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You Will Not Want To Miss AASEW's Fourth Annual Landlord Boot Camp on Saturday Feb. 25th

Landlording can be pretty complex, with a seemingly never ending myriad of paperwork, rules, landlord-tenant laws and simple mistakes that can cost you thousands of dollars.The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin's Fourth Annual “Landlord Boot Camp” can help you navigate these treacherous waters and teach you how to run your properties with greater profit and less hassles.I have given similar landlord-tenant law seminars to fellow attorneys, landlords, and property manager ...

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Earnest Money Attorney Jennifer M. Hayden Earnest Money Attorney Jennifer M. Hayden

Earnest Money Deposits . . . A Trap for the Uneducated Landlord

An earnest money deposit is defined as "the total of any payments or deposits . . . given by a prospective tenant to a landlord in return for the option of entering into a rental agreement in the future, or for having a rental agreement considered by a landlord." The applicable section of the Administrative Code that deals with earnest money is ATCP 134.05 (1) ...

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