President - Brad Grayson, gmoffice@comcast.net

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About BCLA: Bartholomew County Landlord Association is the largest, local organization supplying housing and related information. Our aim is to help landlords and property managers get the information they need to serve the community's housing needs and protect their investments. BCLA has been actively meeting every month, for many years, to address these issues. Members include private landlords, property managers, realtors, suppliers, and others. Your membership is vital as we work with community leaders to address housing concerns.

Email list: Add your email address to the BCLA list. Send an email via the CONTACT US button on the Grayson Management home page.

Monthly Session: Sadie's Restaurant Banquet Room; Breakfast Buffet 8:30 am, Program 9-10 am; work clothes OK; (Directions: 2991 25th Street, Columbus, Indiana; take Hwy 31 into Columbus; turn east at Burger King - if from north turn left; if from south turn right - Sadie's is at the next light) Please park away from her main lot - we fill it quickly and scare away her regular customers. Plenty of parking in the lot between ReMax and Subway. Guests or visitors welcome with no meeting charge.

Weekly Lunch: Noon, every Monday except holidays. Come as you are! We meet to simply fellowship, swap ideas, help each other, and yak. No program. Newbies welcome! Sadie's Family Restaurant, corner of 25th Street and Beam Road.

Membership: $40 per year (deductible business expense), made out to BCLA, and a completed registration form.

Benefits:

Learn how to be more profitable

Big discounts from local suppliers

Learn about tax advantages, extra deductions

Connect with local landlords - gain from their experience

Online courthouse / eviction records - Doxpop - $300/year value

Learn about collections, finding skips

Credit reports, instantly, online

Forms notebook developed for our county

Emails with referrals, news, cautions

Strength in numbers: reps on Housing Task Force, etc.

Tenants can get free attorneys. What are you doing to stay ahead of them?

Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. Fair Housing laws, lead based paint laws, building codes, and health codes apply to landlords with 1 or 1,000 units.

Many laws are not logical; some are urban legends. Fines are huge.

Locate contractors

Monthly training

Weekly lunch bunch

Past Programs include:

Prepping a property for renting

Advertising your rental

Showing your rental

Applications - legal questions to ask

Screening applicants

Connecting to the Courthouse computer from your home

Reading credit reports

Maintenance

Basic furnace, air conditioner repair

Dealing with problem tenants

Section 8, HUD

Insurance

Bookkeeping and taxes - what is deductible and how

Painless Evictions

Small Claims Court procedures

Getting the money after winning in court

Finding skips

Estate planning, asset protection, wills

Appealing your property tax assessment

Past Speakers include:

Mayor

School Board candidates

Police Chief, Sheriff

Local Accountants

Local Attorneys

Property Tax consultant

Building Inspectors

City Services, Trash pickup

Experienced Landlords

Mortgage Loan officers

Small Claims (Eviction) Judges

Locksmith

Computer records demo

Panel discussion of local, experienced landlords

Contractors for heating/air, plumbing, roofing, cleaning

Suppliers with info and samples of roofing, siding, paint

Click here to print out an application to join the Bartholomew County Landlord Association