Felon son is about to be released from prison
Dear Amy: I live in a duplex in Denver. The other half of the duplex is an extremely busy, illegal, designated short-term rental, housing large groups of millennials hosting bachelor/bachelorette parties.
This is one of about 20 properties owned by a group of out-of-state investors. A primary rule of short-term rental in our city is that it be someone's "primary residence."
The way these people get around it is they falsify having a resident. No one has ever lived there, and no one ever will. I want a real neighbor, not a revolving door of strangers who slam the gate at all hours and leave cigarette butts and beer cans in my flower boxes.
What should I do? This is not what I had in mind when I purchased my place (a few months before they bought theirs).
-- Upset Owner
Dear Owner: You might have to be noisy in order to protect the peace and quiet of your neighborhood.
Obtain a copy of the license (every STR must have one). Document everything you see, and contact your city's Business Licensing Center to report violations (there is an online form). Contact your local city board member with a detailed account. Show up at a board meeting and use the public comments section to call out these fraudulent owners by name. Call 3-1-1 to report trash violations. Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper.
Dear Amy: "Searching" wanted his elderly ex-wife to move in with him to be his caregiver after his second wife's death.
Thank you for your complete response. Surely there are legal issues regarding compensation and inheritance to consider. I could imagine this guy wanting to dump his ex-wife if she got ill and couldn't do her "job."
-- Worried
Dear Worried: I thought they should spell some of this out in writing.
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