Rental Legislation

Dodd-Frank Update: CFPB issues Section 1071 small entity compliance guide; ICYMI: Economic forecast

Monday, May 17, 2023 CFPB issues Section 1071 small entity compliance guide At CBA Live, hosted by the Consumer Bankers Association, Dodd Frank Update sat in on a discussion with experts about the next frontier in fair lending: artificial intelligence (AI). The panel of experts discussed the ways AI is being used in fair lending and what regulators are doing in response...

Weekly Roundup: News & Updates

Your weekly news & updates Here is this week's "Weekly Roundup" from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association. Visit our Website Consumer Price Index Up 4.9% Year Over Year The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was up 0.4% in April, 2023. Click here...

Your Weekly Roundup News & Updates

Your weekly news & updates Here is this week's "Weekly Roundup" from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association. Visit our Website Pending Home Sales Drops 5.2% in March The National Association of Realtors is reporting that pending home sales were down 5.2% in March, 2023. Click here to read more. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Reports a 2%...

State Senate Takes Aim at ‘Institutional’ Landlords

By: Jim Michaels COLUMBUS, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – They are being called “institutional” landlords. Out-of-state corporate entities that buy a large number of homes in one fell swoop, many times not living up to their landlord-tenant agreements or even providing basic services. It has inspired bipartisan Senate Bill 76 in Columbus. The bill takes corporations owning 50 or more homes in a...

Your Weekly Roundup News

Your weekly news & updates Here is this week's "Weekly Roundup" from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association. Visit our Website Housing Costs Continue to be the Leading Increase in Inflation Indexes The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was up 0.1% in...

Is Rent Theft?

By: Jeffery S. Watson Dear Anna, For those of you who do not learn from history, you will repeat it. In 2016, a book titled Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, a progressive, pro-tenant publication, began circulating and influencing many of the news stories regarding housing being available in the United States. Then came the Covid Eviction Moratorium, and out of...

Ordinance Status Update

As you are aware there is a group of non-owner occupied property owners trying to stop the ordinance. This group has been meeting weekly presenting our case to the Mayor, Administrator, and City Council members and have gotten nowhere. I have been in the Mayor's meetings with 7 other landlords since January expressing the overreach, invasive, and unconstitutional aspects of...

Maumee continues ATTACKS on Housing Providers

City of Maumee Proposed Rental OrdinanceThe city of Maumee is attempting to slam through a terrible rental registration and inspection law. This law, if it passes, will negatively affect every investor in Northwest Ohio. We are asking people to show up at council and use this as a guide and for talking points when you address city council. Maumee City...