What should Colorado landlords and property managers know when handling a tenant’s request for an emotional support or service animal? Landlords, owners’ associations, and property managers across Colorado have been experiencing an increase in requests for accommodations for assistance animals – either a traditional “service animal” or the increasingly common “emotional support animal.” When these … Continue Reading
As health care providers compete for patients, they seek locations convenient for patients. This phenomenon has driven clinics, urgent care facilities, and other health care providers into general office and store front retail space Health care providers create special leasing issues. Among other things, health care providers work with chemicals, they produce biomedical waste, their … Continue Reading
Co-Author: Catherine A. Hance, Esq. Question 1: A tenant gives appropriate notice to vacate a rental unit and vacates the premises in accord with that notice. When must the landlord return the security deposit to the vacating tenant? Answer 1: A landlord must, within “one month after the termination of a lease or surrender and acceptance … Continue Reading
Purchasing real estate for investment purposes may be the easy part. Managing the property can be the challenge. Multiple unit dwellings and commercial buildings are often managed by a property manager or property management company independent of the property owner. Single unit or single properties or duplexes, on the other hand, are often managed by … Continue Reading
