“Acceptance of less than the full amount of rent due from Tenant does not waive Owner’s right to evict Tenant for any past or existing violation of any term of this Lease.” The above-quoted language is perhaps one of the …

Acceptance of Part Payment of Rent: Real Estate Radio Hour Legal Minute, March 1, 2014 Read more »

A few weeks ago, one of my colleagues sent me a funny email entitled “dopey warning signs.”  The gist of the story was how certain lawsuits led to seemingly obvious warning signs on products.  For example, an exercise bike from …

Minnesota Court of Appeals: Landlord Has No Duty to Supplant a Negligent Parent Read more »

Many real estate investors in the current market are focusing on properties in foreclosure.  Many of these properties are rental properties which were lost by prior investor-owners when the interest rates on the adjustable rate mortgages which financed their investment …

What is the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, and Why Do Real Estate Investors Need to Care About It? Read more »

Continuing with our theme of real estate laws whose time has come…and gone…No. 4 on our list is the abandoned property provisions of Minnesota’s landlord-tenant statutes, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 504B. I work with a lot of real estate investors who …

Top Five Silliest Real Estate Laws: No. 4: The Abandoned Property Provisions of Minnesota’s Landlord-Tenant Statutes Read more »