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How to Handle Last Month’s Rent

First Published December 22nd, 2016 | Updated June 25th, 2024 Posted in advice, laws, News - 9 Comments

Hot to Handle Last Moth's Rent is a brief article by Katherine Higgins-Shea, Esq. that outlines what the best method for handling last month's rent is.

Marijuana is now legal. What should landlords tell tenants?

Posted on December 15th, 2016 Posted in advice, laws, News - 0 Comments

Actual law that established in 2016 that recreational marijuana or weed would be legal in Massachusetts.

What will happen inside your apartments re: marijuana consumption depends first on your relationship with your tenants, and second on your rental agreement.

Can I Vape or Smoke Weed (Marijuana) in my Apartment?

First Published December 13th, 2016 | Updated April 27th, 2023 Posted in laws, News - 7 Comments

Can I vape or smoke weed (marijuana) in my apartment? Can I be growing marijuana or a plant? This in-depth guide gives the answers for Massachusetts.

Marijuana ballot question includes landlord rights

First Published October 27th, 2016 | Updated October 2nd, 2021 Posted in laws, News, policy - 2 Comments

Past Cambridge Assessor: Rent Control’s Deleterious Effect

November ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana includes language to protect landlords who want to ban growing or smoking on rental properties.

What is to be done about “flipping” & displacement?

First Published October 20th, 2016 | Updated October 29th, 2016 Posted in evictions, investing, laws - 0 Comments

What is to be done when tenants are evicted and their buildings purchased in order to renovate them and rent or sell at a market price?

Christian “Landlord From Hell” Pushed Muslim Tenant Down Stairs, Sentenced to Jail and Reeducation

First Published October 11th, 2016 | Updated April 14th, 2023 Posted in discrimination, laws, News - 0 Comments

Supreme Judicial Court reaffirms sentence of lower court to take class on Islam.

Legal Update for October 2016

First Published October 6th, 2016 | Updated February 5th, 2021 Posted in laws, News - 0 Comments

Must landlords open a separate security deposit account for each individual tenant, or can all tenants' security deposits go into one account?

You Need to Know about these Recent Discrimination Cases

First Published September 24th, 2016 | Updated April 28th, 2023 Posted in laws, News - 0 Comments

The attorney general has filed for equitable remedy on behalf of a blind tenant. Springfield Justice Dina Fein has broadened the law around discrimination.

Proposed Lead Paint Regulations are Flaky

First Published September 13th, 2016 | Updated April 24th, 2023 Posted in laws, News, policy - 2 Comments

The Value of the lead paint deregulation is uncertain, but estimated at 40%. The proposed regulations certainly increase caseload 10x.

Questions and Answers for August 2016

First Published August 22nd, 2016 | Updated April 24th, 2023 Posted in advice, discrimination, laws, tenant screening - 2 Comments

Where can I read the Massachusetts landlord-tenant laws for myself? Do boa constrictors as pets have any special considerations?