The Minority Apartment Owners Association held it’s bi-monthly meeting on July 13. Ruth A. Hayles, Executive Director, for the Association and General Manager of International Realty & Investments, one of the largest and oldest full service brokerage firm specializing in property management, welcomed the full house of rental property owners. Ms. Hayles provided attendees with an update on some of the important laws that most recently took effect and provided highlights of the June meeting of the National Apartment Association that she attended in Atlanta. Included in her remarks were updates on HUD guidelines regarding Disparate Impact, occupancy standards, and the new law, which went into effect on July 1, 2017 regarding bed bugs.
Ms. Hayles introduced the guest speaker Melissa Hernandez an attorney with Felman, Daggenhurst & El Dabe, a firm specializing in landlord law with over 60 years of combined experience and nearly 100,000 unlawful detainer cases filed. One area which Ms. Hernandez specializes in is handling jury trials. Ms. Hernandez provided a step by step guide as to not only how to prepare for a jury trial, but provided useful information on how to avoid jury trials and to help reduce landlord’s cost. Attorney Hernandez provided attendees with an 8 page package of useful information related to rental property owners and the eviction process.
Mr. Bennett, president and CEO of International Realty & Investments, closed out the meeting by thanking everyone for attending and indicated the importance of owners getting involved in legislative issues that impact rental property ownership. Members may come by the office and pick-up their package if they were unable to attend.
Mr. Bennett followed-up on Ms. Hayles announcement regarding the MAOA 30th Anniversary Reception, which will be held at the newly remodeled Proud Bird Event Center on Friday, September 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
For information about the event you may contact the corporate office at (323)754-2818 or visit their website at www.intlrealtyinvestment.com and click on MAOA.