Disclosure: I am not an attorney. I do have 64+ years business experience including 48+ years in the real estate industry.
Westside Story – Compliance & Consequences
When I was a kid in the 1950s all authority figures, including parents, friend’s parents, neighbors, teachers, school principles, ministers, Catholic nuns, and police officers, made their expectations for our deportment, (A fancy word for behavior found on elementary school report cards.), abundantly clear.
Westside Story – Rentals, Oh Rentals, Wherefore Art Thou?
Lakewood’s big Rental Housing Safety Program (RHSP) started October 1, 2017. This socialism experiment is already interesting to watch. It appears Lakewood does not have a 100% accurate accounting of which Lakewood properties are rentals and which are not.
Westside Story – Market Basket Safety
Have you noticed Lakewood is still not doing anything about homeless people stealing $350 market-baskets, commonly called shopping-carts or grocery-buggies? Even though there is an easy, inexpensive, and effective solution to the market-basket theft/blight/safety problem, Lakewood refuses to take action.
Westside Story – RHSP Landlord Training Session
On September 27, 2017, at 6:00p Lakewood hosted their first Rental Housing Safety Plan (RHSP) Landlord Training Session. I went undercover, posing as a BTPO, (Big Time Property Owner). City staff spotted me. I should have worn a wig and dark glasses.
Westside Story – $1.00 Per Month
Boy oh boy was I ever wrong about a couple of things.
Westside Story – City of Lakewood Confiscates $2,880,000
In 2018, our City of Lakewood will force rental property owners into a game of financial Russian roulette.
Westside Story – Pencil Vs. Gun
I have lived in Lakewood for close to a half a century. During many of those years, I owned at least 7 rental homes in Lakewood. This was all before Lakewood decided to punish good landlords. Lakewood’s punishment in the form of the Residential Rental Inspection Program is set to begin in the year 2018.
Westside Story – Government Is Not Always Right
We need Federal, county and city government to accomplish what we, as citizens, cannot do on our own. Most politicians and government employees are impressive, dedicated, and hard working individuals. We can’t make it in life without them.