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Unannounced Landlord Visits — an AVVO Answer.

I am hearing an increasing number of complaints from tenants about unannounced or poorly announced inspections of apartments. These are generally not emergencies and tenants do resent them. Landlords should be mindful that such intrusions create an opportunity for misunderstandings and mishaps.

6 Things to Do Every Day — a marthastewart.com checklist

No. 507

Here’s six things that Martha says we should do every day.

1. Make the Bed.

2. Manage Clutter.

3. Sort the Mail.

4. Clean as you Cook.

5. Wipe up Spills while they’re Fresh.

6. Sweep the Kitchen Floor.

The Prisoner’s Dilemma

At times we are forced to trust total strangers with nothing more to go on than a few words and a facial expression. Every time we trust another human being, even someone we know well, we take a calculated risk. But then, opportunity comes wrapped in risk.

It’s Tax Sale Time Again — an AVVO Answer.

Allegheny County does not have an annual sale in September. Tax properties are sold year-round at the same sheriff sale where mortgage foreclosures and other judicial sales of real estate are held. The City of Pittsburgh also holds Treasurer’s Sales quarterly. If you are confused, don’t be embarrassed. This is a very confusing system and when your property has been sold at a tax sale you MUST hire a lawyer. As I commented in my AVVO Answer, petitioning to overturn a tax sale is no time and place for a non-lawyer or even a lawyer not experienced in the subject to be learning the ropes.

Labor Law: Work Lawyers Do On the Way to their Calling and What it Means.

No. 504 John Grisham recounts in the New York Times today a series of backbreaking and mind-breaking jobs he performed on his way to becoming a trial lawyer and then an author. These involved such joyful work as laying asphalt  on Mississippi roads in the summer and crawling under houses to find plumbing leaks. When […]

Arbitration has moved into its new home.

After years on the Fifth Floor of the historic Allegheny County Court House, the Arbitration division is finally moving in with the rest of the Civil Division.

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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 45 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.

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