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2009
Wouldn't you like to find out if an applicant has written a bad check before you rent to them, or make sure the check they offered to you is good before you accept it and give them the keys to your property? The TeleCheck® Check Verification Service is available to all AAOA members, including fre...
01/23/2009
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On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed into law the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008." This bill extended tax credits for energy efficient home improvements, including: windows doors roofs insulation HVAC non-solar water heaters Tax credits for these residential produc...
01/21/2009
By making even moderate changes to renewable energy and energy efficiency policies at the Federal level, the new administration can create jobs. These policy changes will help workers put gas in their cars, food on their tables, and give people hope and reason to care about the little: picking ...
01/21/2009
U.S. apartment rents fell in the fourth quarter from the third as the national vacancy rate climbed to a four-year high of 6.6 percent, according to a report just published by Reis Inc., a New York-based research firm.The report defies the expectation that apartments would benefit from the housin...
01/14/2009
Landlord Liability Expanding As Bedbugs Continue to Thrive in Apartments The liability for bedbugs has burgeoned even in the time since we first published Bedbugs are Back and Spawning Lawsuits. The Helmsely Hotel in New York City was one of the first businesses to feel the sting of bedbug lawsu...
01/14/2009
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IP and CCTV cameras used to be incompatible technologies, but thanks to the innovation of Video Save's new CES 2 server, IP and CCTV cameras can now be used interchangeably. IP cameras have long enjoyed the advantages of ease-of-use and ease-of-wiring. They are also easy to implement, because ...
01/03/2009
The Orton Family Foundation is changing the way communities approach land planning, and they're doing it with heart and soul. Founded in 1995 by Noel Fritzinger of Weston, Vermont and Lyman Orton, proprietor of mail- order business The Vermont Country Store, the foundation helps small cities an...
01/03/2009
