Chad McMahan
Arizona Supreme Court Ruling RE: STR's - Do they still restrict?
Recently there was an AZ Supreme Court ruling regarding HOA's/CC&R's VS STR's. I've had a lot of questions from clients regarding this, including the very common, "Does this ruling mean you can now have STR's with...
Rob K.
Interesting news story about mortgage fraud
Michigan Supreme Court justice pleads guilty to bank fraud charge
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130129/METRO/301290394/Michigan-Supreme-Court-justice-pleads-guilty-bank-fraud-charge?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|...
Wayne Brooks
Florida Supreme Court finally rules/affirms on 5 year SOL
The FL Supreme Court finally ruled on this. If the foreclosure is dismissed, involuntarily, after 5 years.....it matters not, therefore bank can still refile foreclosure, which has been the general consensus of reaso...
Chuck H.
WA Supreme Court upholds Seattle’s first-come, first-served law
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-state-supreme-court-upholds-seattles-first-come-first-served-law-for-renters/The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld Seattle’s first-come, first-serv...
Brooke Boyd
Supreme Court Ruling Void Tax Sale in Jeff Co Alabama
Hello! Can anyone tell me if the Supreme Court ruled that the auctions on some tax sales may be void if they were not bought on the courthouse steps in Jefferson County AL?
Mark Rogers
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear non-judicial foreclosure case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to resolve a conflict between the Circuits about whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to non-judicial forec...
Denise Evans
Alabama Tax Sale Excess Funds Strategy is Back!!!
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on June 24, 2022 that the retroactive portion of a tax sale statute was illegal. The statute stripped former owners (and the investors who partnered with them, by implication) of their ...
Kal Stevens
Rent control court challenge
With the new, more conservative supreme court, why hasn't there been any discussion of challenging Rent Control in the courts again?My understanding was that the last challenge was not accepted by the supreme court to...
Rob Bergeron
Notice To All Landlords: New Pilot Program
Update from attorney Michelle Rawn:Notice to all Landlords: Here is a new pilot program that was instituted by the Kentucky Supreme Court in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Supreme Court of Kentucky 2020-59 ORDER Re: Jef...
Mark M.
Can Abandoned Property Removal Costs be deducted?
I am not sure on the specifics regarding the costs associated with tenants abandoning personal property.
Since we have 30 days to refund the security deposit, and if the tenant does not or refuses to claim any abando...