When Acceleration Matters: Lessons for Landlord Creditors Enforcing Promissory Notes

by Tim Baldwin | Apr 13, 2026 | Real Cases

Landlords increasingly rely on promissory notes, repayment agreements, early-termination fee agreements, and other credit instruments to secure money owed by tenants. But a recent Florida appellate court decision, Miller v. ARCPE Bahamas, LLC, 5D2024-2573 (Fla. 5th...

Code Enforcement & Private Roads: Landlord Lessons

by Tim Baldwin | Apr 6, 2026 | Uncategorized, Real Cases

The 2025 case Thompson v. Leon County, 2025 AP 4 (Leon Cnty. September 12, 2025) is a significant reminder to landlords, rural property owners, and investors that local governments maintain broad authority to perform visual inspections for code violations from...

Code Enforcement Authority on Private Property: FL 2025 Case

by Tim Baldwin | Apr 6, 2026 | Real Cases

The 2025 Florida Case That Changed Private Road Enforcement What happens when a Florida property owner insists that code enforcement has no right to drive down a private road, no right to inspect their home from the roadway, and no right to post a violation notice on...

FL Partition Actions: What Happens When Co-Owners Can’t Agree

by Tim Baldwin | Mar 30, 2026 | real estate dispute

Introduction: When Shared Ownership Becomes a Legal Nightmare Owning property with another person sounds simple, until it isn’t. Across Florida, disputes between co-owners, heirs, and parties to a life estate arise every day. What starts as a shared investment or...

Florida Landlord Trap: Statute of Limitations on Damages

by Tim Baldwin | Mar 23, 2026 | Landlord

Many landlords assume they can wait until the end of a lease to deal with tenant damages. This approach may seem practical, especially in long-term tenancies, but it carries serious legal risks. Florida’s statute of limitations law, F.S. 95.11, sets strict deadlines...