COVID-19 HEALTH EMERGENCY UPDATES AND MEMOS:
- (1/26/24) MANAGERS: CHOCK FULL OF NUTS: view here
- (1/22/24) MEMORANDUM: IMMIGRATION STATUS DISCRIMINATION: view here
- (1/19/24) MANAGERS: HOP ON THE SCALE: view here
- (1/12/24) MANAGERS: TITWWLI: view here
- (1/5/24) MANAGERS: NEW YEARS REVOLUTIONS: view here
- (12/15/23) MANAGERS: THE JOURNEY: NOVELS TO CLIFFSNOTES: view here
- (12/8/23) MANAGERS: VICTIMS WANTED / GREAT PAY & BENEFITS/ VICTIMISATION: view here
- (12/6/23) MEMORANDUM: NO INTEREST SUMMARY IF NO SECURITY DEPOSIT: view here
- (12/1/23) MANAGERS: DOUBLE JEOPARDY: view here
- (11/17/23) MANAGERS: N-U-T-S!: view here
- (11/10/23) MANAGERS: HE’S INSATIABLE / I’M ALL WORN OUT: view here
- (11/3/23) MANAGERS: SINATRA AND ME: view here
- (10/20/23) MANAGERS: ROADS, CANS, AND RUBBER: view here
- (10/13/23) MANAGERS: GAMBLING IN CASABLANCA / HYPOALLERGENIC: view here
- (10/6/23) MANAGERS: “THE NEWLY ARRIVED”: view here
- (9/29/23) MANAGERS: THE “COMMUNITY”: view here
- (9/22/23) MANAGERS: MAXWELL HOUSE OR STARBUCKS: view here
- (9/15/23) MANAGERS: PISSED OFF? STAND IN LINE: view here
- (9/8/23) MANAGERS: J’ACCUSE!: view here
- (8/25/23) MANAGERS: SOMETIMES THERE IS NO “CURE”: view here
- (8/18/23) MANAGERS: NAME, RANK, AND SERIAL NUMBER / THE GREAT ESCAPE: view here
- (8/11/23) MANAGERS: PAUSE AND AFFECT: view here
- (8/4/23) MANAGERS: THE PAST DOESN’T MATTER RIGHT? THREE-LEGGED STOOL IV / TENANT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: view here
- (7/28/23) MANAGERS: QUACK QUACK / “M.D.” = MISDIRECTED: view here
- (7/21/23) MANAGERS: A 6-LETTER WORD: view here
- (7/14/23) MANAGERS: NOT NEXT STEPS… NEXT MOVES: view here
- (7/7/23) MANAGERS: SOMETHING FOR NOTHING: view here
- (6/23/23) MANAGERS: SORRY WRONG NUMBER / SIN GRACIA: view here
- (6/16/23) MANAGERS: POPPING A SQUAT(ER): view here
- (6/9/23) MANAGERS: A.I. IS NOT A.1.: view here
- (6/2/23) MANAGERS: MIND YOUR P’s, Q’s, AND ARO’S / CREDIT SCREENING: view here
- (5/26/23) MANAGERS: COOL READING FOR A HOT WEEKEND / IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR: view here
- (5/19/23) MANAGERS: GOLD / SILVER / BRONZE… LUNATENS 👹: view here
- (5/12/23) MANAGERS: PROMISES, PROMISES / EXCUSES, EXCUSES / GRAINS OF SAND ON THE BEACH: view here
- (5/5/23) MANAGERS: THE MENU / CHEZ CHICAGO: view here
- (4/28/23) MANAGERS: LOOKING FORWARD THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR/ FORT KNOX: view here
- (4/21/23) MANAGERS: THE STARTING LINE: view here
- (4/14/23) MANAGERS: HIPPIES / ELECTIONS: view here
- (3/31/23) MANAGERS: DO I MAKE THIS STUFF UP? / BRAIN TEASERS: view here
- (3/24/23) MANAGERS: IN HONOR OF THE OLD “DOUBLE T”: view here
- (3/17/23) MANAGERS: NO FUNNY BUSINESS THIS WEEK / CARES ACT BUILDINGS LIST: view here
- (3/10/23) MANAGERS: FEELINGS… NOTHING MORE THAN FEELINGS: view here
- (3/3/23) MANAGERS: ALICE IN WONDERLAND / RENT RELIEF: view here
- (2/24/23) MANAGERS: CHICAGO’S PRO-CRIME POLITICIANS / IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WON’T COME / VOTE THEM OUT: view here
- (2/17/23) MANAGERS: TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE (SOMETIMES): view here
- (2/10/23) MANAGERS: SLEAZY MOTELS: view here
- (2/3/23) MANAGERS: BANK ROBBERY AS A NEW “SOURCE OF INCOME”: view here
- (1/27/23) MANAGERS: THREE-LEGGED STOOL PART III / BIDEN HARRIS “RENTERS BILL OF RIGHTS” / NO WORRIES… MULTI-FAMILY LOBBYISTS STILL SPONSOR ICE CREAM SOCIALS: view here
- (1/20/23) MANAGERS: IT’S YOUR LUCKY DAY… YOU’RE A DOUBLE VICTIM!: view here
- (1/13/23) MANAGERS: THE EVICTION HAT-TRICK: view here
