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The Importance of Using Written Screening Criteria During The Tenant Selection Process
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Screening Tenants, Rental Documents / Comments
UPDATE - APRIL 15, 2016 ---- Please review my April 15, 2016 blog post on HUD's new guidance regarding the consideration of a rental applicant's criminal history in the screening process as it may impact or alter the information in this blog post.Those of you that have attended one of my landlord-tenant law seminars or read my prior posts on screening tenants know that in my opinion the ...
Read MoreFree Landlord-Tenant Law Seminar To Be Held On October 24, 2009
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, City of Milwaukee, Seminars / Comments
On Saturday October 24, 2009 from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm at the UWM Union Ballroom the UW-Milwaukee COAST and the City of Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services will be offering a free landlord-tenant law seminar to the public. This seminar is NOT restricted to just landlords and tenants in the UW-M area.On behalf of the AASEW, I will be presenting a portion of the seminar on the topics ...
Read MoreUPDATE 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 ...
Read MoreOne Person's Attempt To Spread The Word About Milwaukee's Proposed Mandatory Rental Inspection Program (a.k.a "Landlord Licensing")
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
A fellow attorney friend of mine forwarded a pamphlet/flyer/handout that he saw on the east side of Milwaukee. The UWM area is where the city plan's to begin its mandatory interior inspections of rental units (a.k.a "Landlord Licensing") program assuming that the ordinance is passed by the common council. The handout should definitely make tenants living in that area give some thought to the city's latest attempt to infringe upon their rights. The ...
Read MorePublic 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 ...
Read MoreWTMJ News Radio Discusses Proposed Legislation That Will Restrict Access To and Limit Information Contained on CCAP on Charlie Sykes Radio Show
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Screening Tenants, CCAP, Rep. Marlin Schneider / Comments
Thursday, September 17, 2009 was quite a good PR day for landlords. Not only did the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel commentator Pat McIlheran publish a very good article criticizing the state and the city of Milwaukee for not treating landlords like second class citizens but later that same morning Charlie Sykes spent a good amount of time discussing something near and dear to a landlord's heart -- CCAPSykes spent a large portion of his ...
Read More"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 ...
Read MoreDON'T MISS AASEW'S 10th ANNUAL LANDLORD TRADESHOW THIS WEDNESDAY (9-16-09)
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Seminars / Comments
The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin (AASEW) is hosting its 10th Annual Tradeshow this Wednesday, September 16, 2009, from 12 noon - 7 pm. If you are a rental propertyowner, manager or investor you will not want to miss this FREE tradeshowIt will be held at Serb Hall which is located at 5101 W. Oklanhoma Avenue.The admission is FREE.Food and snacks will be offerred.Many vendors that support the ...
Read MoreWhy Milwaukee's Mandatory Rental Inspection Program (a.k.a. "Landlord Licensing") Is Not Needed and Is A Bad Idea.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in DNS, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
Here are a few of the reasons why the City of Milwaukee's soon-to-be proposed ordinance requiring mandatory rental inspections (a.k.a. "Landlord Licensing") should not be passed.For more background information on this proposed new ordinance please read my earlier post entitled " Milwaukee To Propose Landlord Licensing and Mandatory Interior Inspections of Rental Property." There Are Better Ways To Spend Milwaukee’s Limited Money - The ...
Read MoreMilwaukee to Propose Landlord Licensing and Mandatory Interior Inspections of Rental Property
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, DNS, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
The city of Milwaukee is planning on introducing a new ordinance that will require rental property owners in certain parts of the city to license their rental properties and submit to mandatory interior inspections by the Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS).Many of the AASEW board members have been having regular monthly meetings with the new DNS Commissioner Art Dahlberg. During a recent meeting Mr. Dahlberg informed us that in ...
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