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Adapted from our Message Boards, where members can ask questions and get answers. Practicing landlords and service providers answer questions, and we combine the best answers here. Adapted from June 2015. Q: My tenant used MY water for his car wash service. How do I prevent this? This is terrible,…
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Realtors and buyers must read this important bulletin about wire fraud. Financial adviser and podcaster Ric Edelman recently discussed a horrendous form of wire fraud that has cost at least one buyer their down payment. We followed the references and have learned that this is a real scam with a…
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Here are five must-read pieces of advice to new and experienced landlords in Massachusetts. 1. Forget common sense It happens regularly. A new or inexperienced landlord writes something into a lease or takes some action that seems reasonable, but in fact is illegal. The law wasn’t written by landlords. It…
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The July 2017 member survey reveals three top priorities but disagreement over some new issues. As of July 6, 2017, MassLandlords members were voting strongly in favor of security deposit reform and rent escrow. There was also strong opposition to just cause eviction, feared to spread outside Boston. Disagreement over…
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As first heard on the NPR quiz show “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” this owner’s cunning plan backfired in a sadly hilarious way. Pittsburgh owner Jerry Lynn made national news in June when his DIY plight was aired on NPR’s “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” The story was originally reported…
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Step-by-step Best Way to Remove Smoke Smell from an Apartment Completely and Forever, written by landlords for landlords. Rental owners are all-too familiar with the smell of cigarette smoke, and the way it lingers even after you’ve tried to eliminate it. Now that weed is legal, we’ll start to have…
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For some of us, the biggest change of the last ten years is at hand. Housing Court Expansion was signed into law on Monday, July 17th when the Governor approved a $750,000 line item for FY 2018. This means owners and managers in many communities will have fewer eviction cases decided in District Court,…
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You don’t need membership to take advantage of these great resources for owners and operators of residential rental property. Smoke Detector Inspection Form The smoke detector inspection form not only leads you to save lives, it also lets you enter a tenant’s apartment to make sure everything is being maintained…
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June concluded our 2016-2017 event season. In this month’s letter, I’ll review how these events went. I’ll also update you on the latest features of our website. Last season, which started in September 2016 and ran through June 2017, MassLandlords and partner groups had 48 listed events and 2,155 recorded…
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A step-by-step guide to checking eviction court records, the best free background check in Massachusetts. Massachusetts landlords in need of a free background check are in luck. There are publicly available eviction court records at MassCourts.org. This step-by-step guide will walk you through how to check Massachusetts eviction records for…
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