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My next Landlord Boot Camp for the AASEW will be held on Saturday March 18, 2023. This Boot Camp will be in-person and streamed virtually. You choose the format that best serves you.

    • Attendees will receive a searchable 100 page + PDF Boot Camp manual, making it easier to search and reference items in the future.
    • A recording will be available to attendees for 14 days after the event to re-watch portions that you want a deeper understanding of.

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    Continue Reading The Next Landlord Boot Camp Will Be Held on March 18, 2023

    Hello. I am excited to announce that my latest Landlord Boot Camp — recorded November 2022 — is now available as an On Demand video series. The benefits of this On Demand format are many.

  • You can choose just the video(s) that you are interested in, or the entire seminar.
  • You can watch the videos from the convenience of your own home or office during the rental period.*
  • You will receive the searchable PDF manual that accompanies the video(s)

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    Continue Reading Landlord Boot Camp ON DEMAND: Newly Updated Video and Information Available

    If you are asking yourself this question, there are generally two main issues that you need to be concerned with: (1) Has the tenant surrendered the rental unit (i.e. vacated and has no need to come back to clean, pick up personal property, or for any other reason); and (2) Has the tenant abandoned any remaining personal property. In this post we will discuss the second issue: Has the tenant abandoned their personal property?
    If you have not yet read…
    Continue Reading I Think That My Tenant Has Surrendered the Rental Unit, What Do I Do Now? PART 2: Abandoned Personal Property

    In an ideal world, the tenant would return their keys, remove all personal property (including trash), and leave the rental unit spotless. Then it would be clear that the tenant has surrendered the rental unit and, as there wouldn’t be any personal property remaining, there would be nothing to debate its abandonment. Unfortunately, that rarely happens.

    In this situation, there are generally two main issues: (1) Has the tenant surrendered the rental unit (i.e. vacated and has no need…
    Continue Reading My Tenant Has Vacated the Rental Unit, What Do I Do Now?

    My next Landlord Boot Camp for the AASEW will be held on Saturday November 12, 2021.  This Boot Camp will be in-person and streamed virtually.  You choose the format that best serves you. 

      • Attendees will receive a searchable 100 page + PDF Boot Camp manual, making it easier to search and reference items in the future.
      • A recording will be available to attendees for 14 days after the event to re-watch portions that you want a deeper understanding of.

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      Continue Reading The Next Landlord Boot Camp Will Be Held On Saturday, November 12, 2022

      By Atty. Gary D. Koch

      A previous post discussed methods of service of notices terminating tenancy, leaving a discussion on the various notices that can be utilized for a later post. Welcome to that post!

      When a landlord is in a situation where a tenancy needs to be terminated, the landlord must provide the tenant with a notice terminating the tenancy. This termination can be for a variety of reasons, or no reason at all (so long as…
      Continue Reading Back To Basics – Notices Terminating Tenancy

      Unfortunately, landlords sometimes find themselves in the situation where they have to terminate the tenancy of a residential tenant. There are a variety of notices that can be used to do so, and that is a topic for another day. This post is on how to serve a notice terminating tenancy.

      Wisconsin Statue §704.21 delineates the methods by which a landlord can serve a notice on a tenant. Among the options are personal service, substitute service, posting and mailing…
      Continue Reading Back to Basics – Service of the Notice Terminating Tenancy

      The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law on March 27, 2020, bringing many new wrinkles to the residential real estate rental practice. While several of its provisions have expired, specifically those regarding eviction moratoria, one particular provision lingers without an apparent sunset. Section 4024(c)(1) of the CARES Act requires that “[t]he lessor of a covered dwelling unit may not require the tenant to vacate the covered dwelling unit before the date that…
      Continue Reading Who CARES? – Status on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

      Hello. I am excited to announce that my latest Landlord Boot Camp — recorded November 13, 2021 — is now available as an On Demand video series. The benefits of this On Demand format are many.

    • You can choose just the video(s) that you are interested in, or the entire seminar.
    • You can watch the videos from the safety and convenience of your own home or office during the rental period.*
    • You will receive the searchable PDF manual that

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      Continue Reading ALL NEW Landlord Boot Camp On Demand Available

      Late Thursday, August 26th, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the CDC’s latest version of the Eviction Moratorium which was set to expire on October 3, 2021. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority stated that the temporary eviction ban exceeded the CDC’s authority to combat communicable diseases, which resulted in landlords’ having to bear the pandemic’s costs, much to their detriment. 
      The Court wrote that “The moratorium has put . . . millions of landlords across the country, at risk of…
      Continue Reading CDC Eviction Moratorium Struck Down By U.S. Supreme Court

      I am excited to announce that Attorney Gary Koch has joined the Landlord-Tenant Law team at Petrie + Pettit starting August 30th.
      With nearly 20 years of experience, Gary D. Koch joins the Petrie + Pettit S.C. team to assist primarily with its Real Estate Law practice group, focusing on landlord-tenant law. Attorney Koch has represented landlords for over 10 years, has spent his career handling debtor and creditor matters, and is well versed on all facets of landlord/tenant…
      Continue Reading Petrie + Pettit Welcome Attorney Gary Koch to its Landlord-Tenant Law Team

      Well that didn’t take long.  Not even two full business days after the CDC’s Eviction Moratorium ended and now we have another moratorium in place.

      On Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at the direction of President Biden, the CDC announced a new, temporary, limited federal eviction moratorium through October 3, 2021. This new Order is limited to counties that have a substantial or high rate of community spread of Covid.  This covers counties such as Milwaukee, Dane, Waukesha,…
      Continue Reading CDC Announces A New, Temporary, Limited Eviction Moratorium Through October 3rd for Counties With Substantial and High Rates of Covid Transmission

      The CDC’s eviction moratorium finally ended at midnight on July 31, 2021.  
      The moratorium could not be extended due to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that the CDC exceeded its statutory powers and didn’t have the right to issue an eviction moratorium in the first place.  Thus, any future federal moratorium will need to be created by Congress via legislation.  Congress tried to organize something in an attempt to pursue legislation late last week but did not have enough people on…
      Continue Reading The CDC's Eviction Moratorium Has Finally Ended . . . Now What?

      We have just learned that the CDC will extend the Moratorium another 30 days through the end of July.  It has been reported that this is the last extension of the moratorium that will be granted by the CDC.

      There is now the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could rule on the lawsuit brought against the CDC for overreaching with the CDC moratorium.  If the Supreme Court were to rule against the CDC, this would curtail future governmental…
      Continue Reading CDC Extends Eviction Moratorium Another Month

      By Attorney Jennifer M. Hayden of Petrie + Pettit S.C.

      As you may have heard, on Wednesday, May 5th, a U.S. District Judge in Washington D.C., the Honorable Dabney Friedrich, overturned the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s nationwide eviction moratorium and then a few days later granted the U.S. Department of Justice’s Emergency Stay Pending Appeal.  This effectively “holds” Judge Friedrich’s ruling until such time as the appellate court can hear the appeal.

      The net effect is…
      Continue Reading U.S. District Judge Overturns CDC’s Eviction Moratorium But Stays Decision Pending Appeal