All Forum Posts by: Michelle Fox
Michelle Fox has started 25 posts and replied 38 times.
Post: Lead paint certification
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
Do you have a recommendation of who to contact to do the inspection?
Post: Lead paint certification
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
Thoughts on lead paint inspection in the City of Cleveland on properties built before 1978.
thank you
Looking for recommendations on who to use for a lead paint inspection required by City of Cleveland. Thank you!
Post: Ohio Security deposit interest
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
If your security deposit is equal to one months rent do you have to pay 5% interest?
if you have an additional defined pet deposit do you have to pay 5% interest?
thank you !!!
Post: Landlords Beware of Fair Housing Act
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
The only way this will change is a class action suit, otherwise the landlord will continue to pay and this is wrong!
Post: Need Attorney for Fair Housing Charge
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
Insurance will not cover these kinds of issues.
Post: Need Attorney for Fair Housing Charge
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
Quote from @Sergey A. Petrov:
Call them what you want but I’d be willing to bet they are not “testers”. The federal government doesn’t have the budget to go make new cases. It is overwhelmed with what is already active and the volume of incoming complaints. I speculate you came up on their radar somehow. Maybe somebody filed a complaint 6 months ago or a year ago and you are actually under an active investigation where they are gathering evidence as to your practices. And that “tester” is actually an investigator working the case. I am not an attorney by any means but wouldn’t “testers” be considered “entrapment”?
they are a non profit organization. Yes definitely entrapment!
Post: Need Attorney for Fair Housing Charge
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
Quote from @Corby Goade:
This is super common, my market is littered with testers, we get calls and walk throughs with them several times per month it seems. You have to know the laws and be VERY conservative in your answers. You can't charge a deposit for a service animal, just because you said it to a tester doesn't mean they can't come after you. It stinks, but as landlords, we have to know the laws and act accordingly.
Post: Landlords Beware of Fair Housing Act
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
Quote from @Michelle Fox:
Quote from @Sergey A. Petrov:
All you have to do is stay in compliance yet we see so many posts that ask hypothetical what if questions and / or whether someone knows how well certain things are enforced in certain areas. This forum is intended for us to exchange information, network, learn best practices, and stay in compliance with applicable laws and regulations while leveraging the expertise of seasoned professionals that are a part of this community
Post: Landlords Beware of Fair Housing Act
- Cleveland, OH
- Posts 39
- Votes 14
Quote from @Sergey A. Petrov:
All you have to do is stay in compliance yet we see so many posts that ask hypothetical what if questions and / or whether someone knows how well certain things are enforced in certain areas. This forum is intended for us to exchange information, network, learn best practices, and stay in compliance with applicable laws and regulations while leveraging the expertise of seasoned professionals that are a part of this community