Marketing- bandit signs

[Daniel Sisto]

good afternoon! I am studying the marketing aspect of real estate focusing on wholesaling/rehabbing and have a few questions in regards to bandit signs. I understand that there may be laws/code enforcement in regards to advertising/bandit signs. I live in syracuse NY and was wondering I research the possible laws that may be in my area? Any thing will help! 

Thanks 

Dan

[Pat G.]

Daniel:

Where I live in MI the department that does the sign enforcement is the Inspection Department. When I did do signs for my residential properties, during business hours they would take my signs and then issue me a ticket. Now, you can't just pay this ticket, you had to set a court date and the one and only time I did go through that process I was in court next to a guy in an orange jump suit and leg shackles. Message received! Needless to say I didn't put any more signs out during biz hours again. Actually I think I went to the next city over and bought properties there because they didn't enforce them.

What I am saying is to know the law, most cities are against bandit signs, but a lot of the enforcement is not done off hours (after 5 PM) or weekends - which is when most people are out looking for homes anyway.

Hope that helped.