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AUGUST 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- A Mid-Year Review - The New Condo/HOA Laws and the Property Manager Part 2 - Retaliatory Nonrenewals
JULY 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Finder's Fee Arrangements - The Power of Attorney - The New Condo/HOA laws - Dealing with the Unit Fire Part 1
JUNE 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Abandonment of the Premises - Using Free Public Records When Screening - Releasing Servicemembers from their Leases - Free Online Market Surveys
MAY 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Powers and Limitations of Police Reports - The Writ of Possession and the Full Unit - Lawns and Landscaping
APRIL 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Complying with the Truss Marking Rule - Fighting Crime at Your Property - The Census and the Landlord
MARCH 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Resident in the Military and Evictions - Security Deposit Deductions - The Application Process
FEBRUARY 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Guide to Florida Eviction Motions - NSF Payments – Checks Drawn on Insufficient Funds - Stopping an Eviction - The Demand for Insurance Information
JANUARY 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Discovery of the Sexual Predator/Offender - Raising and Lowering the Rent - Embracing Social Media – Guest Article - Waiver and Estoppel
DECEMBER 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Lease Cancellations by the Resident - Guarantors and Renewals - Roommate Disputes and the Property Manager - A Year End Review
NOVEMBER 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Security Deposit Claim Form Preparation Basics - Understanding Constructive and Retaliatory Evictions - Dogs and Insurance - AAGO and OPD Crime Free Multihousing
OCTOBER 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- COA/HOA and Service/Amenity Removals - Evictions and the Mediation Process - Responding Properly to the Tenant - Missing the Obvious
SEPTEMBER 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Better Business Bureau Complaint - The Dangers of Rental Assistance Forms - Screening Your Owner
AUGUST 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Letters of Protection - The Latest Landlord/Tenant Scams - Sales Tax and Seasonal Rentals - Carpet Damage
JULY 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Failing To Tell Your Attorney All The Facts - No More Notices After Non-Renewal - Foreclosure Quick Q & A - The Mechanics of the Tenant Release
JUNE 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Eviction Costs Beginnning July 1, 2009 - When All Tenants Don’t Sign - The Residential Oral Lease - The Employee Tenant
MAY 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Move-In Inspection Procedures - Click2Mail Certified Mail - Chinese Drywall and the Landlord - Forfeiture of the Security Deposit
APRIL 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Tenant Death And The Obsolete Lease - Concession Paybacks and the Early Termination Law - Authorizing the Unauthorized Pet - Mid-America’s Open Arms Program
MARCH 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Accumulated Utility Bills, Late Charges and The Tenant - Statistically Measuring the Risk of Lease Default -The Deceased Property Owner -The Missing Lease
FEBRUARY 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- Court Etiquette and Procedure - Identity Theft Part 2 -Pet Application Tips -Application Deposits
JANUARY 2009 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Skipping Tenant - Identity Theft Part 1 -Eviction Avoidance Techniques -Refusing Electronic Payments
DECEMBER 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- Barking Dogs and Common Sense - Forgetting to Send the Security Deposit Claim - Modifying the Rent Amount
NOVEMBER 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- New Pool Rules in Effect - Foreclosures Revisited - Partial Rent Acceptance - When Tenants Deny Access
OCTOBER 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- Changes at the Firm! - One Tenant Vacating - Inclusionary Zoning Ordiance Defeated - Who is the Landlord - Minimizing Fire Dangers at Move-in - Housing for Older Persons
SEPTEMBER 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- Revising the Security Deposit Claim - Accepting Rent and the Seven Day Notice - Know the Lease - Common Screening Mistakes
AUGUST 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Incarcerated Tenant - Risks of Increasing Revenues from Tenant Charges - The Tenant and the Electric Bill - A Security Deposit Primer Part 2 Initial Disclosures - Welcoming the Disabled Tenant
JULY 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- Understanding The New Early Termination Law - Evictions Now That Filing Fees Have Exploded - A Security Deposit Primer – Part 1 Holding The Funds - The Early Termination Law And The Single Family Home Manager - Creating Written Policies
JUNE 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- HB 1489: FAA’s Early Lease Termination Bill Enacted Into Law - Dealing With The Chronic Late Payer - Computer Disaster Preparedness - Exclusions from the Tenancy - No Social Security Number- No Problem
MAY 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- 2008 Legislative Update - Avoiding Acceptance of Rent - Your “Work Order Policy” and the Law - The Corporation as a Tenant - What are Different Terms and Conditions?
