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		<title>Top 10 Pitfalls That Landlords Should Avoid</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2013/04/25/top-10-pitfalls-that-landlords-should-avoid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you that missed the last AASEW membership meeting on Monday, April 15, 2013, missed a great meeting and a great presentation.  The featured presenter was John &#8220;Dr. Rent&#8221; Fischer, a Wausau-area landlord and rental property manager, who spoke to a packed house that Monday.  John&#8217;s presentation was dynamic, educational and at times pretty darn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Side Landlord &#8220;Think Small&#8221; Seminar Event on March 13th</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2013/02/27/east-side-landlord-think-small-seminar-event-on-march-13th/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2013/02/27/east-side-landlord-think-small-seminar-event-on-march-13th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make plans to attend the fourth East Side Landlord Think Small event hosted by UWM! This event is free and open to all interested landlords, with a special focus on Milwaukee&#8217;s East Side. This spring&#8217;s event promises to be very engaging with featured presenter Attorney Tristan Pettit, who focuses his practice on representing landlords and management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HUD Issues New Rule On &#8220;Discriminatory Effect&#8221; a.k.a Disparate Impact</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2012/02/20/hud-issues-new-rule-on-discriminatory-effect-a-k-a-disparate-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2012/02/20/hud-issues-new-rule-on-discriminatory-effect-a-k-a-disparate-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUD has issued a new Fair Housing “disparate impact” rule that may cause problems for landlords during the screening process.  The new rule creates a new provision entitled “Prohibiting Discriminatory Effects” which defines “discriminatory effect” as situations in which a facially neutral (i.e. not discriminatory) housing practice can become discriminatory if it actually or predictably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCAP Committee&#8217;s Recomendation To Change Wisconsin&#8217;s Expungment Laws Shot Down</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2012/02/14/ccap-committees-recomendation-to-change-wisconsins-expungment-laws-shot-down/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2012/02/14/ccap-committees-recomendation-to-change-wisconsins-expungment-laws-shot-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year Wisconsin’s Joint Legislative Council created a Special Committee On The Review of Records Access of Circuit Court Documents – what I affectionately referred to as the CCAP Committee.  Landlords were very fortunate that in the end the committee made no recommendations to change or alter information on CCAP or limit its access by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Will Not Want To Miss AASEW&#8217;s Fourth Annual Landlord Boot Camp on Saturday Feb. 25th</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2012/01/03/you-will-not-want-to-miss-aasews-fourth-annual-landlord-boot-camp-on-saturday-feb-25th/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2012/01/03/you-will-not-want-to-miss-aasews-fourth-annual-landlord-boot-camp-on-saturday-feb-25th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Landlording can be pretty complex, with a seemingly never ending myriad of paperwork, rules, landlord-tenant laws and simple mistakes that can cost you thousands of dollars. The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin&#8217;s Fourth Annual “Landlord Boot Camp” can help you navigate these treacherous waters and teach you how to run your properties with greater profit and less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Landlord Pre-Emption Bill</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2011/10/10/update-on-landlord-pre-emption-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2011/10/10/update-on-landlord-pre-emption-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City of Madison]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been awhile since I updated everyone on the pro-landlord legislation that is being addressed in Madison.  Senate Bill 107 (SB 107) &#8212; referred to as the Landlord Pre-Emption Bill &#8212;  has been passed by the Wisconsin Senate and is currently being reviewed by the House this term (AB 155). You may recall that SB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Landlord-Tenant Law Seminar In West Allis on March 31, 2011</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2011/03/25/free-landlord-tenant-law-seminar-in-west-allis-on-march-31-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2011/03/25/free-landlord-tenant-law-seminar-in-west-allis-on-march-31-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rental Agreements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be presenting a seminar for the West Allis Landlord Training Program on Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 6:30 pm &#8211; 8:30 pm.  This seminar is sponsored by the West Allis Police Department and is open to the public at no cost. I will be speaking on two specific areas: 1.  Rental Documents &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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