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The largest non-profit for owners and managers of Massachusetts residential real estate.
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The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA) helps undergraduates and graduate students afford higher education, typically tuition.
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Free Money to Avoid Eviction: RAFT 2016 Fiscal Year-End Report is an article that was published in the Masslandlords 2017 March Newsletter.
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Financial software and online banking can simplify interest payments and recordkeeping for multi-unit landlords, especially owners with more than 30 units.
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The MassLandlords strategy is to have a public policy advocate, but that doesn't stop any one of us from seeing if something can be done about Rent Escrow.
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According to what Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said on Boston Public Radio, the fastest growing form of identity theft is stealing tax refunds.
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Lost is the unpopular idea that not every renter can live in the neighborhood of their choice. But maybe they can. Maybe there is more choice than they say.
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Boston Landlords Startled to See 8 to 11% Tax Increases. As reported by the Boston Globe, Boston's commissioner of assessing increased property values for two-families by 17%, and for three-families by 20%.
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The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) pays fuel costs or rent (if heat is included) for tenants with low incomes.