Thank you to all of our active members who attend our events and educa-

tion seminars. The PAA West continues to work from its strategic plan to

give our members the best experience. If you are interested in advertising

or have a suggestion for the newsletter, please contact Amy Pontius @

westernpaa@gmail.com.

PO Box 2035

Cranberry Township, PA

16066

Did you know that for each referral who

joins the PAA West, you will receive a

$50 gift card from PAA West. Now is the

perfect time to get your vendors signed up

for the PAA West.

PAA Boards Business Exchange

PAA Pennsylvania Lobby Day

NAA Apartmentalize Announces Speakers

PAA Boards Approve Merger

Ask at Attorney

The best way to get involved with any association is TO GET INVOLVED. Take

a moment and check out everything we offer by going to our website at

www.thewpaa.com. Sign up for any of our 2019 Committees as an even better

way to get involved. Attend the events and LEARN in a whole new way.

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in the Contact us at 412.288.9780 www.thewpaa.com

A Monthly Insight into PAA West Happenings

Each year the three state affiliates, PAA West, PAA

Central and PAA East meet at the state Capital to

lobby with state legislators. PAA West will be

represented by Amy Pontius and Chuck Colletti,

Chair of the Legislative Committee for this event.

As PAA West begins to make a bigger presences in

the local advocacy issues here, in Pittsburgh, we

ask that anyone interested in joining the PAA West

Legislative Committee submit your request in writ-

ing to Amy Pontius @ westernpaa@gmail.com.

Now is a great time to join this committee and have

a voice locally.

5.22.2019

The PAA West Annual Trade Show has been replaced with something new this year. PAA West will

host its first Reverse Trade Show, titled Business Exchange on May 22nd, 2019 at RiverVue

Apartments, 300 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Owner/Management Companies are invited

to host a FREE booth and Vendor Associate Members will be invited to attend at only $200 per

ticket.

Have you ever heard of speed dating? Well, PAA West would like to introduce our mem-bers to Association speed-dating. PAA West is hosting a reverse trade show this year for our members. We will invite 15 Owner/Management Companies to host a FREE booth through PAA West at the Busi-ness Exchange Event on May 22nd, 2019. The Owner/Management Companies will get 3 minutes with our vendor members over a period of 1 1/2 hours. Vendor members can purchase tickets to attend the event at only $200 per person. The event will start at 9:00am and conclude at noon.

Please bring plenty of business cards. Registration is now open for this event and all sales will come on a first come first serve basis. The first 15 Vendors Members to register will be assigned their first booth, all others will form a line behind the first registered vendors. TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT GO TO: http://web.thewpaa.com/events/Business-Exchange-70/details

FACILITY PROVIDED BY:

The PAA West is happy to present Ask An Attorney. Our member Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall

and Furman PC have kindly offered their services to our Property Members who have legal questions

regarding our industry. Please feel free to send your questions to westernpaa@gmail.com.

The PAA West would like to ask all of our

members to like us on Facebook, Instagram,

LinkedIn and Twitter to keep up to date

with all of our postings and information.

Please take a moment to share us with your

teams and friends. Spread the word about

the PAA West!

May 2nd-Fair Housing Seminar II

May 7th-PAA Lobby Day (Harrisburg)

May 22nd-Business Exchange

June 6th-Lunch and Learn

June 26th-28th-NAA Apartmentalize

July 26th-Fair Housing Seminar III

***Steven Williams is a Partner at Cohen Seglias in the Harrisburg office and is

happy to assist with some of those daily legal questions.

Conference rates for members are $925 at this time and

registration is still open.

Go to:

https://www.naahq.org/apartmentalize/register CAM AND NALP

The PAA West will host CAM and NALP classes

in fall of 2019. Registration for these two creden-

tial courses will open in August 2019. CAM is

perfect for Managers and Assistant Managers.

NALP is perfect for seasoned Leasing Agents

who are looking for the next step.

Each year the NAA provides the Multi-family Industry with the largest education conference

and networking event of the year. Join us this year in Colorado from June 26th through June

28th. Learn at one of the many sessions pertaining to what our industry is seeing now. At-

tend one of the sessions hosted by two of our guest speakers Mindy Kaling and Laila Ali.

Let these two women motivate you to take on the world. In addition to the guest speakers,

there are also several events to attend allowing you to network with the industries finest.

Take a moment an explore all that Apartmentalize has to offer.

Q. I recently attended an eviction hearing because my tenant did mot pay rent. The judge

told e that he could not hear my case because I had not served a notice to vacate and he dis-missed my complaint. I know that we properly served a default notice and even had a copy with me at the hearing. I am thinking of appealing. What are your thoughts?

