Our monthly training and networking event will be held on the first Monday of the month. Speaker details are TBD but you can be sure of great conversation and small group discussion.
The SWCLA Meets at the Southbridge Community Center fka Casaubon Senior Center
Note: based on best practice observed with our first virtual meeting, we’ve found it best to limit ourselves to a business update plus a single topic. The tour of the website and the review of the sanitary code, previously also scheduled in this timeslot, have been removed and will be scheduled again soon.
Security Deposit Escrow Subaccounts
Professionals know that security deposits need to be held “beyond the claim of creditors of the lessor.” Does this mean we have to open an account under each renter’s social security number using a W-9? Not exactly. We will discuss security deposit escrow subaccounts, which are tools available to landlords large and small for holding many different security deposits compliantly via online banking under one master account you control.
Security Deposit Escrow Subaccounts
“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, April 8th
Virtual Meeting Agenda
6:30pm Sign-in and virtual networking: you can chit chat with others as people log in
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.)
7:05pm Rich Merlino Meeting Introduction
7:10pm Security deposit escrow subaccounts
8:00pm Virtual meeting ends
Location
Virtual Meeting and Webinar Replacement
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, this event series is being replaced by webinars or virtual meetings held during the normal event time. Please do not go to the physical event location. If you require assistance using webinar or virtual meeting technology, please contact us at 774-314-1896 or hello@masslandlords.net a day or two prior to the event. We can send instructions in time for you to participate.
Virtual meetings include optional audience participation via video, phone, and screenshare and are not recorded.
Webinars have limited participation options (typed questions only) and are recorded.
Virtual Meeting Details (hosted by Zoom)
We will share our video, audio, and computer screen and slides.
Optional: You can share your video with everyone, talk to everyone, and type chat with everyone. Video sharing is not required. Talking is not required.
Passwords are emailed upon purchase of a ticket. If you do not receive your password within a minute, check your spam. If it’s not in spam, email hello@masslandlords.net before the event or at the start. We check email during event startup.
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/687419248
Meeting ID: 687 419 248 Password: Will be emailed
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Please use the zoom “test audio” feature to evaluate your microphone prior to the meeting start time. You will be allowed to talk to others if your microphone is good and there is no background noise. We reserve the right to mute anyone for any reason. Attendees without a microphone or who don’t want to be heard can type questions.
Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required!
Contemporaneous participation:
Public: $10
Members: $7
Premium Members: No charge and no need to register (Password will be emailed)
This will be a review of all the rental forms you need, a guided tour of MassLandlords.net/forms. We will cover tenant screening paperwork, rental agreements, eviction notices, smoke detector forms, and security deposit returns. This will be a paperwork-focused presentation. We will not go in depth on the laws, but we will give you an idea of where your business documentation may have “gaps” that you can work to fill.
We will also review the legal framework that authorizes electronic signatures and give some recommendations for services to check out.
Rental Forms You Need + Electronic Signatures
“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.
Thursday, April 9th
Virtual Meeting Agenda
6:30pm Sign-in and virtual networking: you can chit chat with others as people log in
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.)
7:05pm Local Manager Meeting Introduction
7:10pm Rental forms you need and electronic signatures
8:00pm Virtual meeting ends
Location
Virtual Meeting and Webinar Replacement
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, this event series is being replaced by webinars or virtual meetings held during the normal event time. Please do not go to the physical event location. If you require assistance using webinar or virtual meeting technology, please contact us at 774-314-1896 or hello@masslandlords.net a day or two prior to the event. We can send instructions in time for you to participate.
Virtual meetings include optional audience participation via video, phone, and screenshare and are not recorded.
Webinars have limited participation options (typed questions only) and are recorded.
Virtual Meeting Details (hosted by Zoom)
We will share our video, audio, and computer screen and slides.
Optional: You can share your video with everyone, talk to everyone, and type chat with everyone. Video sharing is not required. Talking is not required.
Passwords are emailed upon purchase of a ticket. If you do not receive your password within a minute, check your spam. If it’s not in spam, email hello@masslandlords.net before the event or at the start. We check email during event startup.
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/916014394
Meeting ID: 916 014 394 Password: Will be emailed
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Please use the zoom “test audio” feature to evaluate your microphone prior to the meeting start time. You will be allowed to talk to others if your microphone is good and there is no background noise. We reserve the right to mute anyone for any reason. Attendees without a microphone or who don’t want to be heard can type questions.
Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required!
Contemporaneous participation:
Public: $10
Members: $7
Premium Members: No charge and no need to register (Password will be emailed)
Join us for a presentation by Attorney Mark Burrell concerning Electronic Filing and the common mistakes made by landlords.
Mark Burrell is a seasoned Landlord/Tenant attorney and has the unique perspective to look at your situation from the eyes of the defendant’s attorney. Besides knowing the ins and outs of what to look for in possible glitches to your Security Deposit accounts that may trip us up as landlords; Attorney Burrell is a great storyteller and we are sure you will be entertained at this event.
We meet at the lovely and comfortable Monty Tech
Thursday, April 9th
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
Our April meeting is going to be a zoom conference call. Sherri Way will initiate it, look for details on the MWPOA Message Board. We will discuss COVID-19 and how it is impacting everyone. Just basically answer questions.
