Archive for September 14th, 2009

DON’T MISS AASEW’S 10th ANNUAL LANDLORD TRADESHOW THIS WEDNESDAY (9-16-09)

Sep 14

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Seminars | No 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 tradeshow

It 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 rental housing industry will be on hand to answer your questions, such as Wisconsin Legal Blank Co.,, Giertsen Company of Wisconsin, Inc., Oak Creek Plumbing, Inc. and many more. 

There will also be many seminars on topics such as:  the new lead paint renovation rules, causes for eviction and notices terminating tenancy, how to collect tenant debt, nuisance properties, execution of writs of assistance (eviction) by the Sheriff, and how to benefit from 1031 exchanges and more.  The seminars will be followed by a Town Hall Meeting (no, it won’t be about health care) in which 3 members of the industry will answer your questions.

For more information and details please go to www.LandlordTradeShow.com

Why Milwaukee’s Mandatory Rental Inspection Program (a.k.a. “Landlord Licensing”) Is Not Needed and Is A Bad Idea.

Sep 14

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in City of Milwaukee, DNS, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental Inspections / Landlord Licensing | 4 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 city of Milwaukee has no money and as such the city is threatening to close libraries, not hire additional police officers, not pay overtime to police officers, cut back on the number of firemen assigned to each ladder company.  Under this new ordinance the city will spend money which would be better spent on more police officers and other safety issues rather than hiring more building inspectors. Read the rest of this entry »

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