The AASEW's next meeting will feature Dr. Rent's TOP TEN Landlording Pitfalls to AvoidWhen: Monday April 15th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.Where: The Best Western, 1005 S. Moorland Road, Brookfield 53005Who: John "Dr. Rent" FisherCost: This meeting is free for current AASEW members, $25 for guests or expired membersBad things happen to good people. When a good landlord falls victim to a bad tenant, we all know the results. Dealing with bad ...
Read MoreNext AASEW Meeting - The Ins & Outs of Evicting - March 18th
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Evictions / Comments
The next AASEW meeting will focus on the "The Ins & Outs of Evicting."The meeting will be held on Monday, March 18th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Best Western Hotel located at 1005 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield.The speakers will be Attorney Tristan Pettit of Petrie & Stocking S.C. and Detective Jon Nilsen of the Milwaukee County Eviction Squad.Atty. Pettit will discuss the top reasons that the courts dismiss landlord's evictions and ...
Read MoreGUEST 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 ...
Read MoreEast Side Landlord "Think Small" Seminar Event on March 13th
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Screening Tenants, Seminars, Act 143 (Landlord's Omnibus Law) / Comments
Make plans to attend the fourth East Side Landlord Think Small event hosted by UWM! This event is free and open to all interested landlords, with a special focus on Milwaukee's East Side.This spring's event promises to be very engaging with featured presenter Attorney Tristan Pettit, who focuses his practice on representing landlords and management companies in landlord-tenant law matters.Topics will include screening potential tenants and recent updates to landlord-tenant laws ...
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