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...
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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...
First-time Homebuyer Credit Extended Through April 2010
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. and Cody Roberts Before we review the changes in the First-time Homebuyer Credit for 2010, we need to summarize the prior law. In August, we wrote an article explaining the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” which expanded the...
PROA Board Meeting December 2009
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Residential Owners’ Association met December 3, in Camp Hill, outside of Harrisburg. The Officers, Grant Nelson, President, Rita Dallago, Executive Director, Jean Yevick, Vice President, John...
PROA Needs Your Help For its Legal Defense Fund to Fight for Real Estate Investors Statewide
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. Why does it matter to a landlord in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia what a small town council does in the middle of the state? Why should an investor in Erie worry about the result of a lawsuit in Common Pleas Court in Lackawanna County? The...