96734: Section 8 --- A New Protected Class - 07/16/08 03:22 PM
Well, the inevitable seems to be coming at us full speed ahead. A Brief of Amicus Curiae in Glenmont Hills Associates Privacy World at Glenmont Metro Center vs. Montgomery County, MD has been filed that will effectively make "source of income" a protected class and thus force landlords to participate in the Housing (15 comments)
96734: Making Victims of Domestic Violence a Protected Class - 02/09/08 05:25 PM
It appears as though the Hawaii State House of Representatives and Senate are moving forward in tandem with bills that would make the victims of domestic violence a Protected Class. If a Property Manager has a tenant who is the victim of domestic violence living in a property he or she manages, the (9 comments)
96734: Interest on Tenant Security Deposits to Tenants - 02/09/08 04:58 PM
Thank Heaven for the Hawaii Association of Realtors Legislative Committee. They were recently successful in getting Senate Bill 2802 deferred. This bill would have required that Property Managers pay the tenant 6% interest on all security deposit money held on behalf of the tenant at the time the tenant vacaters the (11 comments)
96734: Reducing Commissions - 02/04/08 03:05 PM
Like buying and selling agents, property managers also run into landlords who want to negotiate our commissions. I recently had an opportunity to reduce my commission in order to manage a very exclusive home that the owner wants to place on the rental market because he has been unable to sell (4 comments)
96734: National Association of Residential Property Managers, NARPM - 01/30/08 02:12 PM
Having been the Chair of the NARPM Government Affairs Committee during 2007, I had an opportunity to write the "Legislative Scoop" article in the NARPM monthly magazine, "Residential Resource". I wrote the following article that was published in the November 07 issue. I would like to share it with you simply (2 comments)
96734: MeMe - 01/28/08 01:01 PM
HI! Having been "MeMe'd" I was first impressed that I should just back out of this "wonderful" opportunity, but thinking more on it, I thought, why not be a good sport and enter five things about myself in a blog as requested. So, here goes. My wife of fifty-one years and I (17 comments)
96734: Identity Theft - 12/28/07 02:08 PM
It appears as though the government, particularly here in Hawaii, has a lot to do with protecting our identity. I had mostly thought it to be a personal problem, but a report issued by Hawaii's Identiy Theft Task Force identifies a ton of things the city and state government can do to (0 comments)