By Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire Last month, I was contacted by a seller who sold his home last August. He had been trying for months to figure out why he paid 2015/2016 school taxes through his tax escrow, paid more 2015/2016 school taxes at closing, and never got his...
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Facts and Figures about Pittsburgh’s anticipated 2016 Rental Registration Ordinance
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire In November of 2014, the Pittsburgh City Council had a public hearing on Ordinance 2014-1020, the Residential Rental Housing Registration Ordinance which would impose on each residential rental unit in the city a $65.00 per year...
PROA Regroups for the Long Haul on Student Housing Legislation
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire After over a year of hard work finding the right language, a committed sponsor in the legislature, and the right timing to move forward, we had in HB 809 sponsored by Representative Sue Helm a vehicle we believed would protect students...
National REIA Mid-Year Conference Brings Exciting News
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. ACRE is the Western PA chapter of National REIA, the National Real Estate Investors’ Association. The association has given us connections to and feedback on the quality of national speakers, and has kept us up to date on issues facing real...
July PROA Board Member Message
Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire As I write this message, I have just finished a three day convention of leaders of real estate investors’ groups from all over Pennsylvania and the rest of the country. It occurs to me that it has been some time since I wrote to you about...
Where Are You Going as a Real Estate Investor This Year?
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire Now that we can close the door on 2012, as we start preparing information regarding our real estate investing activities for our 2012 tax returns, it’s a perfect time to look a little harder at that information and see how we are doing...
Fall 2011 PROA Report
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. The quarterly PROA board meeting was held on the first Thursday of September. Our lobbyists from Pugliese Associates in Harrisburg reported on the status of almost a hundred different bills of interest to landlords and real estate...
EPA Delays Enforcement of Certification for Lead Safe Renovation, Repair and Painting
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. If you have not yet taken the EPA approved RRP contractor certification class, and have work to do on your pre-1978 properties, you have a little breathing room. The EPA announced Friday, June 18th that it is postponing the enforcement of...
Lead Certification Training for Landlords and Rehabbers
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. As I write this article, we are less than a week away from the imposition by the EPA of its new requirements to minimize lead exposure during remodeling and renovation of pre 1978 housing units. Since last month, I have attended along with...
EPA Lead Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule Effective April 22, 2010
By Bradley S. Dornish The EPA promulgated in June 2008 a new “Lead Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program Rule” which affects renovation work done on rental housing units, child care facilities and schools (Covered Properties) built prior to 1978. We...