In tenant friendly jurisdictions like Chicago, they target mom/pop owners who don't know the laws to statutorily screw them - The landlord can either pay the tenant $1k to settle and give them 60 days to move out along with a good reference, or they can pay $3k + $8k legal fees for a simple error.

Sometimes when I feel I want to buy a new hat or a new pair of shoes and I alk out our front yard gate and going down the street to get to the market which is about a 15 minute walk from our house, a neighbor pops out to greet me and tells me they cannot afford to buy their kid a new schools uniform this year, not problem I pull out my money and tell them,"here go buy your kid a new school uniform" .

I have my first commercial property under contract, and we are getting closer to a close date, however things still keep "popping" up last minute on the bank end.

to send orgininal docs to a lawyer not a party of the contract I would never do.. no problem sending copies of course.. so they can review red line and send back with their instructions but this is how fraud happens.I had lunch last week with Pat Stone and he said the east coast has far more claims than the west coast because of the smaller mom pop attorney relationships compared to someone walking into your multi jurisdictional or location for real title escrow company..  

To find a roofing sub I would go to his last jobs and inspect it myself and pop in on current jobs to see how they look and how his crew works.

Westside Brewery has been busy the few times I've been there-- with foodtrucks.... never thought the westside would see foodtrucks... there's also a few other shops that have popped up....

This bill is very likely to pass since the typical mom and pop owners who own smaller buildings/single family homes will still be protected.

In my opinion you should be cautious of small mom and pop operators who are agents working out of their car because they just don't have the scale and resources to bring to the table.

From tryin g to reach his “team” to no available, to “hey we cleaned up, took photos and listed a apartment which led me to pop in on the property to see NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. same junk that was left is still there....Anyone have any good they can recommend?

That can become a slippery slope and once enough of those pop up, suddenly it's actually not that great of a deal anymore!