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📋 Key Takeaways This Month
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INDUSTRY UPDATES
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LEGAL HOLIDAY ALERT – MEMORIAL DAY AND JUNETEENTH
Source: Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk, PLLC
Two legal holidays land back-to-back this cycle — Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, and Juneteenth, Friday, June 19. Both must be excluded when counting expiration dates on legal notices, most commonly the Three Day Notice. Mark your calendar each year to avoid the expensive mistake of having to redo your Notice and wait it out. Contact us at info@evict.com to confirm or just treat both as legal holidays to be safe.
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THE DANGERS OF ACCEPTING PREPAID RENT
The tenant wants to prepay rent for the next 3 months or even for the entire term of the lease. Sounds great. You are not accustomed to this, but maybe it is a good idea? No Three-Day Notices to worry about, right? No COVID type eviction moratorium to worry about — but danger lurks just around the corner. Click here to see if accepting prepaid rent is REALLY a good idea.
Read the full article and watch the VIDEO...
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APPLICATION HOT TIP – THE TRICK OR A MISTAKE?
Source: Law Offices of Heist, Weisse & Wolk, PLLC
Your excellent, awesome, detailed, attorney reviewed application asks all kind of pretty important questions, like, "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?", "Have you ever been evicted?", and, "Have you ever filed bankruptcy?". Your screening report comes back clean, and your applicant becomes a resident, only for you to find out that he is a sexual predator, just got out of jail, is in a current bankruptcy and has been evicted 5 times. Did he lie on his rental application? NO, but he did leave some important answers blank or indicate "N/A" in others. Will you be able to get him out? NO. You get the point? NEVER process an application unless it is reviewed to be sure every single section is filled out. That "little omission" can cause you a huge problem later.
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Industry Leader Spotlight
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Roland Charles
Broker, Property Manager, CAM — Owner of PMI JCM Realty Group
President, Florida State Chapter of NARPM
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We are proud to announce that our Industry Leader this month is Roland Charles — real estate broker, property manager, CAM, owner of PMI JCM Realty Group, and President of the Florida State Chapter of NARPM, the National Association of Residential Property Managers.
Roland is a licensed real estate broker and property manager serving Tampa Bay and Central Florida. As owner of PMI JCM Realty Group, Roland manages 80+ single-family and PadSplit co-living properties, helping investors maximize cash flow without the headaches of self-management.
Read more about Roland here...
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UPCOMING EVENTS
JOIN US AT A CLASS IN MAY!
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Heartland Association of Realtors – 6 Hour Legal Class
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
6 CE Credits! "Property Management Law: Practices, Procedures, Pitfalls, and Law" — comprehensive full-day class with 200+ pages of handouts covering everything from application to eviction.
Email to Register
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Gainesville-Alachua County Association of Realtors – 2 Hour CE Webinar
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Zoom Webinar
2 CE Credits! Live Zoom class with attorney Harry Heist covering current Florida property management legal updates.
Register here!
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Suncoast Tampa Association of REALTORS® (STAR) – 6 Hour Legal Class
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Tampa, FL
6 CE Credits! "Property Management Law: Practices, Procedures, Pitfalls, and Law" — comprehensive full-day class with 200+ pages of handouts covering everything from application to eviction.
Register here!
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Free Custom Legal Seminars via Zoom
Taught by: Attorneys Harry Heist or Kirk Eason
Having trouble getting out of the office for a day? Book a date and time for a 2 hour ZOOM LEGAL CLASS designed for your portfolio or association. Dates are filling fast! Don't let a scheduling conflict hold you back from the education you or your agents need. Have a real estate license? We can get you CE credits!
Email us at info@evict.com to get scheduled...
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PRO TIPS
YOUR QUESTIONS, OUR ANSWERS
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This Month's Top Property Manager Situations
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Changing Policy — Cashier's Check or Money Order Only
We have just started making zero exceptions to our cashier's check or money order requirement to make good on a bad check or electronic payment. We are getting serious pushback from long time residents. How do we deal with this? One resident is flat out refusing and threatening us.
👉 See the full Question and Answer here!
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No Pets Now — Suddenly Enforcing the Policy
Our prior management company was not enforcing our No-Pet policy. Now that we are enforcing, our long time residents are refusing to comply and our recently moved in residents are pointing to these residents as an excuse to have a pet. Some are claiming discrimination.
👉 See the full Question and Answer here!
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Lease Extension vs. Month-to-Month
We allow residents to go month to month but need some protection against a quick skip. What is the best alternative to allowing a resident to be month to month? Do we have any options?
👉 See the full Question and Answer here!
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