Josh Long’s Legal matters: Frustrated landlords should consider counsel

Longmont attorney Josh Long explores legal topics monthly. The column is for informational purposes only and is not an adequate substitute for legal advice. Unscrupulous property management companies occasionally disregard tenants’ rights, ignoring legitimate claims for home repairs and mercilessly enforcing one-sided contracts. However, the victims in a landlord-tenant relationship often are second homeowners who [...]

Economy driving more locals to pawn shops

Pawn shops are more likely to thrive than struggle during a recession as credit scores plummet and banks lend fewer conventional loans. In the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2009, revenues at Austin, Tex.-based EZCORP, Inc. – a publicly traded company that operates payday loan stores and pawn shops across the United States – rose 44 percent over the prior year period to $184.8 million.

Range open: New Longmont gun club meets increasing demand

It is a blustery, cold, gray day, abysmal weather for outdoor target practice. But Mother Nature cannot faze the firearm enthusiasts today, as several men prepare to fire rifles on an indoor range that spans the length of a football field. Welcome to Longmont’s Trigger Time Gun Club, a sprawling, $3.5 million complex that is [...]

City, county offer help for foreclosure

In April of 2009, the local mortgage lender — a titan in the financial services industry — informed the Longmont family they were covered under a program that would help them. But that turned out to be false.