Do you want to get your Concealed Carry Permit?

The City of Hamilton Police dept offers a class, monthly, to get your concealed carry permit (ccw). The current class cost is $65 and includes your range time and ammo. The class is Tuesday, 5:30pm to 10:30pm and Thursday 5:30 to 10:30pm and following Saturday at the Hamilton City range for 9am to 11:30am. The classes are conducted at the Hamilton City police station at 331 South Front Street, Hamilton, Ohio 45011 and you call Sgt. Trent Chenoweth HPD Training Supervisor 868-5811 ext. 1361 for the current schedule and sign up forms.

After successfully completing the course, you can apply at Butler County Sheriff’s office (or your home county’s office). There is a $55 application fee, the application form, your class certificate, a 2″x2″ photo and background check. The approval time is about 2 weeks currently. You can apply in your residence county or an adjacent county. Butler County’s program is much friendlier than Hamilton County.

You can go to the Ohio Attorney General to get more info about ccw and also which states currently reciprocate with Ohio’s permit.

 

I completed the class in February ‘08 and found it excellent. The class was fun and very instructive. Having the Cities top weapon experts teach the class provided the latest in legal issues and safe weapon handling. I personally improved my accuracy by following the instructor’s directions.

 

Mike Kieffer 513-309-0563

 

NEW OHIO LAW FOR RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS, FINES UPTO $150 FOR NON-COMPLIANCE

~ Ohio Law Requires Registration of Rental Property with County Auditor

As of September 28, 2006, under Ohio law, owners of residential RENTAL property are required to file certain information with their County Auditor. Ohio law now requires all owners of residential rental property to register a contact agent for each rental property with the County Auditor within 60 days after a conveyance form is filed.    We are providing links to local county auditors’ offices for the registration form.  Access to other county auditors’ offices is available at cincymls.net.   Butler County  887-3154 Clermont County 732-7150 Hamilton County 946-4001 Warren County  695-1235   Ohio law includes a penalty assessment of up to $150 against any rental property not in compliance.     P Click here to read the text of the law. See:  Sec. 5323.01, Sec. 5323.02., Sec. 5323.03, Sec. 5323.04., Sec. 5323.99

IRS INFO ON REBATES TO STIMULATE ECONOMY!

Here is the official information on the IRS rebate to stimulate economy. Click this link to get IRS publication IRS publication on rebate.

New listing for the west side of Hamilton, OH

506 Millville Ave. 7 room, 3 bedroom, 1 ½ bath Cape Cod, 2 car detached garage, finished basement. List price $69,900. The home is currently leased through 8/31/08 at $695 per month. Follow this link for further information; 506 Millville MLS link.

This below market price is subject to lender approval. Allow 4-5 days for lender approval when submitting an offer.

Hot new Commercial Listing!

9994/9996 Springfield Pike Woodlawn, $199,900.00 takes it all! Two buildings on 0.78 acres. One building fronts on Springfield pike (SR4) one of the busiest arteries in Ohio. This building (pictured) currently is leased to a busy Hair salon. The rear building is a three bedroom residential rental unit. The gross rental income is $1400/month and tenants pay their own utilities. You can get further details at www.teamkieffer.com.

WHY DOES THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF TAKE 4-6 WEEKS TO FILL OUT A FORECLOSURE DEED?

We wonder why it takes 4-6 weeks to fill out a foreclosure deed by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s office. Once a sale is complete, judgment is entered and the fees are paid, a well run department should be able to have a word processor print the deed by the next day.  Another idea would be to have the foreclosure attorney prepare the deed for the Sheriff’s signature.  There are lender purchased Sheriff sales waiting for deeds that have already been resold to a homeowner and waiting months for a simple paperwork transaction. Another problem is a lack of follow up by some foreclosure attorneys’ and the sheriffs staff when a sale has a problem such as under pay of foreclosure fees or a court entry waiting to be printed, can cause a deed to languish in limbo. The Sheriff’s office use to answer questions on deed status to the purchaser’s agent, but now will only talk to the foreclosure attorney. The sheriffs staff is “too busy” to answer questions. Is the Sheriff’s office a public entity and answerable to the tax payers? We think that the Sheriff should quit wasting money on other unproductive areas and transfer staff to the “deed” department with the goal of turning a deed around the next day after all criteria are satisfied and being proactive with the buyer to resolve any delays. Every day a foreclosed property sits empty because the purchaser of the property is waiting for the deed to close, the more potential damage can occur to the property. A large percentage of vacant properties have the copper plumbing stolen, vandalized or weather damaged. The sooner the buyer can close, the sooner the vacant property can have a family living there. We also question why the sheriff is not able to stop the rampant copper theft from vacant properties. Obviously the police cannot stake out every property, but there are a limited number of “scrap buyers”. Watching who is selling copper at these facilities will make it apparent who are the thieves and who should be watched further.

Hamilton County Sheriff’s appraiser

Here is an interesting article from the Cincinnati Enquirer about our sheriff’s appraisers and possible “sweet heart deals”.  http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080203/BIZ01/802030304