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One Massachusetts couple have so far earned a confirmed $161,266.17 in rent and damages from Massachusetts landlords. A pair of Massachusetts renters were recently discovered to have summary process judgments to their benefit totaling $161,266.17. They appear in public court records thirteen times in cases dating from 1993 to the…
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By: Alexis Gee, Manager of Marketing and Events Mass AG seeks to Protect Residents, Pollinator Bees, Environment from Harm In December, Attorney General Maura Healey announced that North Attleboro-based pesticide company Mosquito Shield LLC and its franchisees agreed to pay fines to the state and change their advertising. This…
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In Commonwealth vs Alejandro Alvarez, a tenant who “gave possession [of a subsidized housing unit] to an undocumented person who did not qualify for such housing” was convicted of larceny, sentence upheld in 90 Mass App. Ct. 158. Fraud with housing subsidies does happen. Here’s one case that didn’t get…
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Criminal background checks for Massachusetts are easy once you know the steps. Present each applicant over 18 with a CORI Acknowledgement Form. Verify the information they write on the form by checking their government issued ID. Sign and date the bottom of the form. Store the form in a locked…
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Acting as a landlord, you can get access to all three sources of tenant background checks. Checking the background of your prospective tenants in Massachusetts is business-critical. Our housing court study shows that the average eviction takes longer than a month, and the worst case can be over a year.…
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Image from Google Street View. The City of Salem has taken the first step in a legal process that could result in a Salem Landlord facing charges and even jail time under Mass. General Law, according to Patch. The crime? Failure to correct his tenants’ behavior. According to Patch.com, the…
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Do you think we are exaggerating? Will landlords be threatened and coerced under Boston’s “just-cause eviction” proposal? See what you think after reading this story. All his tenants were coached to do the free rent trick As with many small property owners facing retirement age, Blas Cruz, the owner…
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. CC-BY-SA: Wikimedia, Edahlpr Last month we talked about how Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey warned us all via Boston Public Radio to beware of scams. She said the fastest growing form of identity theft is stealing tax refunds. There’s a new scam that involves someone pretending…
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Massachusetts voters may have to decide this coming November whether to legalize cannabis (marijuana) in the way that alcohol is legal. This follows ballot decisions in 2008 and 2012 to decriminalize marijuana and legalize medical marijuana, respectively. In February MassLandlords.net/Springfield hosted attorney Richard (Dick) Evans, a longtime advocate of legalized…
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. CC-BY-SA: Wikimedia, Edahlpr According to what Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said on Boston Public Radio, the fastest growing form of identity theft is stealing tax refunds. We’re no experts, but it sounds like the scheme goes like this: The criminal finds something like a W-2…
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