by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Property Managers
Remember the days when if a person saw a smudge on their bathroom ceiling, the response was to pull out the Tilex, apply some elbow grease, and call it a day. Nowadays, the proper response is to call in the industrial hygienist, perform extensive testing, and place a...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant
In years past, a person who failed to pay their debts was locked in chains and committed into the custody of a debtors’ prison to serve their sentence until their debt was repaid. During this period, the collection of judgments and other debts was a simple matter of...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
By Michael Fentress Prior to my career as a Landlord-Tenant attorney, I represented the Department of Correction in actions seeking to keep the most dangerous sex offenders, or Sexually Dangerous Persons, in prison even after they had served and completed their...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Ordinance Requirements
Is This 1984 or 2014? In the novel “1984”, George Orwell predicts an era of total government control, with a loss of all personal liberties and a complete imposition of control by the state. The government, under the guise of protecting citizens, requires...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Property Managers
Arlo Guthrie famously sang that the “times, they are a changing”. When he wrote that song in 1964, I am sure he never thought that the times would be changing when it came to the legality of marijuana. Not so long ago, if someone had told me that states...