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Rent to College Students? MEFA Loans Can Pay the Rent

First Published June 24th, 2017 | Updated April 25th, 2023 Posted in financials, News, subsidy

The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA) helps undergraduates and graduate students afford higher education, typically tuition.

Free Money to Avoid Eviction: RAFT 2016 Fiscal Year-End Report

First Published April 6th, 2017 | Updated August 7th, 2024 Posted in advice, evictions, financials, News

Free Money to Avoid Eviction: RAFT 2016 Fiscal Year-End Report is an article that was published in the Masslandlords 2017 March Newsletter.

Do you have more than 30 rental units?

First Published May 30th, 2016 | Updated February 4th, 2021 Posted in financials, News

Financial software and online banking can simplify interest payments and recordkeeping for multi-unit landlords, especially owners with more than 30 units.

Do you have more than 30 rental units?

Posted on April 12th, 2016 Posted in financials, investing

Do you manage more than 30 rental units? When the number of units under management starts flirting with 30, 40, 50 or more it greatly complicates things

An Update on some Rent Escrow Negotiations

First Published March 11th, 2016 | Updated December 30th, 2021 Posted in financials, laws, policy

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.

Tax Refund Warning from Attorney General Maura Healey

Posted on March 5th, 2016 Posted in advice, Crime, taxes

According to what Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said on Boston Public Radio, the fastest growing form of identity theft is stealing tax refunds.

Private rental housing comes to the rescue

Posted on January 28th, 2016 Posted in advice, financials

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.

Boston Landlords Startled to See 8 to 11% Tax Increases

First Published January 26th, 2016 | Updated April 14th, 2023 Posted in financials, News, policy, taxes

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%.

The Mortgage Professor Calls Lease-to-Own a Possible Win-Win

First Published January 22nd, 2016 | Updated April 28th, 2023 Posted in advice, financials, investing

Lease-to-Own is a possible win-win. In this article, Jack Guttentag describes the weaknesses that drive sellers and buyers together under lease-to-own.

Winter is Coming: Tell Your Tenants About Fuel Assistance

First Published January 15th, 2016 | Updated October 22nd, 2026 Posted in advice, financials

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) offers fuel assistance to tenants with low incomes, including fuel costs or rent.