Our monthly training and networking event will be held on Monday June 3rd. Steve Levois, Lt. Fire Inspector for the Town of Southbridge will be joining us.
The SWCLA Meets at the Southbridge Community Center fka Casaubon Senior Center
If you got sued tomorrow, would you be at risk of losing everything? Owners who operate with an LLC, Inc., or Trust have “disaster containment” so that if one folds, the rest of the business survives. They also have lots of insurance. Find out whether your setup is adequate.
Another question we’ll address is whether your trust is protecting you the way you think. Trusts have one key advantage but in many respects they’re now second to the LLC.
This presentation addresses questions for both new and experienced owners looking to select a going-forward structure, make a change, or gain confidence in their current setup.
This part of the presentation will be given by MassLandlords staff.
Part II: Estate Planning and Inheritance
Once we know how to cover our assets in life, we’ll look further ahead and go in-depth on inheritance and estate planning issues. We’ll cover the topic from the perspective of owners looking to have a plan for your own affairs as well as children looking to help their parents chart a course. Particular focus on estate planning for real estate owners.
This part of the presentation will be given by Attorney Deborah Danger, Attorney Annika Bockius-Suwyn and Attorney Meagan Durigan of DangerLaw LLC. DangerLaw specializes in estate planning, family law, guardianship/conservatorship, and small and family business protection. They’re unconventional attorneys committed to making the difficult subject of estate planning fun and enjoyable.
DangerLaw makes a difficult estate planning process funMassLandlords Repertoire on Asset Protection is Fun and Accessible
Have you seen our Charles River volunteer website? Market data available on rent levels for Waltham and surrounding areas. We encourage you to also take the poll on your current views of the rental market. Use the “Contact Us” form to request a login at crrha.org
MassLandlords offers attendees of directly managed events a “No Sales Pitch” guarantee. If a guest speaker offers services, their presentation will not discuss pricing, promotions, or reasons why you should hire them. We do not permit speakers to pay for or sponsor events. Guest speakers are chosen for their expertise and willingness to present helpful educational content. Your purchase of an event ticket sustains our nonprofit model.
Wednesday, June 5st
Charles River Meeting Agenda
6:00pm Sign-in/Networking
Networking draws from Waltham, Newton, Weston, Watertown, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills, Lincoln, Dover, Arlington, Belmont, and the western ends of Cambridge and Boston.
6:10pm Pizza and sodas provided
6:40pm Executive Director Doug Quattrochi with the MassLandlords Business Update
Member Minutes – Any member can have the mic for 60 seconds (introduce yourself, ask a question, share words of wisdom, etc.)
Public parking lot behind Village Bank near corner of Adams and Watertown Streets (<0.1 miles).
Public parking lot at Bridge St and Linwood Ave (0.2 miles).
Food
Pizza
Soda, Water
Please feel free to bring a dinner that meets your dietary goals/restrictions
Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required! Seating is limited to 25. If tickets are active, seats are available. This location credit card and check only.
We’re sending a photographer to meet Mike O’Rourke and create a PowerPoint show-and-tell. Mike restored an infamous downtown Worcester rooming house called “The Albion” from a state of neglect to a well-run, well respected, and greatly admired home for many. He has come up with some surprising and effective new approaches to management and buildings. From security to electric stoves, we’ll learn how it’s really done. There will be no “before” pictures, we’ll be focused on what works now.
Mike has been written about at least twice in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, is a MassLandlords State-wide Board Member Emeritus, and has contributed immeasurably to the cause of creating better rental housing in Massachusetts.
Part II: Are We In a Bubble?
We have finally corralled the speakers we need to have this discussion. With building prices what they are, who can make money on a new acquisition? No one can predict the future, but we can speculate and we can build defenses, in some ways. And we can prepare to buy, in other ways. Or we can ignore the naysayers and just keep buying. We’ll have a good discussion.
This part of the presentation will be given by our Bubble Panel:
Yes there is a bubble:
Rich Merlino, MassLandlords emcee
Carmine Zamarro, realtor, lender and builder with 40 years experience
No, there is no bubble:
Doug Quattrochi, MassLandlords Executive Director
Nelson Zide, realtor with 40 years experience
Our panelists will be arguing assigned or voluntary positions. Audience participation encouraged but not required.
The Albion, Restored (Google Maps)Zillow home value index (https://www.zillow.com/ma/home-values/)
Have you seen our Leave Stuff, Take Stuff Table?
Market your business, pick up handouts, give away an old doorknob. Everything goes on our first-come, first-served display table at all our events. Please bring business cards, brochures, coupons. And feel free to pick up your own uncollected marketing materials at the end. Everything not claimed end-of-event may be chucked.