- (1/6/23) MANAGERS: WELCOME TO 2023! HANGOVERS / WHO CARE’S?… IF THE SHOE FITS, U CARES!: view here
- (12/21/22) ILLINOIS “SAFE-T” ACT MEMORANDUM: view here
- (12/16/22) MANAGERS: NOW HEAR THIS (AGAIN): view here
- (12/9/22) MANAGERS: THE MISSION CREEP(S) THREE-LEGGED STOOL: PART II: view here
- (12/2/22) MANAGERS: THREE SMART UNDER THE MICROSCOPE / BEWARE OF CLASS ACTION SUITS: view here
- (11/18/22) MANAGERS: DON’T HATE ME BECAUSE I’M SMART / THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF ILLINOIS EVICTION NOTICES MUST BE SERVED PERSONALLY: view here
- (11/11/22) MANAGERS: WHO ARE YOUR HATFIELDS & MCCOYS?: view here
- (10/28/22) MANAGERS: A FEE BY ANY OTHER NAME: view here
- (10/21/22) MANAGERS: DUTY TO MITIGATE IDIOCY / WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST AGREE?: view here
- (10/14/22) MANAGERS: FOR BETTER, OR FOR WORSE… TILL DEATH DO US PART: view here
- (10/7/22) MANAGERS: OH BOY, DO I HAVE A HYBRID FOR YOU!: view here
- (9/30/22) MANAGERS: I’M FEELING ABANDONED / BEST DAY OF MY LIFE: view here
- (9/23/22) MANAGERS: ESA’s, ESP’s, OR BOTH?: view here
- (9/16/22) MANAGERS: NEVER ASK A BARBER IF YOU NEED A HAIRCUT / AVERAGE UNCONTESTED EVICTION CASE IN COOK COUNTY NOW 7-MONTHS: view here
- (9/9/22) MANAGERS: PROTECTING YOUR (ASS)ETS: view here
- (8/26/22) MANAGERS: DON’T YOU GET IT? NO MEANS NO… NON-CONSENSUAL RENT RELIEF: view here
- (8/19/22) MANAGERS: DO THE TENANT TWO-STEP: view here
- (8/5/22) MANAGERS: GET RID OF THE “HELICOPTER”… LAUGH OF THE WEEK/MONTH?: view here
- (7/29/22) MANAGERS: A LEOPARD NEVER CHANGES ITS STRIPES: view here
- (7/22/22) MANAGERS: 10TH ROUND “RENT RELIEF” / DEADBEAT’S PARADISE: view here
- (7/15/22) MANAGERS: FOLLOW THE SCIENCE / QUACK, QUACK!: view here
- (7/8/22) MANAGERS: TRIGGERS DON’T PULL THEMSELVES: view here
- (6/24/22) MANAGERS: RENOVATION CONTEMPLATION: view here
- (6/17/22) MANAGERS: DON’T GIVE AWAY THE STORE, BUT WRAP IT UP / RISK MANAGEMENT: view here
- (6/10/22) MANAGERS: THIRD-PARTY VENDOR PERSONAL vs COMPANY EMPLOYEES: A NEW OUTBREAK / NO VACCINATION AVAILABLE: view here
- (6/3/22) MANAGERS: TENANT CONFUSION / ARE YOU MY MOTHER? MY DAD? THE POLICE? OR ALL OF THE ABOVE?: view here
- (5/20/22) MANAGERS: STICK TO YOUR GUNS / NO GOOD DEED WILL GO UNPUNISHED: view here
- (5/13/22) MANAGERS: IS THERE A MASOCHIST IN THE HOUSE?: view here
- (5/6/22) BE OUR GUEST BE OUR GUEST…: view here
- (4/28/22) MANAGERS: FEELING ABANDONED? / DON’T CALL OPRAH: view here
- (4/22/22) MANAGERS: EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES / THE DUMBEST GUY IN THE ROOM: view here
- (4/15/22) MANAGERS: IT’S PASSOVER, PUT A “M” ON YOUR OFFICE DOOR: view here
- (4/8/22) MANAGERS: MARY POPPINS 2022 / ‘PSYCHO-CALIFRAGILISTIC-EXPIALIDOCIOUS’: view here
- (4/1/22) MANAGERS: THE THREE-LEGGED STOOL WITH TWO MISSING LEGS: view here
- (3/25/22) MANAGERS: LOOKING FOR LOOPHOLES?: view here
- (3/18/22) MANAGERS: A DIRTY LITTLE EVICTION SECRET: view here
- (3/11/22) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/AUTHENTIC STUPIDITY: view here
- (3/4/22) MANAGERS: DON’T SCREW YOUR OFFER OF RENEWAL… YOU’LL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT!: view here
- (2/25/22) MANAGERS: CALLING ALL MALL COPS!: view here
- (2/18/22) MANAGERS: THROW OUT YOUR PANDEMIC LEFTOVERS!: view here
- (2/11/22) MANAGERS: The Lunatic And The Social Worker: view here
- (1/28/22) MANAGERS: The Zombie Zoom Phenomenon: view here
- (1/21/22) MANAGERS: Never Play A Game That is Designed for You To Lose / “The Tenant Misery Freak”: view here
- (1/14/22) MANAGERS: TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME / A BITTERSWEET EVICTION STORY: view here
