Serving a corporation that owns property is supposed to be easy. Every corporation doing business within a state must appoint a registered agent. The name and address of […]
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Cycle of complacency and outrage continues
In my last couple of Tweets, I pointed inspectors to articles involving the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West Texas and a tragic fire in England. It’s […]
Code Enforcement / Foreclosure / property maintenance
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Compliance Connections assists inspectors
The Illinois Association of Code Enforcement group does a lot of informative programming for its members. Recently I had the pleasure of attending a day of training and […]
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HUD contact for property management
One of the inspectors I work with shared this with me about contact information for a property management company taking care of properties for HUD. HUD has established […]
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Home owners gone rogue
Recently I was interviewed by MSN Real Estate for an article on working without a permit. The article just appeared online entitled “When Homeowners Go Rogue”. It’s a […]
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Inspector caught on camera inspecting roof from the ground
Given the technology that is all around us, an inspector needs to act as if everything he or she does is being videotaped. Unfortunately one inspector in Largo, […]
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Religion and building codes
Morristown N.Y. recently settled a case with the Amish community over failure to follow the local building code. The Amish had contended they did not need to adhere […]
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Code enforcement and cannabis
Santa Barbara is a wonderful place for a code training. I was lucky enough to be invited by the California County Building Offiicials Association to teach Legal Aspects […]