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So Let's Talk About . . . Companion/Comfort Animals In Rental Properties
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Fair Housing / Discrimination, State of Wisconsin, Reasonable Accommodations, Assistance Animals, Companion/Comfort Animals / Comments
I have been promising that I would blog about this topic for months (could it possibly be over a year even) and the time has finally come. So let's talk about companion/comfort animals in rental properties.Background:I will use the terms comfort animals and companion animals interchangeably throughout this post.So we are all on the “same page" a companion animal is an animal ...
Read MoreIt's Not Why Should You Join the Apartment Association of SE Wisconsin . . . It's Why Wouldn't You?
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW / Comments
By Joe Dahl (President of the Apaartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Owner of Milwaukee Metro Management, and guest blogger)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Why Join the AASEW?Since becoming President of the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin (AASEW) earlier this year and traveling around southeast Wisconsin promoting the group, I am continuously asked by prospective members “Why should I join the AASEW?”I admit that my first ...
Read More5th Annual Landlord Boot Camp Is Just Around the Corner - February 23, 2013 - Register now.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Seminars / Comments
Landlording can be pretty complex, with a seemingly never ending myriad of paperwork, rules, landlord-tenant laws and simple mistakes that can cost you thousands.The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin's Fifth “Landlord Boot Camp” can help you navigate these treacherous waters and learn how to run your properties with greater profit and less hassles.Who: Taught by Attorney Tristan Pettit, who drafts the landlord tenant forms ...
Read MoreNext AASEW Meeting: "Do You Have Proper Insurance For Your Rentals" - January 21, 2013
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW / Comments
Join us at the AASEW's next monthly membership meeting on January 21, 2013 at 7 pm at the Best Western Hotel (1005 S. Moorland Road, Brookfield).The presentation will be entitled "Do You Have Proper Insurance For Your Rental Property?"Bob Dummer of P&C Insurance and Dan Schani of Dan Schani Insurance Agency will be the featured speakers.If you're like me, the topic of insurance sounds pretty boring ... that is ...
Read More5 Things This Landlords' Attorney Wants For Christmas
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Fair Housing / Discrimination, Legislation, Milwaukee County, Reasonable Accommodations, Small Claims Court / Comments
With the coming of the holidays, comes list of gifts that people want for Christmas. So I thought I would put together one of my own. So here is a list of the top 5 things that this landlords' lawyer would like for Christmas. 5. That Tenants' Requests For Reasonable Accommodations To Allow for the Keeping of Companion/Comfort Animals Would Actually Be "Reasonable"The past few years -- and especially this past ...
Read MoreArticle on Landlord-Tenant Law Topped the List of WisBar InsideTrack's Most Read Articles of 2012
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation / Comments
Milwaukee lawyer Tristan Pettit's article on landlord-tenant law topped the list of most-read articles from WisBar InsideTrack in 2012.In the past year, WisBar InsideTrack received a number of timely and relevant article submissions from lawyers discussing legislative actions and judicial decisions, substantive legal issues, practice management, ethics, human interest and other developments.On April 4, 2012, Attorney Tristan Pettit of Petrie & Stocking S.C. wrote an article entitled "Landlord-Tenant Law: Rights, ...
Read MoreDon't Miss the AASEW's Holiday Party on Monday December 10th.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW / Comments
It’s that time of year again, Ring in the Holidays with the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin's Annual Holiday Party!!!!Monday, December 10th. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.The Clarion Hotel 5311 S. Howell Avenue, Milwaukee$30.00 per person, includes appetizers, dinner, coffee and dessert and door prizes prizes! Cash bar.To register, mail your check prior to December 6th to AASEW, PO BOX 4125, Milwaukee, WI ...
Read MoreMilwaukee's Amended Smoke Alarm Ordinance To Take Effect June 1, 2013.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Legislation, Smoke Detectors / Comments
On November 8, 2012, Milwaukee's Common Council passed a revised smoke alarm ordinance by a vote of 13 to 2.Effective June 1, 2013, all battery-operated smoke alarm must be powered by 10-year or more non-removable (sealed) batteries. Compliance with this requirement must be met when replacing any current battery operated smoke alarm after June 1st next year or by October 1, 2017 -- whichever is sooner. ...
Read MoreMilwaukee Co. Eviction Court Closure Dates Through End of Year
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Evictions, Milwaukee County / Comments
Milwaukee County just advised many of us that Eviction Court (room 400 only) will be closed the following days:- Friday, November 2, 2012- Friday, November 23, 2012- Friday, December 14, 2012- Monday, December 24, 2012- Monday, December 31, 2012 Note: These closures do NOT apply to Judge Kuhnmuench's courtroom in room 409.
Read MoreThe Effects of "Obamacare" On The Small Landlord
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Legislation / Comments
There are so many questions regarding how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as "Obamacare," will effect small businesses such as us in the rental housing industry. What is the truth?AASEW Attorney Heiner Giese, a fellow landlord, has researched the law in depth and will be one of the speakers at the AASEW's upcoming monthly membership meeting on Monday, October 15th, where this issue ...
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