APRIL 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- Properly Executing the Writ - Importance of Updated Contact Information - Surrender of the Premises - The Owner's Official Address - What is a Refusal?
MARCH 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Leasebreak by the Tenant - Copying ID- Is it Legal? - Are you Inspecting Enough - Foreclosure and Disclosure - Live-In Caregivers
FEBRUARY 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- AAGO Press Release - Lease Renewals And Money Owed - The Importance Of Accuracy - Inheriting The Bad Lease - Evictions and Fair Housing
JANUARY 2008 LEGAL UPDATE
- Evictions and Repair Requests - Who Do You Work for? - Desperate Landlord Actions - Foreclosure Scams - An Agent’s Liability
DECEMBER 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Rental Registration Fee Victory - Lockout Procedures - Releasing Credit Reports and Social Security Numbers - Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas?
NOVEMBER 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Bad Security Deposit Habits – Part 2 - Methamphetamine And The Rental Premises - Soldiers, Sailors, And Tenants - Park It Right Here
OCTOBER 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Keys and Possession - Dealing with Rental Furniture - The Belligerent Tenant - The Tenant Security Deposit Dispute - Harassment
SEPTEMBER 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Doing Favors for Landlords - No more rentals in Condos? - Bad Security Habits - Housekeeping Problems
AUGUST 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Termination Fees in 2007 – Are they legal? - Suing a Tenant for Money Owed - Foreclosure and your Owners” - Hurricanes And Tropical Storms - Supervision Of Children
JULY 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Anti-Growth Ballot Initiative Threat To Apartment Industry - Preventing Flood Damage - Credit Reports And “Dismissals” - Holding Off On Evicting - The End Of Tenancy Walkthrough Inspection - Advertising Without Discriminating
JUNE 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- 2007 Florida Legislative Update - A Mixed Bag - Tenant Death and the New Law - The Security Deposit Claim and What the Tenant Owes - The "Last Known Address" - Independent Living
MAY 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Amenities and Liability – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - The Tenant and The Electric Bill - Dishing the Dish - Screening on the Basis of Criminal Background
APRIL 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Tenant Surrenders But Continues to Pay the Rent - Unclaimed Security Deposit Funds Procedure - Code Enforcement and the Property Manager - Are You Up to Date?
MARCH 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Releasing Your Tenant From A Lease - Does a Lease Terminate When a Property Sells? - Making Reasonable Modifications
FEBRUARY 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- 2007 Legislative Priorities - Interest Bearing Security Deposits - Foreclosure and the Residential Property Manager - The Basics of the “Uncontested” Tenant Eviction- The Timeline - What’s Reasonable About an Accommodation
JANUARY 2007 LEGAL UPDATE
- Domestic Disputes and Tenant Restraining Orders - Removing the Child Criminal - Mailing the Three-Day Notice - Noisy Kids and Fair Housing
DECEMBER 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- Florida Apartment Association Names Jeff Rogo And GMS Group As Governmental Affairs Directors - When To Call The Police On Children - The Occupant Is Unauthorized But Is Not Causing A Problem - Gary Scarboro Named Executive Vice President of Apartment Association of Greater Orlando – Press Release - Retaliation Is Prohibited
NOVEMBER 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- Dealing with the Gas Grill - How to Handle the Honest Mistake - Termination of Management by the Property Owner - How A Complaint Is Investigated
OCTOBER 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- The 15 Day Security Deposit Dispute Period - The Home Warranty Problem - Can You Prohibit Smoking On The Premises? - Renewing a Lease with A Balance Owed - How A Complaint Is Filed
SEPTEMBER 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- Avoiding Practices Which May Get Your Company Sued - Correct Use of the Promissory Note and Past Due Amounts Workout Agreement - Lease Breaks Due to Medical Reasons - The Importance of the “Little House”
AUGUST 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Stack of Bills and Small Claims Court - Pre-Property Management Acceptance Investigations - Evictions and the Rented Garage - “Special” Lease Terms
JULY 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- Serving Notices – Are Witnesses Necessary? - Security Deposit Transfer Procedures - Training Your Property Owners - When a Special is Not So Special…
JUNE 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- Tipping Stove Dangers - Storm Issues and the Residential Tenancy - Authorizing the Unauthorized Tenant - Removing a Tenant From a Lease - Fear vs. Fact
MAY 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- 2006 Legislative Session Recap - Are you Operating Safe in 2006 - Problematic Lease Clauses - What Do the Locals Say?