Tuesday, April 14th
MetroWest Property Owners Association Meeting Agenda
6:30pm Registration, socializing and dinner
7:00pm MassLandlords Business Update
7:15pm Program starts
Location
Virtual Meeting and Webinar Replacement
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, this event series is being replaced by webinars or virtual meetings held during the normal event time. Please do not go to the physical event location. If you require assistance using webinar or virtual meeting technology, please contact us at 774-314-1896 or hello@masslandlords.net a day or two prior to the event. We can send instructions in time for you to participate.
Virtual meetings include optional audience participation via video, phone, and screenshare and are not recorded.
Webinars have limited participation options (typed questions only) and are recorded.
Pricing & RSVP
Open to the public! Membership is not required. *MWPOA Members* RSVP by emailing your full name to Laurel newlakeview@yahoo.com
MassLandlords.net/MWPOA Members pay $100 annual MWPOA dues and each meeting is free, just RSVP!
It’s true that when you knock on a resident’s door to collect rent, you can connect on a personal level and learn what’s new and in need of attention. But in the new world of social distancing, collecting rent in-person is either prohibited or risky. Not to mention the fact that few renters have the work-from-home-stability that would be needed to pay rent in full and on-time. Partial payments may become the new normal. Even before this, collecting rent in person has always been time consuming and slow, especially when renters are short. There is a better way.
In this presentation, we’ll review the market context in which rent collection happens. We’ll talk about the rise of partial payments and payments tied to income, including relief checks. We’ll then discuss the fundamentals of moving money over networks, including credit cards and ACH. Finally we’ll review some software offerings available today including QuickBooks, PayPal, Venmo, Cozy, zRent, and RentHelper. Each has pros and cons. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how money moves in the US and where to learn more about various methods for collection at a distance.
This part of the presentation will be given by MassLandlords staff.
Rent collection software is better than collecting in-person
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.
Open to attendees statewide
This event is regionally branded in keeping with a local tradition. This region used to meet in-person on this day at this time. You are welcome to participate in this virtual meeting no matter where you are in the state.
Tuesday, April 21st
Cambridge Virtual Meeting Agenda
6:30pm Sign-in and virtual networking: you can chit chat with others as people log in
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.)
7:05pm Local Manager Meeting Introduction
7:10pm Rent collection software
8:00pm Virtual meeting ends
Location
Virtual Meeting and Webinar Replacement
During the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, this event series is being replaced by webinars or virtual meetings held during the normal event time. Please do not go to the physical event location. If you require assistance using webinar or virtual meeting technology, please contact us at 774-314-1896 or hello@masslandlords.net a day or two prior to the event. We can send instructions in time for you to participate.
Virtual meetings include optional audience participation via video, phone, and screenshare and are not recorded.
Webinars have limited participation options (typed questions only) and are recorded.
Virtual Meeting Details (hosted by Zoom)
We will share our video, audio, and computer screen and slides.
Optional: You can share your video with everyone, talk to everyone, and type chat with everyone. Video sharing is not required. Talking is not required.
Passwords are emailed upon purchase of a ticket. If you do not receive your password within a minute, check your spam. If it’s not in spam, email hello@masslandlords.net before the event or at the start. We check email during event startup.
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/476055626
Meeting ID: 476 055 626 Password: Will be emailed
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Please use the zoom “test audio” feature to evaluate your microphone prior to the meeting start time. You will be allowed to talk to others if your microphone is good and there is no background noise. We reserve the right to mute anyone for any reason. Attendees without a microphone or who don’t want to be heard can type questions.
Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required!
Contemporaneous participation:
Public: $10
Members: $7
Premium Members: No charge and no need to register. Click here for meeting details and password.
The 335 pages of the United States CARES Act went into effect on March 27, 2020 and immediately changed the eviction process in Massachusetts as well as triggered distribution of economic relief to many renters and some landlords.
First, we will review the relief package. Who is eligible for the new federal unemployment? What is the process to receive federal unemployment? Are you or your renters eligible if state unemployment doesn’t cover you? Who will be getting a stimulus check? And can you find out which of your renters are covered and which have slipped through the cracks?
Second, we will review the eviction moratorium, change to late fees, and the change to notice requirements. We will clarify exactly who is covered and who is not. Then we will overlay state law and see who else is impacted by recent changes to nonpayment process.
This webinar will be given by Attorney Peter Vickery, MassLandlords Legislative Affairs Counsel, of Amherst, and Attorney Jordana Roubicek Greenman, of Boston and Watertown.
Attorney Jordana Roubicek GreenmanLegislative Affairs Counsel and Attorney Peter Vickery
Wednesday, April 22nd
12:00pm Webinar Begins
1:15pm Webinar Ends (this webinar may run late to 1:30)
Registration
Open to the public. Membership is not required!
Public: $6
Members: $3
Upon purchasing, you will be registered. A password for the webinar will be sent day-of. Registrants will also have full access to the recording to watch or rewatch any time after the webinar is completed.
Watch Live (on April 22nd, 2020 12:00PM EST):
When: Apr 22, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: CARES Act
Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/643719266 Password: Will be emailed
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