As one of the experienced rental property owners (35 years), it would not bother me a bit to see ALL properties in Mineapolis inspected for code violations, including home owner occupied properties. That would be the most equitable approach to this problem of substandard housing.
Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] what housing inspectors do > > Dennis Plante Responds: > > Steve, whereas I currently don't own any rental property and whereas I never > said it to begin with, I don't think I'm making the statement that I > wouldn't bring my rental properties up to code. I in fact live in Jordan > and can only attest to what my somewhat trained eye sees. I have no facts > or figures to draw from. How about you? Where do you live? What > percentage of the TOTAL overall rental property owners are experienced and > professional in their appoach to managing their properties? > > As a general contractor, at least I have to pass an examination to prove my > ability, all a rental property owner has to do is show-up with the ability > to borrow the money necessary to cover the note. > > The current problem Steve, is that for every responsible and experienced > rental property owner you can name, I can probably name one ON MY BLOCK that > is not. You, more so than I, should be opposed to this type of operating > procedure, for they are your competition. > > Dennis Plante > Jordan > > Steve Meldahl Writes: > > Dennis speaks that he would not bring a property up to code if he did not > have to. Obviously spoken by an inexperienced homeowner or non investment > property owner. > > All of the professional and experienced rental property owners know that it > is much cheaper in the long run to invest upfront (ie bring up to code at a > minimum if not totally remodel). The reason is that your upfront expense is > more than offset by the savings in maintenance and service calls you avoid > over the subsequent years , as you tend to get a better qualified and more > responsible tenant. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail > Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
