eviction: Can A City Seize A Homeowner's Property? - 03/17/15 05:42 AM

A Seattle, Washington, landlord was in the news again for his "slumlording" but this time it appears the city has had enough of his negligent Land- Lording with public health and safety violations and is set to seize a portion of his rental portfolio, bulldoze the houses and turn it into a city park.  
The landlord owes the city $3.3 million in legal judgments, fines and interest related to housing-code violations.  I can't help but wonder why they are in the rental business if they obviously don't like the job and now are going to lose their investment? 
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eviction: 2B or NOT2B... a landord? - 12/02/14 06:37 AM
Last week over the holidays, old friends came to visit and while indulging in endless turkey and pumpkin pie, I asked how things were going with their rentals.  They rolled their eyes and said "Just terrible!"  Things haven't changed much for them.  Deadbeats trashing their houses, evictions, unauthorized tenants living in the house, possible meth-cooking and failure to pay.  They even had one tenant last month who threatened them and they had to have the sheriff assist in the lock-out after the eviction as they feared for their safety.   I didn't roll my eyes back... on the outside, that is. … (4 comments)

eviction: WWII Vet Being Evicted Gifted $134,00?!? - 05/16/13 10:51 AM
Yesterday, while reading through some details of our tenant credit check and eviction report, I stumbled upon a crazy story of a 91-year old WWII vet being evicted out of his own home he built 56 years ago, after his creepy daughter pulled a sneaky move and used her power of attorney to sign over the deed to the house to herself when pa wasn't lookin'.  When the old fella discoverd his daughter's covert move, he tried to contest it in court, but due to a statute of limitations, he was up a creek and basically the legal owner - now … (7 comments)