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		<title>With All of This Flood Damage Lately . . . Let&#8217;s Talk About Untenantability</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/28/with-all-of-this-flood-damage-lately-lets-talk-about-untenantability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all of the flood damage from the July 22, 2010 storms throughout SE Wisconsin, I have been receiving lots of questions asking what will cause a rental unit to become &#8220;untenantable&#8221; and if that happens what are a landlord&#8217;s duties and a tenant&#8217;s rights.
&#8220;Untenantable&#8221; basically means that a property is not fit for an occupant, is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is This Mitigation of Damages Requirement That I Keep Hearing About?</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/22/what-is-this-mitigation-of-damages-requirement-that-i-keep-hearing-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mitigation of Damages / Re-Renting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mitigation of Damages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Re-Rental of Unit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whether a tenant breaches his or her lease and is evicted, leaves after receiving the 5 day or 14 day notice, or skips out in the middle of the night with months remaining on the lease, a landlord has the responsibility to make reasonable efforts to mitigate the tenant&#8217;s damage under Wisconsin law.
Put quite simply &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss Next AASEW Town Hall Meeting on Monday, July 19th</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/15/dont-miss-next-aasew-town-hall-meeting-on-monday-july-19th/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/15/dont-miss-next-aasew-town-hall-meeting-on-monday-july-19th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AASEW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlords. Town Hall Meeting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have a question about landlord tenant law?  Property management?  Real estate investing/short sales?   Then come to the AASEW General Membership meeting on Monday, July 19th, 7:00 p.m. at the Best Western Hotel, 1005 South Moorland Road in Brookfield. 
 
Attorney and AASEW President, Tristan Pettit,  AASEW Director and Portfolio Director at StuartCo, Susan Ipsarides, and owner of Plan B [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Against Landlord in Maryland Arms Case and Chooses To Avoid Answering The Bigger Question</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/14/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-against-landlord-in-maryland-arms-case-and-chooses-to-avoid-answering-the-bigger-question/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/14/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-against-landlord-in-maryland-arms-case-and-chooses-to-avoid-answering-the-bigger-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Caselaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rental Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenant Damage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Landlord Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlord-Tenant Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court filed its opinion in this very important case on July 7, 2010.  While the majority opinion ruled against the landlord it did not go so far as to say that a landlord and tenant could not allocate liability for damage (when neither party was negligent in causing the damage) in their rental agreement. 
If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BED BUGS:  Everything That You Wanted To Know . . . and More</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/07/bed-bugs-everything-that-you-wanted-to-know-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/07/07/bed-bugs-everything-that-you-wanted-to-know-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bed Bugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exterminator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlords]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have not heard &#8212; bed bugs are making a comeback.  Bed bugs are wreaking havoc on hotels, apartment complexes, and anywhere else where people congregate.  I have even been told that 75% of all of the hotels in Las Vegas are infested with bed bugs &#8211; I don&#8217;t know if that is true or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compiling a List of &#8220;Bad&#8221; Tenants &#8211; a/k/a &#8220;Blacklisting&#8221; &#8211; Can Cause A Landlord A World of Hurt</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/06/29/compiling-a-list-of-bad-tenants-aka-blacklisting-can-cause-a-landlord-a-world-of-hurt/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/06/29/compiling-a-list-of-bad-tenants-aka-blacklisting-can-cause-a-landlord-a-world-of-hurt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blacklisting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bad Tenants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlords]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often it is suggested that landlords begin compiling a list of bad tenants to share with one another.  This topic often arises after a landlord has been &#8220;burned&#8221; by a bad tenant that skipped out on a lease owing rent, caused severe damage to the landlord&#8217;s rental property, or any number of other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Law Limits Landlords From Pursuing A Deceased Tenant&#8217;s Estate</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/06/25/new-law-limits-landlords-from-pursuing-a-deceased-tenants-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2010/06/25/new-law-limits-landlords-from-pursuing-a-deceased-tenants-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landlords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Termination of Tenancy at Death]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Doyle recently signed into law 2009 WI Act 323 which creates a new section to Chapter 704 of the Wisconsin Statutes regarding Landlord-Tenant Law.
The new section 704.165, Wis. Stats., is entitled &#8220;Termination of Tenancy at Death of Tenant&#8221;
Below is a summary of the new law:
1.     If a residential tenant dies and had a term lease, [...]]]></description>
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