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New 1099 Law Will Greatly Affect Landlords In 2011
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, 1099's, Employee vs. Independent Contractor, Taxes / Comments
A new federal will greatly affect how landlords do business in 2011.In September 2010, a small provision affecting landlord was tucked into the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, which has now become a subject of concern to many of us. Not only will this new law create a lot of additional paperwork for landlords, but it may open up Pandora’s Box should you be audited.The new law requires all ...
Read MoreDon't Miss DR. RENT at AASEW's Next Meeting on Monday, January 17th!!
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Seminars / Comments
On Monday, January 17, 2011 at 7 p.m., John "Dr. Rent" Fischer will be the featured speaker at the AASEW's February membership meeting. John will be presenting his most requested seminar entitled "Top Ten Mistakes That Landlords Make." The meeting will be held at the Best Western Midway Hotel which is located at 1005 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield.Besides, being a blogging buddy of mine --- John's blog is ...
Read MoreTop 10 New Year's Resolutions for Wisconsin Landlords
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. / Comments
About 75% of my law practice involves representing landlords and management companies on issues that they confront on a daily basis (the other 25% involves business and general civil litigation). Devoting such a large segment of my law practice to representing landlords, I have had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with many of you, talk to you, learn from you, and sometimes even notice a few things that if they had been done ...
Read MoreNew Report States What Landlords Already Know - That Milwaukee's Regulations Hurt Businesses
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Investing In Rental Property, City of Milwaukee / Comments
This past weekend I read a very interesting report which was drafted by the Institute for Justice as part of its City Study Series entitled Unhappy Days for Milwaukee Entrepeneurs: Brew City Regulations Make It Hard For Businesses To Achieve the High Life.The report is 40 pages long (excluding footnotes) but I encourage everyone to read it. The report touches on the following issues:- How the city rigidly restricts ...
Read MoreNew Rental Agreement for Self-Service Storage Units Now Available at Wisconsin Legal Blank
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Agreements, Rental Documents, Self-Service Storage Units / Comments
I have recently drafted a Self-Service Storage Unit Rental Agreement that is now available and being sold at Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc. Additionally I have drafted two seperate default notices that should be sent to the tenant who has breached the rental agreement for the self-service storage unit. The two default notices contain differernt language as required per Wisconsin's new law regarding self-service storage facilities and units.Self-service storage facilities ...
Read MoreBusiness Journal Article Addresses Fallout of the City's RRI Ordinance To Date
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in DNS, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
I was recently interviewed by Business Journal reporter Sean Ryan regarding the fallout of the dismissal of three landlords' lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee regarding the unconstitutionality of its Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) program. My most recent post on the subject can be read here.On October 1, 2010, The Business Journal published its article entitled "Judge Upholds Milwaukee Home Inspection Program. Reporter Sean Ryan spoke with the ...
Read MoreImagine If Every Tenant Received A Free Lawyer In Eviction Actions . . . It Could Become A Reality
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, State of Wisconsin / Comments
If Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc, 274 lawyers, 7 judges and 2 court commissioners,have it their way, all indigent persons that are involved in civil lawsuits involving issues of "basic human needs" will be given a free lawyer.According to a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article and ABA Journal article the Wisconsin Supreme Court has been petitioned and asked to require that all indigent persons involved in civil lawsuits that involve issues impacting ...
Read MoreBedbugs, Bedbugs and More Bedbugs!
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Bedbugs / Comments
Since my earlier post on the topic of bedbugs, I have been innodated with more and more information on bed bugs. It seems that every blog or newspaper article you read, every radio station that you listen to, and/or television station that you watch has recently addressed this lovely topic. As a result I thought I would devote another blog post to this topic replete with multiple links to the recent ...
Read MoreLandlords Lose Lawsuit
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, Judge Timothy Witkowiak denied three landlords' motion for summary judgment against the City of Milwaukee and granted the City's cross motion for summary judgment against the landlords, with regard to constitutionality of the city's new RRI ordinance. This ruling effectively ended the lawsuit.The lawsuit dealt with the City's new Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) program/ordinance that went into effect on January 1, 2010. The RRI ordinance requires ...
Read MoreHearing on Landlords Lawsuit vs. City To Be Held This Wednesday, September 22nd
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in DNS, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
The hearing on both the Landlords' and the City's cross motions for Summary Judgment will be held this Wednesday, September 22nd, at 10 am. The hearing will take place before Judge Timothy Witkowiak at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.This hearing could be the final hearing on this lawsuit (barring any appeals) which involves three Landlords suing the City and asking the Court to declare the Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) program unconstitutional ...
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