- (1/7/22) 2022 THE YEAR TO BECOME BILINGUAL: THERE ARE 27 LETTERS IN THE GREEK ALPHABET: view here
- (12/31/21) Re: ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO No. 2021-2: view here
- (12/17/21) SHAKESPEARE FOR MANAGERS: To Evict or Non-Renew That is the Question!: view here
- (12/10/21) MANAGERS: BEWARE OF YOUR PHANTOM PAINS IN THE $$$: view here
- (12/6/21) The City of Chicago COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance Expired on Friday, December 3, 2021, and has not been renewed.: view here
- (12/3/21) MANAGERS: IT’S TIME TO GET RID OF YOUR PACIFIC HEIGHTS NIGHTMARE(S) AND RESTOCK YOUR SHELVES: view here
- (11/19/21) BREAKING BAD to BREAKING BAD HABITS: I Love Wearing Sunglasses Indoors: view here
- (11/12/21) MANAGERS: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR BATMAN; DON’T CATCH RABIES!: view here
- (10/29/21) GOVERNMENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE: A TROJAN HORSE: view here
- (10/22/21) Sometimes You Just Gotta Keep Those Boxes Empty: The High Cost of Bad Inventory: view here
- (10/15/21) Never Ask a Barber If You Need A Haircut / It’s Time To Evict!: view here
- (10/5/21) Expiration of IL Moratorium / Chicago COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance Remains in Effect: view here
- (10/1/21) THE MONA LISA TOM CRUISE ONLINE RENTALS: BIRDS OF A FEATHER: view here
- (9/24/21) GREAT EXPECTATIONS: THIS TIME IT’S PRITZKER, NOT DICKENS: view here
- (9/17/21) Calling All Industry Professionals! Be on the Lookout for Rent Control: view here
- (9/10/21) WANNA RENT THE PENTHOUSE? MEET MY DOG SPOT!: view here
- (8/27/21) Supremes Tell CDC: Stop In The Name of The Law, Now It’s Up To Pritzker: view here
- (8/20/21) Managers: Beware of “The Great Escape”: view here
- (8/13/21) Of Mark Twain and The Moratorium: view here
- (8/4/21) The Eviction Moratorium/It Ain’t Over ‘til It’s Over: view here
- (7/23/21) Managers: Always Consult Before You Evict! You Don’t Want to Inconvenience Your Evictee, Even if They Owe You $60,000 Dollars: view here
- (7/23/21) Managers: Hello? Goodbye? Onward and Backyard: view here
- (7/16/21) Alexander Graham Bell & Aretha Franklin: Call Me: view here
- (7/9/21) Of Love & Hate: How to Manage the Poison Pen of Social Media: view here
- (7/2/21) Moratorium Confusion: Happy 4th of July Managers / There’s No Business, Like Show Business: view here
- (6/25/21) Managers: Enjoy the Summer fun, but don’t pick the low-hanging fruit!: view here
- (6/18/21) Systemic Idiocy / Judicial Insanity: The Eviction “Health and Safety” Affidavit: view here
- (6/15/21) Update on Illinois Eviction Moratorium: view here
- (6/4/21) PTSD and Something for Free: I’m Calling The Pentagon!: view here
- (5/28/21) Apartments for Rent – No Rules! / The Woodstock Marketing Plan: view here
- (5/25/21) RE: Cook County Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance (“RTLO”) Effective June 1, 2021: view here
- (5/21/21) The Limbo: How Low Can You Go? How Does Beating Up a Cane-Carrying Old Lady Sound?: view here
- (5/14/21) I WAS THE VICTIM OF A “THREAT ACTOR” : A Ransomware Must Read: view here
- (5/7/21) RE: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) New Disclosure to Tenants Required – Residential Evictions: view here
- (5/4/21) GHOSTBUSTERS IS OUT OF BUSINESS / CALL “HR”: view here
- (4/16/21) Dear Manager: You Can’t Always Be Switzerland: view here
- (4/9/21) Pennies From Heaven / Billions from the “G”: view here
- (4/7/21) RE: IHDA and RAP Rental Assistance Memoranda: view here
