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The Changing Face of the Courts: Navigating New (and sometimes rough) Waters
In recent years, the courts have undergone a significant transformation as experienced judges, administrators, and senior staff retire and new appointees take their places. In some cases, those retiring are not even being replaced. This shift brings both challenges and opportunities for all who interact with our court system, particularly in specialized areas like landlord-tenant […]
AI Stands for Artificial, Not Attorney Intelligence
If you haven’t noticed the artificial intelligence (AI) freight train coming your way, you’ve been in a profound coma. Not unlike the dawning of the internet age in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the emergence of AI at the office, at home and in schools in the past few years has brought about a […]
Rent Control is Never Ever the Answer
During World War II when people began moving heavily into cities for work associated with the war machine, 80% of rental housing was placed under different forms of rent controls. The reason stated was to help manage housing shortages. What happened was that landlords, rather than deal with the threat of restricting potential income, sold […]
Pre-Tenancy Fees Banned in Ann Arbor
The City of Ann Arbor has passed a new ordinance banning pre-tenancy fees, and other items. The ordinance also caps application fees at $50, making them fully refundable. We have included a link below to a complete summary of the ordinance by James Nichols, Executive Director of the Washtenaw Area Apartment Association. Ann Arbor Passes […]
Five Tips for Addressing Evolving Tenant Expectations in Property Management
As more rental properties become available, multi-family, single-family, and manufactured housing landlords will have to pay attention to trends to meet the evolving expectations of renters who will no doubt continue to be locked out of buying a home for the foreseeable future. In 2024, the Detroit area had 124,049 rental properties, a 51% increase […]
COO John M. Mione Interviewed by Crain’s Detroit Business
Source of Income protections for tenants have been expanded in Michigan. John was interviewed in an article about this new legislative package and the impact on housing providers. See the article here.
Whitmer Signs Source of Income Legislation
As a result of a package of Michigan Legislative Bills signed by Governor Whitmer on Monday, landlords will no longer be able to consider a tenant’s source of income. Fortunately, a couple of even more aggressively written anti-landlord pieces of legislation have died in the Michigan House. As expected and as we have detailed in […]
Despite the Attention to the Presidential Elections, Most Politics Remains Local for Our Clients
While much has been written and discussed about how a new Trump Administration in Washington will change how businesses operate, there are a number of movements closer to home in Lansing that could potentially have a greater effect on landlords and property owners. Looking at the national implications first, if his past presidency is any […]
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