seattle landlord attorney

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Travis Eller Featured at Spring Workshop + Tradeshow

Landlord-tenant attorney Travis Eller will be presenting a three-hour session at the 2018 Rental Housing Association Spring Workshop + Tradeshow April 11. Travis Eller’s presentation is entitled “Avoiding Pitfalls in Landlord-Tenant Law from Move-in to Move-Out.”  Topics include: traps for the unwary in evictions, tenants with disabilities, storage of tenant’s belongings, new Seattle landlord-tenant laws, and more.  Property mangers and landlords can register on the RHA website.

Seattle Just Cause Eviction and Selling Your House

For a Seattle residential landlord, selling your house can be tricky. Under the just cause eviction ordinance the landlord must give 90 days notice (not a 20-day notice). The date to terminate the tenancy (the date the tenant is to vacate) must be the last day of a rental period—usually but not necessarily the last day of a calendar month. The notice must be served at least 90 days in advance. It is not correct to simply add 90 days to the current date. Under a recent Court of Appeals decision, the landlord may not enter into a purchase and […]

Landlord Attorney Travis Eller–NITA Advocate

The National Institute for Trial Advocacy is the self-described “premier provider of learning-by-doing education for the legal profession.”  NITA emphasizes instruction workshop-style. Attorneys get practice on their feet doing the actual work they do in real life, with feedback from esteemed colleagues and judges. To achieve NITA’s Advocate status requires completion of required advanced learning-by-doing seminars, plus one elective at the NITA headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Several years ago Travis Eller completed these requirements and NITA awarded him its “Advocate” designation.