APRIL 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- Daycare and Babysitting Services in the Residential Property - When a Tenant Dies - Having a Tenant Sign a Pet Addendum When There is No Current Pet - ARF! Is that a Service Animal?
MARCH 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- Managing In Condo or Homeowner Associations - The Power of the Mold Addendum - Protecting Yourself From Fair Housing Claims
FEBRUARY 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Dangers of Prepaid Rent - Returning Rent During an Eviction - Terminating a Tenant Without Opportunity to Cure - Squatter or Tenant? - To Renew or Non-Renew
JANUARY 2006 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Verification of Non-Military Status - The Court Hearing When there is No Money in the Court Registry - Terminating a Tenant Without Opportunity to Cure - Hot Lease Tip – Terminating Due to Damages - Application Criteria Considerations
DECEMBER 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Motion to Stay the Writ of Possession – a Tenant Delay Tactic - Billing for Water Now or In The Future - Prohibited Practices and the Residential Landlord
NOVEMBER 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Post Three-Day Notice Communications - Small Claims Strategies - Settlement - Document Destruction Compliance
OCTOBER 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Motion to Determine Rent – A Tenant Delay Tactic - New Sexual Predator and Offender Ordinances and how they affect the Landlord - Florida Consumer Collection Laws and the Tenant Debt Dispute
SEPTEMBER 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Insuring a Smooth Tenant Eviction - The Proper Use of Stipulations - Requiring Notice Prior to Lease End - Security Deposit Timing
AUGUST 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Transferring the Problem Tenant On-Site - The Killer Seven Day Rent Withholding Letter From the Tenant - Condo/Homeowner Association Attorney’s Fees and the Unit Owner
JULY 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Scarboro testimony transcript - The Writ of Possession - Governor Bush's veto of the Mold Bill - Eviction for Housekeeping issues
JUNE 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Safe Harbor Lease Recommendations June 2005 - Collier County Rental Registration and Inspection Fees - Your Tenant Broke the Lease -- Now What? - Evicting for Unauthorized Occupants - Termination of a Lease if you Cannot Grant Possession
MAY 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Letters From Attorneys - You Received One, Now What? - Terminating a Tenant for a Lease Noncompliance - Hot Lease Tip! The Pet Addendum and Removal of The Pet
APRIL 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Urgent Action Needed to Avoid Major Litigation - The Agreement to Vacate - The Pet Addendum and Non-Pet Damage
MARCH 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Preparing the Three Day Notice - Terminating the Lease Due to Damage - Attorney's Fees and the Landlord/Tenant Relationship
FEBRUARY 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Is a Unit Abandoned - Notifying a Tenant of New Management - Trampolines - Fun or Fatal - Legislative Days are Here Again - FAA Names Gary Scarboro Legislative Affairs Director
JANUARY 2005 LEGAL UPDATE
- Security and the Residential Property Manager - Security Addendum - Fireworks and the Residential Property Manager - Serving the Three Day Notice - 2005 Session Legislative Items
DECEMBER 2004 LEGAL UPDATE
- Non-Renewing a Tenant - Paying Leasing Bonuses and Referral Fees - Safe Harbor Recommendations for Lease Clauses
NOVEMBER 2004 LEGAL UPDATE
- New Banking Procedures for Clearing Checks - 7 Day Notice of Noncompliance with Opportunity to Cure - Bankruptcy and the Landlord-Tenant Relationship
OCTOBER 2004 LEGAL UPDATE
- Requiring notice from tenants prior to lease end - Display of United States flag by tenants - Eviction filing fees, some good news! - Post hurricane considerations! Now what?
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