Rental Housing Journal Utah
May 2015 - Vol. 7 Issue 5
2. Father Son Team Highlight Their Amazing Race
4. Board Chair's Message: A Record Breaking and Award Winning Year
3. Ask The Attorney: 3 Day Pay or Quit Notice
5. Director's Message: Membership Report Spring 201
UPCOMING EVENTS:
General Membership Meetings All meetings 7 pm – for addresses go to www.uaageneralmembershipmeetings.com Ogden..........................................................June 23rd Orem.............................................................June 24th Salt Lake City............................................June 25th
Events Golf Tounament........................................July 15th Economic Forecast................September 15th
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Landlord’s Role Smoke Detectors: Smoke detectors are still the most important tool to prevent fires. Most residential fires start in the kitchen, and most kitchen fires smolder and put off lots of smoke for several minutes prior to flaming and catching the room on fire. So having working smoke detectors is essential for catching and preventing fires from getting worse. Landlords should check smoke detectors and make sure detectors are working at least every six months. Remember, tenants are highly likely to disable the one in the kitchen. So have several others throughout the house that can act as redundancy and
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UAA Tradeshow a Resounding Success
Fire Prevention Strategies aving a fire in your rental property is every landlord’s nightmare. Yet they occur daily. In fact, there is a kitchen fire reported in the United States every 4.5 minutes. As many as ten times as many more fires are not reported, but do serious smoke and other damage to kitchens. Since landlords are not the people who are using that kitchen, it’s important that landlords and tenants both play a role in preventing kitchen fires.
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By Taylor Smith, Utah Apartment Association
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he Utah Apartment Association Fair Housing Education Conference & Trade Show was held on April 29, 2015 at the South Towne Expo Center This annual gathering is the largest meeting of landlords, property managers, apartment supervisors and others connected with the rental housing industry and broke new records this year with nearly 1,400 attendees. There were 117 exhibitors. “This year we had record breaking attendance with attendees from every corner of the state,” said RileeJo Stone, UAA Events Coordinator. “It was a huge success!” Dozens of volunteers helped make sure that the event ran smoothly. The 117 vendors – from large nationwide
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Connor and David O'Leary, Keynote Speakers. Read more about their " Amazing Race" – page 2
Law Offices of Kirk A. Cullimore – Representing and Serving Landlords
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irk A. Cullimore got into landlord law almost by accident. As a lawyer practicing collection law and setting up corporate entities and tax shelters, Kirk had a conversation with a friend about doing collections and evictions for apartment communities. Congress had just changed the laws on tax shelters so he had to pivot anyway. He decided he’s give representing landlords a try – and the rest is History. The Law Offices of Kirk Cullimore represent only landlords, primarily in eviction and collections. Kirk has ...continued on page 7
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