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--></style><div><div class="yiv1907007510WordSection1"><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Not one day goes by where a client is not presented with some bogus “Registration” of a service animal off of the internet.</span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">How are you all dealing with what you can ask the applicant/tenant as far as “proof” of necessity goes?</span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">It is out of control. Totally out of control. I was told that the verification of need does NOT have to come from a doctor or medical professional but who qualifies? The leader of the local “Stress Meet Up Group” “Insomniacs Are Us”?.</span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I am connected with a bunch of FH experts in the US but no one has a consistent answer.</span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I use a guy Robin (Robert) Hein out of Atlanta rhein@apartmentlaw.com for all my referrals of FH issues. Do we have any real experts in this in Florida?</span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Harry</span></div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";'>LAW OFFICES OF <br>HEIST, WEISSE & WOLK P.A.<br>PH: 1 800 253 8428<br>FAX: 1 800 367 9038<br>"Serving the Property Management Professional"<br>Website: </span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.evict.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";'>www.evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";'> <br>Email: </span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="mailto:harry@evict.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:harry@evict.com"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";'>harry@evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";'></span></b></div><table width="100%" align="left" class="yiv1907007510MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%; margin-right: 0.1in; margin-bottom: 8.2pt; margin-left: 0.1in;" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="height: 19.9pt;"><td width="16%" style="padding: 1.5pt; width: 16.3%; height: 19.9pt;" rowspan="2"><table width="450" class="yiv1907007510MsoTableGrid" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; width: 3.75in; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="81" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 48.3pt;"><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heist-Weisse-Wolk-PA/343965575625870" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Consolas; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;"><img width="46" height="46" id="yiv1907007510Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:VpWP11Ra9deUlbST4tmX" border="0" data-id="06a696c5-d4f1-fa4a-2c6d-763f10e376fe"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Consolas; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div></td><td width="370" valign="top" style="padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.7pt;"><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><br></span></b><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Visit us on Facebook</span></b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="padding: 1.5pt; width: 82.74%; height: 19.9pt;"><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> </span></div></td></tr><tr style="height: 19.85pt;"><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="padding: 1.5pt; width: 82.74%; height: 19.85pt;"><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="yiv1907007510MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt;'>THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL, ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED, AND INTENDED FOR THE PERSONS NAMED ABOVE ONLY. 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