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Marlborough Tue Mar 14: How to Be a Landlord with Virtually No Effort

First Published March 8th, 2023 | Updated March 13th, 2023 Posted in events - 0 Comments

Important update: This meeting will be now be Virtual only due to weather expected on 3/14. Please do not go to the physical meeting location. Sera Capital Management is an investment advisory firm. With over 30 years experience, Carlos and Joe Sera will highlight a variety of tax efficient strategies…

MassLandlords Testimony Against Boston Rent Control Docket #0408

Posted on March 6th, 2023 Posted in News - 2 Comments

Exceptions to the cap. Adjustments (increases or decreases) in the maximum allowable rent may be granted (through a petition process) on the following grounds: Tenants habitability concerns or changes in services provided to the unit. Landlord’s right to receive a fair return in consideration of property taxes, maintenance and operating expenses, capital improvements necessary to bring the unit into compliance with health and safety cod requirements, substantial deterioration of the rental unit, changes in the number of tenants.

MassLandlords staff drafted and submitted the below testimony opposed to Docket #0408 on rent control.

How Technology Can Help with Virtual Showings and Renting Apartments

Posted on March 3rd, 2023 Posted in News - 1 Comment

This is a cartoon image of an empty room in an apartment with beige walls and hardwood floors. A window is in the distance. A door on the right side of the room is ajar, revealing an empty room with blue walls. In the foreground, a hand holds a phone up with the camera app open, recording a tour of the empty room.

Over-the-phone or Zoom tours can narrow down prospective tenants and help out-of-state renters

Letter from the Executive Director for March 2023: Thank Members and Property Rights Supporters

Posted on March 1st, 2023 Posted in News - 0 Comments

Our Letter from the Executive Director for March 2023 looks back on a policy-filled February.

Would Boston Mayor Wu’s Rent Control Proposal Help or Hinder Housing?

First Published February 28th, 2023 | Updated April 21st, 2023 Posted in News - 3 Comments

a photo of the exterior of Boston City Hall, a large, modern concrete-and-brick building, shown with the American and state flags flying in the wind.

Boston Mayor Wu’s recently published rent control proposal features some distinctions from past failed policies, but would it fare any better?

How Do Rent Control Boards Benefit the Wealthy and Well Connected?

First Published February 27th, 2023 | Updated July 29th, 2024 Posted in News - 3 Comments

Colliers advertises services, research & insights, properties, experts, multiple offices, careers, news, investor relations, and suggests work towards environment social and governance goals. Five glass high rises each over 25 floors reflect clouds passing far above ordinary people.

This article has been adapted from testimony submitted to Boston City Council on Feb. 22 opposed to Docket #0408 rent control.

MassLandlords, Inc., Sues City of Boston for Public Records Related to Mayor’s Rent Control Committee

First Published February 27th, 2023 | Updated July 29th, 2024 Posted in News - 7 Comments

An iPad sits on a table showing a page from the City of Boston website. The page title is “Members of Rent Stabilization Advisory Committee Announced.” The date is March 11, 2022. Derivative of image licensed by Unsplash.

Boston defied orders from state Supervisor of Records to show emails from nonprofit and for-profit developers, favored over renters and housing operators alike in both appointments and final proposal.

Southbridge Mon Mar 06: Set up Your Investment Property to Protect Yourself and Maximize Investments

Posted on February 24th, 2023 Posted in events - 0 Comments

SWCLA speaker for the March 6th meeting will be Dennis Antonopoulos, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, since 2014. His office is located in Auburn at 5 Albert Street. You can reach him at 508 832 5385 or at dennis.antonopoulos@edwardjones.com Dennis specializes in working with individuals and small companies. He has been…

Statewide Virtual Meeting Thu Mar 9th: How to Screen Tenants Using an Applicant Qualifier

First Published February 24th, 2023 | Updated April 4th, 2024 Posted in events - 2 Comments

This presentation will review our applicant qualifier in-depth. Best practice for screening tenants includes using an applicant qualifier. This objective point-scoring system ensures that your very expensive rental property will not be rented to the wrong tenant based on “gut feel”. Also, this guarantees applicants equal housing opportunity without…

Why Was Cambridge’s Rent Control Racist? Why Would Boston’s Be the Same?

First Published February 23rd, 2023 | Updated April 20th, 2023 Posted in News - 0 Comments

On Availability Discrimination under Rent Control. Heikki A. Loikkanen. Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland. Scand. J. Economics 87 (3) 500-520, 1985. Statistical discrimination and search theory approaches are used to consider the behavior of a landlord with a vacant rental unit. Often, and especially under rent control, rents cannot be differentiated by tenant type...

The following has been adapted from written testimony provided to the City of Boston Hearing for Docket #0408 on rent control Feb. 22, 2023.