Landlord Tenant Seminar & Board Induction

What Will You Learn?

Receive five (5) Continuing Education Credits (CECs) if you attend

Landlord Basics

• Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits
• 30 Day Notices (differences for Affordable Housing/ Section 8)
• Miya's Law (notice time frame update)
• Premises Liability
• Violence Against Women Act
  • VAWA related to Section 8
• Smoking/ Medical Marijuana
• Home-based Businesses & AirBnb
• Affordable Housing, Section 8, Rental Assistance & More
• Identity Theft/ Document Fraud
  • What recourse options do properties have?
• Hot Button
  • Legislative Updates
  • Blue Moon/ Click & Lease
    • Reviewing updates that come through over the past 12 months to understand what residents are signing

Speakers:

Michael Swistak - Attorney - Swistak Levine, Professional LLC

Mr. Swistak is a partner at Swistak Levine, P.L., and concentrates his practice in the representation of landlords and property managers of apartment and manufactured housing communities throughout Florida.  He has significant experience with the legal issues landlords and property managers face in the operation and management of rental property, including the collection of rent, termination of tenancies, defense of fair housing and disability discrimination complaints, and tenant bankruptcy proceedings.  Mr. Swistak also assists clients in drafting leases, community rules, legal notices, and related documents, as well as counseling all aspects of residential property management.

Mr. Swistak graduated from James Madison College at Michigan State University with a B.A. in 2001, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, and received a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in 2004.  While at DePaul, Mr. Swistak was a member of the Appellate Moot Court Society, competing in national moot court competitions. 

Mr.  Swistak is admitted to practice in all Florida, Illinois, and Michigan state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern, Middle, and Northern District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern and Middle District of Florida, Eastern District of Michigan, and Northern District of Illinois. 

Mr. Swistak enjoys spending time with his son, Hunter, and golfing. 

Darren Ayoub, Esq. - Attorney at Law/Partner  - Barfield McCain Ayoub P.A.

Darren J. Ayoub, Esquire is a partner at Barfield, McCain P.A. who joined the firm in 2013, after merging his own private practice with Barfield, McCain P.A.

Darren received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from Florida State University in 2002.  He started his career in the legal profession in 2005, as an intern for Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., in West Palm Beach.  He worked for Gunster, in the firm’s litigation department, for over two years, before beginning law school at Nova Southeastern University. As a law student, Darren earned a place in Nova's prestigious Moot Court Honor Society, where he served as a competitor and brief writer in the Pace University National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition in New York.  During his last year of law school, Darren accepted a clinical position with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in Tallahassee, where he assisted in administrative actions and policy making sessions.  

Darren became a member of the Florida Bar in 2010 and since that time has appeared in several hundred cases, including county court, circuit court and municipal hearings.  He has written published articles and teaches seminars in the areas of Florida Landlord-Tenant law and Fair Housing.  Darren is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and serves on the Legislative Affairs Committee for the South East Florida Apartment Association.

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CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations and No-Shows are still responsible for payment. If you cannot attend the event, please note that your registration is transferable for the same event. For transfers/ replacements to the original registration, the SEFAA Office must be notified 24 hours prior to event start (48 hours for Signature Events: Volleyball Tournament, Trade Show, Circle of Excellence) by calling the office at 561-447-0696 or emailing events@sefaa.org to prevent double billing. Attendees may present the name of the registrant being replaced at check-in; however prevention of double billing cannot be guaranteed when transfers are made on-site.

Accounts Receivables: If your account is past due 60 or more days, you will not be able to register for any of our upcoming programs, seminars or educational events until your account is brought up to current. Account can be brought current through Member Compass or calling the SEFAA office at 800.627.7921.