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ATTENTION
Property Owners and Managers! POA Offering
Education Seminars Throughout Year
With topics ranging from tenant selection
to income techniques, POA is offering
a series of monthly meetings with the
next seminar,
"Lead
Paint Compliance" taking place
on Novemer
6. Find
out more!
OPEN
THE DOOR TO A SAFER HOUSE! Grants are
available to Assist Investment Property
Owners With Lead Abatement.
If you own a rental property in Baltimore
in which the occupants include a child
under 6 years or a pregnant woman, you
may qualify for a $5,000 grant provided
by a nonprofit group towards lead abatement.
Find
out more!
Important
Information Regarding the Implementation
of House Bill 723
At
the request of the industry, the Attorney
General’s Office issued an opinion
regarding the implementation of House
Bill 723 of 2004, which lowers the rate
of interest required to be paid on a
residential security deposit from 4
percent to 3 percent, effective October
1, 2004.
Find
out what this means to you!
Want to Show Your Support for the Rental
Housing Market? Join POA PAC!
 If
you want to show your support for the
Rental Housing Market in Baltimore, then
join the following POA members
by becoming an annual contributor to the
POA Political Action Committee.
Help
Yourself and Help POA! Sponsor a New
POA Member and Receive a $50 CREDIT
Toward Your Annual Dues.
Every
time an applicant for POA membership
(referred by a current member) is approved
for membership, the person responsible
for that new membership will receive
credit toward their dues. Find
out about this exciting opportunity!
City
of Baltimore Provides Online Resource
for Property Owners
Property owners annoyed with their neighbor's
barking dogs, buildings turned into
eyesores because of graffiti or axle-busting
potholes in Baltimore have yet another
way to get City Hall's attention. Find
out about this tool!
POA
Members Get Discounts from Associates
in Associates Directory
Support
suppliers who support the rental housing
market and the POA by accessing the
Associates Directory. Please consider
using these suppliers of good and services
for their business. Visit
the directory now!
POA
Wants to Hear from YOU!
In
an effort to enhance the benefit of
POA membership, we are seeking to offer
regularly scheduled seminars on a variety
of topics relevant to property owners.
If there are any speakers or specific
topics you think would be of interest,
please contact Susan Gallagher at (410)
366-1324.
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Modified
DRR Work Order Form Template Available
to POA Members
Stay
in Compliance with HB 1245: POA Members
can now Download Updated Court Notice
Form and One-Page Explanatory Letter
to the Public.
You
may recall that the 2004 session of
the General Assembly passed HB 1245.
Among other provisions in the bill were
new questions to landlord-plaintiffs
that are required to appear on the "court
notice" form (Failure to Pay Rent
- Landlord's Complaint for Repossession
of Rented Premises under Real Property
Section 8 - 401). These questions are
intended to confirm the owner's compliance
with Maryland's Lead Poisoning Prevent
Law.
The
new forms go into effect October 1,
2004. POA Members may download a copy
of the new court
notice as well as an information
sheet which will be available
in the District Court clerks' offices,
explaining the new requirements.
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IMPORTANT
NOTICE FROM SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF BALTIMORE
CITY IN REGARD TO KEYS TO RENTAL PROPERTIES
Effective
immediately, the Sheriff's Office of Baltimore
City will no longer accept keys to gain
entry to multi-unit rental properties
to post notices. In addition, Sheriff's
Deputies, in the course of official duties,
are no longer authorized to carry or possess
any key to the rental property of another
person(s).
Beginning August 1, 2004, any owner or
agent that currently has a key or keys
with the Sheriff's Office may pick them
up between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the
Sheriff's District Court Office, located
at 111 North Calvert Street, garage entrance
at Guilford and Lexington Street. Keys
not retrieved by September 1, 2004, will
be destroyed.
Any additional inquiries may be directed
to Lieutenant James Harris at (410) 396-4674.
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ATTENTION ASSOCIATE MEMBERS! Marketing
Opportunity You Can't Afford to Miss.
In an effort to promote membership
in the POA, we are introducing a new benefit
to help both our Active and Associate
members. POA
is planning to distribute a Discount Coupon
Book to Active Members when they join
or renew. Find
out how to participate in the discount
book at no cost!
Important
Documents Available to POA Members
A
standardized lease and application form
are available to POA Members for download
in our POA
Member Area. In addition, the
POA makes available to its members the
"Lead Poisoning Prevention Manual."
The cost for members is $50 plus the
cost of postage.
Check these
documents out now! .
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Welcome
to the Property Owners
Association of Greater Baltimore
(POA),
a not for profit association providing educational,
legislative and networking services to businesses
and individuals concerned with the welfare of
the real estate market. 