- Memorandum for 2021 Chicago Rental Assistance Program (RAP) – This is an update regarding the status of Chicago’s local governmental assistance program to provide financial support to tenants from federal emergency funds. Click to view
- Memorandum for Update – 2021 Illinois Rental Payment Program (IHDA) – This is an update regarding the status of IHDA’s 2021 Illinois Rental Payment Program (ILRPP). Click to view
- (4/2/21) John Smith Meets Jane Dough: A True Non-Love Story: view here
- (3/26/21) Chain of Command / Chain of Demand: Don’t Lose This Game: view here
- (3/19/21) Managers: Stay Healthy, Don’t Catch Sisyphus! When No Means No!: view here
- (3/12/21) You Don’t Have To Live In Sweden To Catch Stockholm Syndrome / Sue The Bastards!: view here
- (3/10/21) Memoradum Cook County Residential Landlords (Suburban Cook County) Re: UPDATE – Cook County Emergency Rental Assistance Program Applications Accepted Beginning Thursday, March 11, 2021: view here
- (3/10/21) Two-Legged Non-Payment Eviction Stool Now Only Has One Leg: view here
- (3/5/21) Brain Atrophy and The Vomitous Level of Successful Fraud: view here
- (3/1/21) Memo to Landlords RE Credit Reporting Policies and Procedures: view here
- (2/26/21) FATAL ATTRACTION: THE STAR CROSSED LOVE OF FREE RENT: view here
- (2/25/21) Cook County Class Action Litigation Filed Regarding Common Area & Amenity Fees During Pandemic: view here
- (2/19/21) Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick: Teddy Roosevelt (1901) | “Zero Tolerance”: view here
- (2/12/21) Happy Birthday Honest Abe / Evictions in the Land of Lincoln 2021: view here
- (2/5/21) Sir Issac Newton’s Third Law / Gravity / Expenses / Capital Improvements: view here
- (1/29/21) Nostradamus and the Moratorium: view here
- (1/19/21) The Fool Who Built His House in the Sand: view here
- (1/7/21) It’s 2021: Our Troubles are Over?: view here
- (12/23/20) Person of The Year / Prisoner of Utopian Dystopia: view here
- (12/14/20) UPDATE – The Filing of Non-Payment of Rent Evictions in Illinois 12/11/20 Pritzker Order IHDA Declaration Service Requirements: view here
- (12/11/20) Masterpiece Theatre: Everyone Gets An Emmy: view here
- (12/3/20) Crank Up The Rusty Machinery: view here
- (11/24/20)“Nothing is so Permanent as a Temporary Government Program”: view here
- (11/16/20) Changes to Illinois Eviction Moratorium Effective Immediately and Illinois Housing Development Authority Form: view here
- (11/13/20) Who’s The Boss? Episode Two: The Solution: view here
- (11/6/20) Who’s The Boss? Who Gets a New Toilet?: view here
- (10/30/20) How Long Can This Keep Going On?: view here
- (10/20/20) Memo to Clients – Extension of Pritzker Illinois Eviction Moratorium / Federal Eviction Moratorium: view here
- (10/16/20) Of Screenshot and Screen Test: view here
- (10/9/20) Food For Thought: America’s First Nationalized Industry: view here
- (10/1/20) Reality Check: You Can’t Defy The Laws of Gravity Forever: view here
- (9/23/20) Memo to Clients – Extension of Pritzker Illinois Eviction Moratorium / Federal Eviction Moratorium: view here
- (9/10/20) The Command Real Estate Economy Part II: The Enduring Power of Cliches: view here
- Federal Eviction Moratorium – view here
- (9/3/20) Memo to Clients – Federal Eviction Moratorium: view here
- (8/27/20) Dissension In The Ranks: Be Vigilant In Anticipation Of This Movie Coming to a Theatre Near You Soon: view here
- (8/18/20) Statewide Eviction Moratorium expires 8/22 and has not been renewed: Non-Payment of Rent Evictions may be filed after that date: view here
- (8/13/20) Hemingway Knew, Why Don’t You? : view here
