Category Archives: Housing Task Force

Landlord Won’t Fix It, Tenant Pays Reduced Rent (Rent Abatement Coming to Wausau?)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

In what seems like a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, Mayor Tipple started a Housing Task Force, tasked to come up with ways to better address blight that was gaining ground in some of the City’s … Continue reading →

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I Got a 5-Day Notice, How Long Do I Have to Move?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

So far so good in surviving my busiest week of the year. There have been some highs and some lows, but so far everything is falling into place. My trailer is loaded with all of my fireworks equipment, I am … Continue reading →

Posted in 14-Day Notice, 5-Day Notice, Carpet Cleaning, CCAP, Double Damages, Fireworks, Foreclosure, Housing Task Force, Questions, Small Claims, United Way, WAAA, WNRB | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A Week in the Life of…

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

I have always called this coming week (late June/early July) the busiest week of the year.  The reason why is that my month-end landlord-tenant stuff gets mixed with one of my hobbies of pyrotechnics.  This year, it looks like we … Continue reading →

Posted in Boating, Chronic Nusiance, Fireworks, Green Bay, Guns, Hobbies, Housing Task Force, WAAA, Weather, Woodchucks | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pros and Cons of Rental Licensing in Wausau

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

  Another week has gone by, and it has been a pretty good one.  Although the Woodchucks dropped a couple of games early in the week (as well as having a bench-clearing brawl inWisconsin Rapids, which there truly is no … Continue reading →

Posted in 30-Day Notice, Blight, Chronic Nusiance, Education, Federal Building, Housing Codes, Housing Task Force, Junior Achievement, Questions, Rent Smart, Trolley Apartments, UW-Extension, WNRB, Woodchucks | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

It’s hard to believe another week has gone by.  With the summer days being filled with the busiest time of year for rental properties, and the summer evenings being filled with Woodchuck’s baseball… finding a few minutes to blog is … Continue reading →

Posted in Automatic Renewals, Foreclosure, Holdover, Housing Task Force, Lease, Month-to-Month, Questions, Renewal, Security Deposit, Untenantability, WNRB, Woodchucks | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Starting an East Side Neighborhood Group

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

After a very stressful end of the week, the weekend helped regain some of my sanity.  On Saturday, for the first time ever, I used my workshop that I have been building for the past few years as a real … Continue reading →

Posted in ADA, Blight, East Side, Hobbies, Housing Task Force, Questions, Reasonable Accomodation, Service Animals, Shed, WNRB | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Who Should the City Fine???

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Another week has come and gone and time for another installment of the Dr. Rent Radio Show.  This is the second week of pre-recorded shows and I am starting to get used to the process.  It took me nearly 3 … Continue reading →

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60 Days – Is it really 60 Days?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

It is Thursday and time to try something completely new and different.  I am back on the air after a three week absence.  However, as I mentioned earlier this week, this radio show will not be “Live.”  Instead, the Dr. … Continue reading →

Posted in 14-Day Notice, 5-Day Notice, CO Detectors, Housing Task Force, Questions, WNRB | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Where Have I Been??

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

Two weeks, that is a very long time between blog posts, nearly a record. The last blog post (that I can remember anyway) was my “Answers” post, which was a Dr Rent Radio Show preview from two weeks ago. In … Continue reading →

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… the Wisdom to Know the Difference

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Tonight at 7 PM the Wausau City Council will meet. They have a very short agenda, but one of those items is to formally approve the plan to convert the Federal Building into apartments, which will include a lease payment … Continue reading →

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