Landlord Boot Camp – Sat. Feb 27, 2010
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Attorney Tristan Pettit is presenting the Landlord Boot Camp again this February. Prior Boot Camps were very well received, with positive feed back from all that attended
Archive for the ‘Evictions’ Category
Eviction Notice Matrix
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009After reading the “5-Day, 14-Day or 28-Day, Which notice do I use?” post, AASEW Attorney Heiner Giese suggested I should have used a more visual approach. As usual Heiner was right.
Eviction Notice Matrix |
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Type of Agreement
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Problem |
Month to Month |
Lease (1 year or less) |
| Non Payment of Rent | 5-day or 14-Day | 5-Day* |
| Non Payment of Deposit, Late Fees or Other charges | 14-Day | 5-Day* |
| Violation of Rental Agreement | 14-Day | 5-Day* |
| Drug or Gang Activity Letter from Police | 5-Day Drug/Gang | 5-Day Drug/Gang |
Notes:
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Properly Serve The Notice or Lose the Eviction
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Improper service of the notice is one of the most common causes of an owner losing an eviction.
There are three basic methods to properly serve a notice. Do it wrong and lose the eviction case. The proper ways to serve the notice are: (more…)
5-Day, 14-Day or 28-Day, Which notice do I use?
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Select The Proper Notice (DIY Eviction Series)
All eviction actions begin with a properly served notice to vacate. In Wisconsin these are typically 5, 14 and 28-day notices. If you use a rental agreement or lease with a longer notice period the 28-day notice is replaced by a notice with the length of time contained in the lease or agreement, often 45 or 60 days. The type of notice you will use depends on the reason that you wish the tenant to vacate and the type of rental agreement that you have with the tenant.
So what notice do you use?
DIY Collections & Evictions – Overview
Sunday, October 11th, 2009The following is a basic outline of the steps required for an eviction. These instructions and forms are optimized for Milwaukee County, however most are valid statewide.
Collections & Evictions Overview
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Disruptive tenants only get worse the longer they are allowed to act poorly without intervention. A tenant who is falling further behind in their rent is less likely to be able to pay off their balance as time goes on. Owners who succeed address the problems quickly. Either the tenant resolves it, moves or the owner evicts.
The problem for a lot of owners is they are intimidated by or unsure of the process. Here is an overview / outline