<div dir="ltr">Harry, the risk mitigation fee is being charged in multifamily as well. <div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Jariel Bortnick</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 11:41 AM Harry Heist <<a href="mailto:harry@evict.com">harry@evict.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_4368323797578732186WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi James,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">This is being done in single family management, not multifamily.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The name of the game now is to get as much money out of the owner and the tenant.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Having a tenant pay the property manager a “risk mitigation fee” adds up and increases their income. The property manager is keeping this fee in almost all the cases I see.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Harry<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.evict.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <br>Email: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:harry@evict.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">harry@evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100%;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom:7.75pt"><tbody><tr style="height:19.9pt"><td width="16%" rowspan="2" style="width:16.3%;padding:1.5pt;height:19.9pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="360" style="width:3.75in;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="64" valign="top" style="width:48.3pt;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heist-Weisse-Wolk-PA/343965575625870" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Consolas;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="37" height="37" id="gmail-m_4368323797578732186Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:16e130789434cff311"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="296" valign="top" style="width:221.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Visit us on Facebook</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="width:82.74%;padding:1.5pt;height:19.9pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.85pt"><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="width:82.74%;padding:1.5pt;height:19.85pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL, ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED, AND INTENDED FOR THE PERSONS NAMED ABOVE ONLY. ALL OTHER USE, COPYING, OR DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Glover<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 25, 2019 4:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL LandTen] "Risk Mitigation Fee"<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">My thoughts from an apartment community perspective. Right away I'm thinking FHA and Fair Credit Reporting Act issues.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Practically speaking, the Tenants either meet qualifications or they don't. I don't know why you make a downward exception on your qualifying criteria just because a tenant offers you more money. You might as well throw your criteria in the garbage and just raise your rents for everyone. I know plenty of landlords that do just that, and get double market rents being the "felon friendly" apartments. My experience, once you make that departure upward or downward, you've changed the entire tenant mix for your community. You can't just make one-time exceptions per FHA, if you have one eviction tenant, then you rent to any eviction tenant. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Additionally, if you're giving different terms based on bad credit or credit score, you need to be extra diligent in giving written credit decision notices and justifying your decision criteria per the FCRA. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can you charge the additional risk mitigation fee per this scheme? Probably, but the income isn't worth the headaches.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">--</span></b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">James "Jimmy" Glover</span></b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">General Counsel<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Circle Property Management, Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">office:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(136,136,136)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">772-888-0865</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">email:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(136,136,136)"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="mailto:James@circlerentals.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">James@CircleRentals.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">address: <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">P.O. 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Mr. Glover is not licensed to practice law in Illinois or Indiana.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">To ensure compliance with Treasury Regulations (31 CFR Part 10, Sec. 10.35), we inform you that any tax advice contained in this correspondence was not intended or written by us to be used, and cannot be used by you or anyone else, for the purpose of avoiding penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. Also, to ensure compliance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 USC Sec. 1692-1692p), we inform you that CPM may be deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong>Harry Heist</strong> <<a href="mailto:harry@evict.com" target="_blank">harry@evict.com</a>><br>Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 10:59 AM<br>Subject: [RPPTL LandTen] "Risk Mitigation Fee"<br>To: RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee <<a href="mailto:landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">It seems like each day property managers are coming up with fees that I believe will eventually cause a problem and be class action material. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">They are spreading as these managers are on all of these Facebook groups, someone says they are doing it and then everyone thinks it is OK.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The latest one I have been seeing is a “Risk Mitigation Fee”.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">This is a nonrefundable fee that the higher risk tenant (bad credit, bankruptcy, eviction etc) is being asked to pay as part of being approved.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Often this “fee” is being kept by the property manager, split with the owner or given to the owner. More often than not, kept by the property manager.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Does anyone have any info on the legality of this?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">In the money lending world, creditors are free to charge a higher interest rate to a higher risk person but this now????</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Harry</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">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"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">www.evict.com</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <br>Email: </span></b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:harry@evict.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">harry@evict.com</span></b></a></span><u></u><u></u></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100%;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom:5.5pt"><tbody><tr style="height:19.9pt"><td width="16%" rowspan="2" style="width:16.3%;padding:1.5pt;height:19.9pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="360" style="width:3.75in;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="64" valign="top" style="width:48.3pt;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heist-Weisse-Wolk-PA/343965575625870" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Consolas;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="37" height="37" id="gmail-m_4368323797578732186gmail-m_2900351656762192915m_-8048624066737777377Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:16e130789435b16b22"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="296" valign="top" style="width:221.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Visit us on Facebook</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="width:82.74%;padding:1.5pt;height:19.9pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.85pt"><td width="82%" valign="bottom" style="width:82.74%;padding:1.5pt;height:19.85pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS CONFIDENTIAL, ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED, AND INTENDED FOR THE PERSONS NAMED ABOVE ONLY. 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