A. First, if your complaint was dismissed, that is no judgement was entered for or

against you, you may not be able to appeal. An appeal is proper when you are unhap-py with the judgement that the court entered. If there is no judgement, the Court of Common Pleas, to whom the appeal is filed, may not accept the appeal. In this case, your only recourse would be to serve the notice to quit and re-file at the Magisterial District Court. Second, it appears that you may be confusing a default notice with a notice to quit. They are very different things, serve two entirely different purposes, and may both be required in order to give the judge the ability to hear an eviction case. A default notice serves to notify your tenant that he is in default because, in your case, he has not paid rent. Whether you need to serve a default notice, and how it is served, depends on the language in your lease. Some leases DO NOT require a default notice. For example, a lease might specifically say not notice is required, or the lease may be silent on a default notice. In either case, you would not be required to serve a default notice. In other cases, the lease may be required a default notice, and may even provide the tenant a period of time to “cure” his default. In this case, a default notice would be required. By contrast, a notice to quit serves to notify a tenant that, because of a default or the end of the lease term, he must vacate the property. Absent the serving of a notice to quit, the Magis-terial District Court does not have the jurisdiction to hear an eviction case. Importantly, notices to quit must be in a certain format, be served a certain number of days before you file an eviction complaint, and be served in a certain manner. First, a notice to quit cannot be conditional and cannot invite the tenant to settle the dispute. It must simply instruct the tenant to vacate. For example, a notice to quit that says “if you don’t pay your rent within ten days, you must vacate” or “If you don’t contact us to resolve this dispute, you must va-cate” would be improper. Second, the notice to quit must be served before you file the evic-tion complaint according to the following timeframes: 5 days in the case of drugs on the prop-erty, 10 days in the case of non-payment of rent, 15 days in the case of a breach other than nonpayment when the lease is less than or equal to one year, and 30 days I the case of a breach other than nonpayment when the lease is greater than one year. Third, the service of the notice to quit must be accomplished in one of the following ways: (1) personally handing it to the tenant, (2) posting it conspicuously on the apartment (such as on the front door), (3) posting it somewhere else on the property where the tenant is certain to see it )although I do no recom-mend this manner of service). Curiously, service by certified mail is not proper. Having said all of this, the tenant can waive the notice to quit. In other words, you can avoid having to give the notice to quit if the lease clearly and conspicuously says that you do not have to serve one. In this case, you can simply show the judge the waiver in the lease, and you should be ok. In summary, default notice and notices to quit are two different animals, both of which may be required (or not), depending on the language of the lease. Once you determine in your case what is required, I suggest that you start over, serve the required notice(s) and re-file the evic-tion complaint.

BUS TOURS WILL BE SCHEDULED THIS

SUMMER WITH FOUR OF OUR

PROPERTY MEMBERS.

KEEP AN EYE OUT IN JUNE

FOR DATE ANNOUNCEMENTS

http://www.cohenseglias.com

PAA West began discussion with our sister affiliates, PAA Central and PAA East in 2018 to discuss the

possibility of unifying our three separate associations into one large state association creating a better

experience for our members in terms of advocacy, education and networking events. We are happy to

announce that all three affiliate boards have approved the merger with governance structure between

the three associations.

UPDATE: We are pleased to announce that PAA Central, East, and West Boards have approved the new governance structure for a unified PAA. There is much work to be done before December 31st to bring unification to a reality. Over the next few months we will be hosting town hall webinars where we will share the new structure and welcome input and feedback from our members. We appreciate the support and encouragement we have received from our members thus far but are mindful that some may still have reservations and questions. We want this process to be open and transparent. Please reach out to your regional staff and leadership to discuss any issues or questions. Vision 2020 – A Unified PAA – We Can See the Future

Original Announcement: On January 14, representatives from each regional affiliate (PAA West, Central and East) came together in Camp Hill to agree on a framework for the governance of a unified PAA. Our goal was to assure that the members needs and concerns from all three regions was represented and respected. If you start with the premise that creating a statewide association would benefit our members and industry, then the path to success is much straighter. Unification recognizes the uniqueness of the three regions joining together so that large scale strategic goals can be set while localized needs are met. We are creating something new, something better, maybe even something we have not envisioned. We will respect and understand our history while not letting it tie us to prior traditions and processes. In the next few weeks we will share the proposed governance structure for a unified state association as well as the timeline to achieve this goal. Through-out the year, we welcome your feedback and encourage dialog to assure we are creating the best association for our members. Vision 2020 – A Unified PAA – We Can See the Future