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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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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>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>
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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>AASEW&#8217;s Next Meeting Focuses On The Topic of Credit Reports &#8211; Monday, July 18th</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2011/07/15/aasews-next-meeting-focuses-on-the-topic-of-credit-reports-monday-july-25th/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2011/07/15/aasews-next-meeting-focuses-on-the-topic-of-credit-reports-monday-july-25th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Credit Checks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Reports]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petriestocking.com/blog/?p=2988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to know if your prospective tenant is a good credit risk? Then join the Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin (AASEW) at our General Membership meeting on Monday, July 18th, 7:00 p.m, at the Best Western, 1005 South Moorland Road in Brookfield.  Kathy Haines, of Landlord Services, LLC will present &#8220;Credit Reports 101:  How To Determine If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Questions Should You Ask An Applicant&#8217;s Current and/or Prior Landlord During The Screening Process</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/11/19/what-questions-should-you-ask-an-applicants-current-andor-prior-landlord-during-the-screening-process/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/11/19/what-questions-should-you-ask-an-applicants-current-andor-prior-landlord-during-the-screening-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Screening applicants/potential tenants is the single most important element of landlording in my opinion.  As I have mentioned in prior posts, if you properly screen your applicants you will have a better chance of finding a good tenant that pays rent on time and does not abuse your investment property. Landlords should require each adult person to completely fill out a written rental application.  After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE ON AB-340 (CCAP BILL)</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/10/09/update-on-ab-340-ccap-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/10/09/update-on-ab-340-ccap-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Marlin Schneider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know a public hearing was held on AB340 &#8211; the proposed bill by Rep. Marlin Schneider that would restrict who can use CCAP and what information would be contained on CCAP &#8212; at the State Capitol in Madison last week. Several board members from the AASEW (Dave Ohrmundt and Richard Bishop) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Using Written Screening Criteria During The Tenant Selection Process</title>
		<link>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/10/02/the-importance-of-using-written-screening-criteria-during-the-tenant-selection-process/</link>
		<comments>http://petriestocking.com/blog/2009/10/02/the-importance-of-using-written-screening-criteria-during-the-tenant-selection-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rental Documents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screening Tenants]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petriestocking.com/blog/?p=545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[           Those of you that have attended one of my landlord-tenant law seminars or read my prior posts on screening tenants know that in my opinion the screening process is the single most important aspect of being a landlord.  If done properly, the screening process can save a landlord from many headaches such as: having to evict a [...]]]></description>
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