“No Sales Pitch” Guarantee
MassLandlords offers attendees of directly managed events a “No Sales Pitch” guarantee. If a guest speaker offers services, their presentation will not discuss pricing, promotions, or reasons why you should hire them. We do not permit speakers to pay for or sponsor events. Guest speakers are chosen for their expertise and willingness to present helpful educational content. Your purchase of an event ticket sustains our nonprofit model.
Wednesday, June 12th
Meeting Agenda
5:30pm Sign-in/Networking
Networking draws from Worcester, Shrewsbury, Millbury, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, Holden, West Boylston, Boylston, Grafton, Upton, Northbridge, Sutton, Oxford, Charlton, Spencer, Oakham, Rutland, Princeton, Clinton, and Sterling.
6:15pm Buffet Dinner by The Vintage Grille
6:40pm MassLandlords Business Update and Member Minutes
Member Minutes – Any member can have the mic for 60 seconds (introduce yourself, ask a question, share words of wisdom, etc.)
There is ample free parking in the first lot you see, in the covered garage to your left, on top of the garage (entrance further down road), and around the back of the school
Food
Cheese and crackers, sodas, water, coffee, decaf
Hot buffet dinner, incl. salad, rolls
Cookies, brownies, and/or blondies
*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email hello@masslandlords.net, we will accommodate you.
Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required!
Door:
Public: $24
Members: $19
Early-bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:
Public: $22
Members: $14
Premium Members: No charge and no need to register
Extra Credit
First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.
Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.
This event is operated by MassLandlords staff. Check in with your MassLandlords ID card.
Our season finale will be back at Longmeadow where we’ll discussing our buildings and our portfolios.
Part I: Residential State Sanitary Code
We’ll start the evening by reviewing the residential state sanitary code, which is the defining feature of residential rental real estate. Unlike your own home, in which you might tolerate deficiencies, or a commercial building, where you can put maintenance on the renter, residential rental real estate requires owners to maintain their premises inside and out. We’ll be reviewing the common issues and how to remedy and foolproof them.
This part of the presentation will be given by either David Cotter, Springfield’s Deputy Director of Housing Code Enforcement or Steve Desilets, Springfield’s City Code Enforcement Commissioner. David and Steve are kind enough to join us outside their jurisdiction and share their knowledge of the state sanitary code, which applies to all municipalities equally.
This is the topic that was previously scheduled for May.
Part II: Economic Opportunity Zones
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 granted states the power to define Economic Opportunity Zones, which offer tax-deferred or tax-free investment opportunities to landlords and businesses alike. We’ll review this process and show areas in your neck of the woods that would qualify.
This part of the presentation is MassLandlords repertoire and will be given by MassLandlords staff or an accountant TBA.
Heating systems can and should be perfect: the Sanitary Code regulates dwelling temperaturesMap of economic opportunity zones
MassLandlords offers attendees of directly managed events a “No Sales Pitch” guarantee. If a guest speaker offers services, their presentation will not discuss pricing, promotions, or reasons why you should hire them. We do not permit speakers to pay for or sponsor events. Guest speakers are chosen for their expertise and willingness to present helpful educational content. Your purchase of an event ticket sustains our nonprofit model.
Thursday, June 13th
RHAGS Meeting Agenda
5:30pm Sign-in and Networking
Cash bar
Networking draws from Springfield, West Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Ludlow, Wilbraham, East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Agawam, Southwick, Southampton, Easthampton, Northampton, Westhampton, Hadley, South Hadley, Granby, Amherst, Belchertown, Ware, Palmer, Warren, Monson, and Hampden.
6:00pm Buffet dinner
6:40pm State-wide Business Update and Member Minutes
7:00pm Local Updates
7:05pm Legal Update
7:10pm State Sanitary Code
7:50pm Economic Opportunity Zones
8:30pm Networking
9:00pm Doors Close
Location
You can just about taste the whiskey bread pudding reading this event listing:
Come and join us to find out what you can do to be in compliance, and other sanitary code laws that will have an impact on your properties and your bottom line.
Our Events are Held at Monty Tech
Thursday, June 13th
NWCLA Meeting Agenda
Visit nwcla.com for any last-minute updates or changes.
6:45pm Dinner and Networking
Networking draws from 25 towns including Fitchburg, Gardner, Leominster, Athol, Holden, Ayer, Orange, Ashburnham, Spencer, Ashby, Lunenburg, Townsend, Westminster, Princeton, Sterling, Lancaster, Shirley, Groton, Pepperell, Winchedon, Templeton, and Hubbardston.
