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Many community associations in Florida have a rule in their governing documents prohibiting owners from constructing clotheslines on their property. Certain communities feel as though visible clotheslines are an eyesore, and may decrease perceived property values....

Tenant returns home to find his belongings on the sidewalk outside of his apartment. He proceeds to the parking lot and gets shot in the leg by his landlord. Witnesses say there was no arguing or yelling involved, but something must have happened to spur this...

Young South Florida homeowner didn’t want to give up his foreclosed home, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. Tyler Butler, 21, tried to use a cigarette lighter to burn his home down, unsuccessfully. He then had the idea to fill a bowling ball with gun...

The eviction process in Florida is typically straightforward once a writ of possession has been issued by the court, however the Jacksonville police department recently had an entirely different experience. What should have been a routine eviction turned deadly when a...

The Florida Legislature has enacted 130 new laws which took effect July 1st, 2015. One of these new laws addresses a very important and growing issue in today’s world of emerging technology, Sexual Cyberharassment. Sexual Cyberharassment involves a person publishing a...

Carrie Beatty, her husband, and their five young children, were told by their landlord that the house they were renting is in foreclosure and they must leave immediately. This is a perfect example of an ignorant landlord who is not informed of their tenants’ rights...

Major Florida foreclosure firm, Butler and Hosch, closed its doors unexpectedly last month leaving thousands of foreclosure cases in the wind. The banks will scramble to get these files transferred to new foreclosure firms throughout the state, but some will...

Attention Florida tenants, House Bill 779 is here! On June 2nd Governor Rick Scott signed into law HB 779 (codified as s. 83.561 F.S.) which provides protections for tenants living in recently foreclosed homes. Tenants are now afforded 30 days written notice to vacate...