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Three Wisconsin Landlords Charged with Violating Fair Housing Laws
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Fair Housing / Discrimination, State of Wisconsin / Comments
Three Wisconsin landlords have recently been charged with violating Fair Housing laws by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).First, in late July, HUD announced that it charged a husband and wife who own a rental property in Brown County with violating the Fair Housing Act for allegedly creatingdifferent rental requirements for a single mother and her son. The charge also alleges that the landlords’ lease agreement ...
Read MoreLandlords Should Treat Tenant Roommates As One Person To Better Understand Joint and Several Liability and Resolve Tenant Disputes
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Collections, Rental Agreements, Security Deposit, Joint & Several Liability, Roommates / Comments
I receive many calls from landlords who have questions and concerns involving issues involving their tenant roommates. While the problems are often factually different the proper way to analyze the situation and arrive at a resolution to the problem, often depends on the same thing -- something called "joint and several liability."Joint and several liability is a legal concept that, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is defined as "the liability of co-promisors of ...
Read MoreFREE Landlord-Tenant Law Seminar - September 24th, 2011
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Evictions, Notices, Seminars / Comments
I wanted to let you know about a FREE landlord-tenant law seminar that I will be presenting for the City of Milwaukee on Saturday, September 24, 2011.The seminar will start at 9am and run through 11:30 am or so. It will be held at the Anderson Building which is located at 4001 S. 6th Street – 3rd floor in Milwaukee.I will be covering three main topics:Causes for Eviction (including the ...
Read MorePetrie & Stocking Unveils New Labor & Employment Law Blog entitled "Talking Workplace Law"
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. / Comments
Petrie & Stocking's Labor and Employment team, comprised of Attorneys Roger Pettit, Dave McClurg and Lindsey King, have unveiled a new labor and employment law blog titled "Talking Workplace Law." The blog went live on August 28, 2011.The goal of the blog is to provide cutting edge perspectives on management issues and litigation risks for Human Resource professionals and business owners and others in the Labor and Employment industry.The ...
Read MoreAASEW's 2011 Landlord Tradeshow To Be Held September 28th at Serb Hall
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Seminars / Comments
The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin’s (AASEW) Annual Rental Property/Real Estate Professionals Tradeshow on September 28th,at Serb Hall in Milwaukee! Our exhibit hall will be open from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. check out the latest in products and servicesfor the rental property industry!Our seminars will run from 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Seminars include:- Bedbug Litigation for Landlords, presented by Attorney Tristan R. Pettit- Organize your Year End Financials, ...
Read MoreCity 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 ...
Read MoreLandlords May Want To Pursue Tenants for Holdover Damages As Well As Other Damages
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Tenant Damage, Collections, Holdover Damages / Comments
After a landlord has had her rental property returned through an eviction action or the tenant vacating of their own accord, a landlord has the option of pursuing the ex-tenant for money damages. I have explained in previous posts, that a typical eviction lawsuit includes three causes of actions against the tenant. First, return of the rental property ("eviction"). Second, a claim for past due rent and other fees allowed under the ...
Read MoreLargest Settlement of State Fair Housing Claim Occurs in Arizona
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Fair Housing / Discrimination / Comments
A 2007 Fair Housing complaint filed by two Arizona tenants alleging that their apartment managers discriminated against them based on their race, nationality and religion, has resulted in the largest state Fair Housing claim to date.In 2007, Soha Abdelrahman and her husband Hany Obrahim filed a lawsuit against their Tempe, Arizona apartment managers claiming discrimination based upon their Arabic race, Egyption nationality and Muslim religion. The defendant in the ...
Read MoreBedbugs . . . There Is Insurance For That, Now.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Bedbugs / Comments
It was only a matter of time and I'm surprised that it didn't come sooner. Two different companies are now offerring bed bug insurance for hotel/motel ownes, universities, and landlords. Willis North America and Aon Risk Services are now offerring seperate lines of this specialty insurance.I have yet to get ahold of a policy to see what it covers and what it excludes but from some articles that I just read in the Baltimore ...
Read MoreAASEW Offers Realtors & Brokers The Perfect Closing Gift for Their Clients - A Reduced Rate AASEW Membership
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Investing In Rental Property / Comments
For those Realtors and Brokers out there, the AASEW has a perfect closing gift for you to give your clients who just purchased a rental property.Realtors and/or Brokers can purchase an AASEW membership for only $29 through the end of the 2011 membership year for their clients. Your client will appreciate receiving such a gift as it will put them in touch with other landlords and educational opportunities.The AASEW ...
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