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MAY 2013 LEGAL UPDATE
- Your Resident’s Ledger
- 20 Traits of Top Property Managers
- Managing Association Owned Units
- Replacing Appliances
- The Fair Housing Lady Q & A
MARCH 2013 LEGAL UPDATE
- How E-Filing Will Impact You
- Resident Death Revisited
- Abandoned Property and Unusual Items
- Dealing With A Blanket Subpoena
- The Fair Housing Lady Q & A
JANUARY 2013 LEGAL UPDATE
- Three Day Notice Serving
- Access Gates
- Late Fees
- The Fair Housing Lady Q & A
NOVEMBER 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Investigating the Potential New Account
- Garages, Storage Units and Parking Spaces
- Attorney's Fees and Property Management Law
- The Fair Housing Lady Q & A
SEPTEMBER 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Receiving The Initial Funds
- Showing the Unit
- Water Temperature and Liability
JULY 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Resident's Maintenance Obligations under Florida Law
- Property Manager's Maintenance Obligations under Florida Law
- Returning Rent Pre-Eviction
MAY 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Suing A Former Resident
- The Writ of Possession
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Resident Contact Information
APRIL 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Security Deposits
- Fictitious Names
- Releasing a Resident
- Statistical Lease Scoring
MARCH 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Move-Out Inspection Procedures
- On Premises Accidents and Incidents
- Collections and the Property Manager
FEBRUARY 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Truss Marking Rule
- Home Based Businesses
- The Early Termination Law
JANUARY 2012 LEGAL UPDATE
- Delivery Acceptance Procedures
- Satellite Dish Installation Restrictions
- Prize Promotions
- Florida Towing Laws and the Property Manager
DECEMBER 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Agreement to Vacate
- Requiring Notice Prior to Lease End
- Lease Break By the Resident
NOVEMBER 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Execution Of Corporate Lease And Guaranty Agreements
- Worthless Checks
- Renter's Insurance and the Property Manager
OCTOBER 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Access by the Property Manager
- Eviction Avoidance Techniques
- Sexual Offenders and Predators
- Reopen Fees
SEPTEMBER 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Prohibited Practices Under 83.67
- Allowing Access to Others
- Verbal Maintenance Requests
- Communicating With Attorneys
AUGUST 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- On-Site Resident Transfers
- Denial of Access by the Resident
- Wrongful Evictions
JULY 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Resident's Remaining Personal Property
- Guaranty of Lease Agreement
- Understanding the Power of Attorney
JUNE 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Pre Access Inspections and the Move In Inspection Procedure
- Rent and the Three Day Notice
- Pets and the Property Manager
MAY 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Is the Unit Ours Yet?
- The Resident in Bankruptcy
- Concessions and the Property Manager
APRIL 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Winning the Contested Eviction Action
- Apartment Locator Services and Resident Referrals
- The Deceased Tenant
MARCH 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Onsite Employee Rentals
- Reporting Procedures for Rental Agents
- Understanding Small Claims Court
- Advertising the Property and Dealing With Prospects Part 1
FEBRUARY 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- When a Court Appearance becomes Necessary
- Military Personnel
- Lease Execution Procedures
JANUARY 2011 LEGAL UPDATE
- Obtaining and Collecting On a Judgment
- Excluding Items In The Single Family Home
- Understanding Renters Insurance
DECEMBER 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- The Landlord Nonrenewing the Month to Month Tenancy
- A Year End Review with an Eye Towards 2011
- Access by the Landlord
NOVEMBER 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Resident Improvement Repairs and Maintenance
- The Dangers of Doing Favors for Residents
- The Absolute Proper Three Day Notice
- The Tenant Nonrenewing the Month to Month Tenancy
OCTOBER 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- Florida Sales and Use Tax
- The Tenant's Duty to Maintain
- Evictions and Florida Evidence Law
SEPTEMBER 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- A Mid-Year Review Part 2
- Security Deposit Transfer Procedures
- The Landlord's Duty to Maintain
AUGUST 2010 LEGAL UPDATE
- A Mid-Year Review Part 1
- 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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