<div dir="ltr">Maybe I'm over simplifying this, but the statute defines nontransient apartment as:<div><br></div><div><span class="" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13.3333330154419px;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,128);text-indent:13.3333330154419px">(d) </span><span class="" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13.3333330154419px;line-height:20px;margin:0px;padding:0.1em;display:inline;text-align:justify;color:rgb(0,0,128);text-indent:13.3333330154419px"><span class="" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:italic">Nontransient apartment</span>.<span class="" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px;padding:0px">—</span>A nontransient apartment is a building or complex of buildings in which 75 percent or more of the units are available for rent to nontransient tenants.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Your client does not have a "building" or "complex of buildings" so the licensing requirement should not apply. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p><b><font color="#000000"><br></font></b></p><p><b><font color="#000000">Sebastian Jaramillo, Esq.</font></b><br></p><p><b><font color="#000000"><img src="http://lawjb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/logo-jb.png"><br></font></b></p>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Law Offices of Scott A. Frank P.A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sfrank@saflaw.com" target="_blank">sfrank@saflaw.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="14e78aa71e3f4725__MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1f497d">Just double-checking if anyone has any further insight on the DBPR license requirement. My last resort will be to call the Division, but I am quite sure what they will answer if I can’t give them something statutory or regulatory as to why the requirement won’t apply.<u></u><u></u></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Scott A. Frank<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Attorney at Law<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">LAW OFFICES OF SCOTT A. 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Stevens, Esquire<br>Les H. Stevens, P.A.<br>5301 North Federal Highway<br>Suite 130<br>Boca Raton, Florida 33487<br>Tel. - <a href="tel:%28561%29%20989-9797" value="+15619899797" target="_blank">(561) 989-9797</a><br>Fax - <a href="tel:%28561%29%20989-8484" value="+15619898484" target="_blank">(561) 989-8484</a><br>E-Mail - <a href="mailto:lesstevens@earthlink.net" target="_blank">lesstevens@earthlink.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">________________________________________________________________________________________<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">OUR OFFICE NO LONGER ACCEPTS CASHIER'S OR BANK CHECKS AT CLOSING. ALL FUNDS MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE FORM OF A SAME DAY WIRE TRANSFER ONLY (NO ACH TRANSFERS). <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED, AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE. 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Frank P.A<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 09, 2015 6:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL LandTen] Nontransient Apartment License for Condos<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Oops – typo on my part. The question should read “license” not “lease”, per the subject line. The lease is the easy part. The current issue is whether they need to apply for the nontransient apartment license from the DBPR.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Scott A. Frank<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Attorney at Law<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">LAW OFFICES OF SCOTT A. FRANK, P.A.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">5301 N. Federal Highway, Suite 170<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Boca Raton, FL 33487<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">p: <a href="tel:%28561%29%20826-5400" value="+15618265400" target="_blank">(561) 826-5400</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">f: <a href="tel:%28561%29%20423-5721" value="+15614235721" target="_blank">(561) 423-5721</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sfrank@saflaw.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">sfrank@saflaw.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> 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<u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> [<a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Heist<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 9, 2015 5:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL LandTen] Nontransient Apartment License for Condos<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Regular apartment lease.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Harry<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">LAW OFFICES OF <br>HEIST, WEISSE & WOLK P.A.<br>PH: <a href="tel:1%20800%20253%208428" value="+18002538428" target="_blank">1 800 253 8428</a><br>FAX: <a href="tel:1%20800%20367%209038" value="+18003679038" target="_blank">1 800 367 9038</a><br>"Serving the Property Management Professional"<br>Website: </span></b><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.evict.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">www.evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> <br>Email: </span></b><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:harry@evict.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">harry@evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" 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Frank P.A<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 09, 2015 4:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee'<br><b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL LandTen] Nontransient Apartment License for Condos<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Scratching my head on this one:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Client bought app. 100 condos in a 200 unit complex. Renting them out – yearly leases.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Does the client need the nontransient apartment lease? My thoughts against the requirement are as follows: (i) This is not one property with 100 rental units; it is legally 100 individual properties, each of which is leased out separately; and (ii) if the DBPR license threshold is that 75% of the property consists of rentals, then the client actually only rents out 50% of the property.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Your thoughts, as well as any statutory or regulatory backing for same, ae greatly appreciated.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Scott A. 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