- RLTO Summary for Immediate Download – view here
- (8/5/20) Oops, They Did it Again… view here
- Chicago “Fair Notice Ordinance” Memorandum – view here
- Chicago Notice of COVID-19 Impact – view here
- COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance Memorandum – UPDATE – view here
- (7/28/20) Two Memoranda Summaries: COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance Update including Notice of COVID Impact and Chicago “Fair Notice Ordinance”: view here
- (7/17/20) Back to the Future / Used Car Lot Building Service Contracts: view here
- (7/9/20) The Emperor’s Old Clothes – Union Contracts: view here
- Memorandum: Status of Illinois Eviction Filings in Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties / CARES Act Moratorium: view here
- (7/2/20) Deferred Rent Payment Plans: view here
- (6/25/20) Memorandum: Summary of The Chicago COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance: view here
- The COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance – view here
- (6/19/20) Evaporation: NDA’s and so much more – The COVID-19 Eviction Protection Ordinance : view here
- (6/12/20) Are We There Yet? : view here
- (6/5/20) They Serve and Protect: Who Are These People? : view here
- (5/29/20) Dr. Fauci/ Expert Guidance : view here
- (5/26/20) ‘The Reports of My Death are Greatly Exaggerated’ : view here
- Proposed Chicago “Just Cause” Eviction Ordinance – view here
- (5/22/20) Zeitgeist: A Defining Spirit or Mood of a Particular Period of History: view here
- (5/14/20) Don’t Follow Consensus, Form It: view here
- COVID-19 Emergency Renter and Homeowner Protection Act: view here
- (5/8/20) The Command Real Estate Economy – view here
- (5/1/20) One Size Fits Some – view here
- (4/21/20) Aldermanic Proposal to Defer Rent for One Year in Chicago – view here
- Sample Letter for Landlords who have been Ghosted: view here
- (4/16/20) It’s That Time of the Month – view here
- (4/9/20) Possession Oriented Remedies Under CARES – view here
- 2020 CARES Act – Scope of 120-Day Moratorium : view here
- (4/6/20) Never Ask a Barber If You Need a Haircut / Non-Payment of Rent Cases under the CARES Act – view here
- (3/31/20) “The Worm Turns” and Tenant Exploitation – view here
- (3/30/20) CARES Act – Summary for Landlords – view here
- (3/27/20) America’s Hottest New Knock Knock Joke – view here
- Ten Important Recommendations – Covid-19 Pandemic: view here
- (3/26/20) Wisdom: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” – Mike Tyson” – view here
- COVID-19 Rent Modification/Repayment Plan Application Form – download here
- (3/25/20) “Never Make Forecasts, Especially About the Future” – Possibilities and Probabilities – view here
- (3/24/20) “Neither a borrower nor a lender be…” Unless You Must – view here
- (3/23/20) Don’t Talk to Strangers / No Collective Negotiations for Rent Concessions / Individual Evaluations – view here
- Use of Nondisclosure Agreements (NDA’s) Under Federal, State & Local Laws – download here
- (3/20/20) NDAs: If They Break It, You Buy It – view here
- (3/19/20) Tenant Triage Must Be a Crucial Part of Your Action Plan – view here
- (3/18/20) Enforceable Repayment Forbearance / Repayment Agreements / Protecting Landlords and Tenants: Anticipating April 1st and Beyond – view here
- (3/17/20) Evictions, Cook County Court Operations & Service of Necessary Notices during COVID-19 – view here
- (3/16/20) Managing the “Force Majure” Clause During the COVID-19 Public Emergency – view here
- (3/16/20) COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY/CRITICAL MULTIFAMILY ISSUES – view here