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AASEW Trader's Corner To Be Held Prior to Monthly Meeting on Monday, March 15th

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

Are you thinking about buying or selling or trading? Or, maybe you're just wondering where the RE market is currently at. Or, maybe you know a non-member (future member?) who is. No matter, because all are welcome to join us at the new AASEW Traders' Corner.If that isn't enough, check this out. The Traders' Corner is also a great place to find a buyer for that truck you no longer ...

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Is This The End of Seller Financing For Rental Properties?

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

I have received this same information from my contacts at the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. (AASEW) and Milwaukee Real Estate Investors Networking Group (RING).  If you would ever like to be able to obtain seller financing for your next rental property or if you would like to be the seller that finances the sale of your rental property to some young landlord in the future ...

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AASEW's Traders' Corner To Be Introduced on Feb. 15th, Prior to Monthly Membership Meeting.

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

The AASEW is constantly striving to make our monthly membership meetings more interactive, informative, and fun for our members.  Toward that end, we have formed a committee comprised of 3 board members (Alan Rusk, Kim Queen & John Coons) to explore and suggest ideas to improve the AASEW's monthly meetings.  Our attendence has been up over the past year and we want to maintain (and even increase) this trend.The first of ...

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City of Milwaukee's Rental Rehab Program Offers Investors Funds to Rehabilitate Foreclosed Properties

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Investing In Rental Property, City of Milwaukee / Comments

In an effort to rid itself of the many abandoned and foreclosed properties throughout the city, Milwaukee's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Rental Rehab Program will provide investors and landlords with financial assistance to rehabilitate foreclosed homes.According to the flyer that I was given, responsible investor owners and landlords who purchase foreclosed homes in the city of Milwaukee may be eligible for forgivable loans of up to $17,500 per unit (or ...

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LLC's - PART 1: Why You Should Consider Using Them To Hold Your Rental Property

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, LLC's, Investing In Rental Property / Comments

 The AASEW's October monthly membership meeting focused on the issue of LLC's and why you should consider using this business entity to hold your rental properties.   Attorney Lydia Chartre of Petrie and Stocking S.C. spoke to the membership about several issues related to LLC's including: -  Why create an LLC? -  Steps to create an LLC

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"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 ...

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AASEW MEETING ON HOW TO BUY FORECLOSED PROPERTIES - MAY 18th

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

Anyone interested in purchasing foreclosed properties will not want to miss the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin's upcoming monthly meeting on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 7 pm at the Best Western Midway Hotel located at 1005 S. Moorland Rd. in Brookfield.Attorney James Mulligan, an expert in the area of foreclosures, will be the key note speaker and will discuss how to purchase foreclosed properties as well as provide us ...

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