Landlord Newsletter November 1, 2011

Dear Fellow Landlord,

Reminder: Nov 6th Daylight saving time ends for 2011. Time to turn your clocks back an hour. It is also a good time to change batteries in your smoke detectors. Download our free forms for daylight savings time and smoke detectors for your tenants!

In this issue:

• Daylight Savings & Smoke Detector Form
  
• Ask the Attorney, Real Estate Attorney, John Reno
  
• Success Quotes
  

Please e-mail us if you have any questions or would like to add or share any material / information.
John Nuzzolese
John@theLPA.com

Free Form for Your Tenants Daylight Savings Time & Smoke Detector Battery Reminder Daylight Savings Time & Smoke Detector Battery Reminder This is a friendly reminder form to remind tenants to change the clocks for daylight savings time and more importantly, to protect your property by reminding them to change the batteries in their smoke detectors. More about Daylight Savings Time: In 2011, daylight time begins on March 13 and ends on November 6. Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005). Not all places in the U.S. observe daylight time. In particular, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use it. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006. Many other countries observe some form of "summer time", but they do not necessarily change their clocks on the same dates as the U.S. Daylight time and time zones in the U.S. are defined in the U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX - Standard Time.

The Landlord Protection Agency® presents John Reno, Esq., a highly experienced Landlord - Tenant attorney based on Long Island, NY.

John Reno also does Mortgage Loan Modifications (Nationwide).
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Dear Mr. Reno:
I am a widow and need the rent from my duplex to live on. A tenant just moved out and has trashed the place including the carpet. The lease said no animals and that was ignored. They did not pay the rent the last month. What can I do to get the money from them for all the damage? I do not live in the same state as this rental and i have a property manager. I have a new tenant in the other half and something needs to be done so she does not feel she can do likewise. I am eagerly awaiting your reply Thank you.
Florence

A: Well obviously you would need to commence a law suite of some kind because you can't do anything as far as collecting without a money judgment. Is it worth it? Probably not. Why don't you let your property manager talk to a local attorney?

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