There is ample free parking beside the school. Do not park along the fence where the busses park. Do not park in any of the handicap spots unless you have the proper handicap parking sticker.
Food
Dinner by Happy Jack’s Cantina Grille from N. Main St. in Leominster.
Pricing
Membership not required! Open to the public.
Early-bird ends seven days prior @ 12pm:
Public and Members other than NWCLA: $15
MassLandlords.net/NWCLA members: pay annual dues, then free
After Early bird or at the door:
Public and Members other than NWCLA: $20
MassLandlords.net/NWCLA members: pay annual dues, then free
Part I: Confirmed: Attorney Stuart Schrier with a Policy Review
Did you know that renter advocates and their Reps and Senators blame landlords for an over-regulated market? They want rent control and taxpayer funded attorneys for all renters. We’ll review HD.1100, which has 20 cosponsors and would enact rent control, and we’ll review right to counsel.
Attorney Stuart Schrier of Dorchester has confirmed his availability to present. Attorney Schrier gave politely intoned but legally eviscerating testimony against Just Cause Eviction proposals last session in the City of Boston. In terms of his grasp of legal theory and practice, Attorney Schrier is one of the foremost landlord-tenant attorneys in Massachusetts. He is also recipient of the 2017 MassLandlords Good Neighbor Award.
Part II: Ways to Make More Money with Existing Properties
When you can’t buy a new property, is your income maxed out? Maybe not. For “Ways to Make More Money with Existing Properties,”, we’ll be presenting the best tips and tricks we’ve learned from talking with hundreds of landlords over the years for offering a higher level of service and earning more. We’ll start with easy stuff like knowing your water pressure (you do know your water pressure, right?) and work up from there. A major portion of the presentation will be strategies for negotiating higher rent with applicants other landlords might unfairly reject. We’ll end with guidance on leaving paper checks behind and going digital with online rent collection that fits tenants’ income patterns, avoids overdraft, and helps your renters build credit. Don’t miss these strategies for improving your bottom line by doing right. Real estate is a great way to build wealth over time by doing more for others.
This segment will be presented by Doug Quattrochi, Executive Director of MassLandlords, Inc. MassLandlords members represent the experience of tens of thousands of rental units, and each presentation a new idea comes up that gets worked into subsequent presentations. Come prepared to learn some great ideas but also please think about what you want to share with the room. Together we’ll make this a meeting our balance sheets and the Commonwealth’s housing stock will thank us for.
Attorney Stuart Schrier Testifying that he has handled more than 5,000 eviction casesWays to Make More Money
Market your business, pick up handouts, give away an old doorknob. Everything goes on our first-come, first-served display table at all our events. Please bring business cards, brochures, coupons. And feel free to pick up your own uncollected marketing materials at the end. Everything not claimed end-of-night may be chucked.
“No Sales Pitch” Guarantee
MassLandlords offers attendees of directly managed events a “No Sales Pitch” guarantee. If a guest speaker offers services, their presentation will not discuss pricing, promotions, or reasons why you should hire them. We do not permit speakers to pay for or sponsor events. Guest speakers are chosen for their expertise and willingness to present helpful educational content. Your purchase of an event ticket sustains our nonprofit model.
Tuesday, June 18st
Cambridge Meeting Agenda
5:30pm Sign-in and Networking
Networking draws from Cambridge, Boston, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Watertown, and Malden.
6:00pm Buffet Dinner
6:40pm Executive Director Doug Quattrochi with the MassLandlords Business Update
Member Minutes – Any member can have the mic for 60 seconds (introduce yourself, ask a question, share words of wisdom, etc.)
ID required Upon entering One Broadway, you will need to check in with the lobby security. You’ll just need to show your ID and let them know you’re going to the MassLandlords event in the 5th floor Venture Cafe.
Accessing from the T
Exit the Kendall T stop on Main St.
Cross to the northeast side of Main St. with the Marriott and Chipotle and walk down the street away from Cambridge towards the Longfellow Bridge to Boston.
Cross through the plaza with the five-foot high metal globe; One Broadway is the building undergoing construction across the next street.
Cross over Broadway to arrive at One Broadway.
Parking
Just $10 at Pilgrim Parking, enter after 4pm, a two-minute walk from One Broadway, click here for details. Be careful, some garages are $30. Accessible by T (red line Kendall Square) and highway. For additional parking options see CIC Directions.
Food
Buffet, incl. salad and rolls
Water, sodas
Cookies
*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email hello@masslandlords.net, we will accommodate you.
Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required!
Door:
Public: $24
Members: $19
Early-bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:
Public: $22
Members: $14
Nametags are printed for early-bird public, early-bird member, and premium members only.
Extra Credit
First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.
Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.
