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20 February 2021 | 84 replies
Requiring HUD to issue rules requiring an initial risk assessment for low-income housing constructed prior to 1978 for lead-based hazards prior to a family with a child under 6 years of age moving in and clarify that a visual inspection is insufficient for an initial risk assessment;"Portman's initiative is going above and beyond the Toledo Ordinance.
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26 July 2017 | 7 replies
I would write down principal, I'd ask if that included taxes, "does that include insurance", do you have an HOA, is there a second loan on the house, a HELOC or any unpaid child support liens, and then I would say, very casually "about how much will it take to bring the house current?
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16 August 2016 | 17 replies
If you have any questions feel free to jump in at any point.And lastly, my question for you…would you (or have you) ever woken up your child to go close a deal?
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25 December 2015 | 10 replies
Do not reach out to the tenants or the family of the child who died.
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27 December 2015 | 7 replies
I don't know what MD's lead laws look like, but here in MA, you can't rent a unit to a family with a child under 7 without a lead certificate on file for that property.
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10 January 2016 | 6 replies
Whether you know this law or not, you'll still get sued if a child has lead poisoning and you don't have a Lead Cert on file, and you will lose.
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8 October 2018 | 26 replies
If the car has enough spilled food on the back seats to feed a small child for a week I know that that is most likely how they will care for my property and will move to the next applicant.
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7 November 2013 | 7 replies
This resulted in significant burns to the child and a lawsuit for the landlord.
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30 April 2014 | 11 replies
What happens if a child accidentally damages/ a cord or a pet bites it, fire starts etc....
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26 September 2018 | 28 replies
Plus the first question that will come out of the tenants mouth will be: "Is it okay if I paint my child's room, they want to have a ( Insert the darkest most hideous color you can think of) colored room in the new house" ....