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The Supreme Court looked the other way, then the CDC extended their eviction moratorium through September. Then the Supreme Court changed their mind, spurring Boston to enact their own moratorium. And Massachusetts may also enact “state moratorium 2.0”, shutting down the courts for swathes of the population. Is this just what it means to be a landlord post-pandemic?

At this event, we will discuss:

• How the President acknowledged the CDC moratorium is likely unconstitutional;
• What federal litigation caused it to end;
• Moratoriums in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Framingham;
• How the state legislature is being asked to create a “state moratorium 2.0”; and
• What litigation might be brought to bear against all this.

Calling potential plaintiffs: Federal rental assistance was available at incomes up to 80% of AMI, meaning roughly $38,650 for households of two. But the CDC moratorium covers households up to $198,000. So isn’t there a takings argument for the huge number of households in the gap? If your nonpayment case fell in the gap, we want you at this event. Also, if you are impacted by a municipal moratorium, we want to hear what is going on.

Attendees will

• Hear about our legal options if the state enacts a new moratorium,
• Come forward with your CDC-covered, rental assistance ineligible renter, if applicable, and
• Come forward with your municipally-covered renter, if applicable.

Part of this presentation will be given by Attorney Jordana Roubicek Greenman.
She is an attorney and a title agent for First American Title Insurance Company and
WFG in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Attorney Roubicek Greenman has a solo practice with a main office in Watertown and additional office in
Downtown Boston. Her practice consists of a broad range of real estate-related legal matters,
including commercial and residential landlord/tenant disputes, condominium association representation,
general real estate litigation and commercial and residential real estate closings. Attorney Roubicek Greenman
has a well-respected reputation for aggressively advocating for her clients’ goals and ensuring beneficial
outcomes at a reasonable cost. She was among the first attorneys to take legal action in response to the unfunded eviction moratorium.

Part of this presentation will be given by Richard D. Vetstein, Esq. Attorney Vetstein is founding partner of Vetstein Law Group, P.C.. He is a nationally recognized real estate attorney and litigator.
Recently, Rich was lead counsel in the successful federal legal challenge to the Massachusetts Eviction Moratorium,
which received national and statewide publicity. Rich’s legal analysis has been quoted in the Boston Globe, Banker & Tradesman,
Wall Street Journal’s SmartMoney.com, Bloomberg News, and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Mr. Vetstein has also been selected as MetroWest Boston’s Best of the Best Lawyers,
and one of Inman News’ 100 Most Influential in Real Estate. He is the former Co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Title & Conveyancing Committee.
A dedicated advocate for property owners,
Rich was instrumental in the passage of the Act Clearing Title to Foreclosed Properties, and has testified at the State House in
support of the Rent Escrow Bill and many other landlord legislative initiatives.
An intense advocate, Rich’s efforts led to the indictment of a criminal syndicate in one of the largest real estate forgery schemes in Massachusetts history.

Part of this presentation will be given by Peter Vickery of Bobrowski
& Vickery, LLC. Attorney Vickery practices law in Western Massachusetts where he focuses on landlord-tenant law
(representing landlords in Housing Court) and discrimination defense (representing business owners in the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination).
He graduated from Oxford University (Jesus College) with a BA in Modern History; obtained his Post-Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of the
West of England in Bristol; his JD from Boston University School of Law; and his Masters in Public Policy & Administration from the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. Attorney Vickery served one term on the Governor’s Council (the elected 8-member body that approves or vetoes the governor’s choice of judges in Massachusetts) and on the State Ballot Law Commission. As Legislative Affairs Counsel for MassLandlords he drafts bills, bill summaries, and testimony in the area of housing law,
and writes amicus briefs in cases that have strategic significance for rental-property owners.

Networking time will be moderated by Rich Merlino. Rich has managed apartments since 2003 and prides himself on his mostly plagiarized systemization of each aspect of property management (learn from the best!). He is a member of the MassLandlords Board of Directors.

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“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.

Open to attendees statewide

You are welcome to participate in this virtual meeting no matter where you are.

Wednesday, Sep 8^th

Virtual Meeting Agenda

• 5:00pm Sign-in and virtual networking: you can chit chat with others as people log in
• 5:40pm Business Update
• 6:00pm Are eviction moratoriums the new normal?
• 7:00pm Virtual meeting ends

Participation is Easy

We have two formats of online events:

• 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.

Our virtual registration desk is open for all events one hour starting 30 minutes prior to the event start time.
Call 774-314-1896 or email hello@masslandlords.net for live, real-time help signing in
and using your technology.

If joining a virtual meeting, please use the zoom “test audio” feature. 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.

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.

Password will be emailed and viewable online.

Topic: Are Eviction Moratoriums the New Normal? Virtual Meeting September 8, 2021
Time: Sep 8, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88129682189

Meeting ID: 881 2968 2189
Passcode: Will be emailed and viewable online

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Meeting ID: 881 2968 2189
Passcode: Will be emailed and viewable online
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcCN03qyeD

Pricing

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

• Contemporaneous participation:
  • Public: $14
  • Members: $7
  • Premium Members: No charge and no need to register. Click here for meeting details and password.

This event will not be recorded.

Slides and handouts if any will be uploaded
to COVID-19 Coronavirus Landlord Tenant Laws, Regulations, and Procedures.

v3

At this virtual meeting MassLandlords staff will ask you to help us construct the “hardship waiver” process. A dues increase is on the horizon.

After seven years without a dues increase, MassLandlords will be switching from “per person” pricing to “per units owned or managed.” Our benefits get better the bigger you get. A landlord with ten units, for example, will save ten times as much at Home Depot as a landlord with just one unit. A landlord with 100 units, for example, will be able to give their whole team logins, have them all on the message boards, and get them all certified.

The pricing structure will have a “base dues” that everyone must pay regardless of size and a “per unit” component. These have been set by the Board of Directors. But what if your business has fallen on hard times? How are you supposed to climb out of it if you can’t afford to be a MassLandlords member?

This collaborative event will go in the following order:

• Short presentation on MassLandlords growth, last twelve-month financials, and needs.
• Short presentation on new pricing plan, including adjusting dues up and down by region.
• Moderated discussion on how to evaluate hardship for reduced dues

Attendees will leave having learned and contributed: Why and how will MassLandlords be changing dues? How can all landlords benefit from MassLandlords membership regardless of their current circumstances?

This presentation will be given by Doug Quattrochi, Executive
Director, MassLandlords, Inc. Doug was a founding member of MassLandlords in 2013. He became the association’s first Executive Director under new bylaws in 2014. Since then, he has scaled the organization from a core of 160 members in Worcester to approximately 2,200 dues paying businesses from Pittsfield to the Cape, and from an all-volunteer team to approximately 20 full and part-time staff plus 50 volunteers. Doug has been instrumental in advancing democratic governance mechanisms, including score voting for policy priorities and a staggered and democratically elected Board of Directors. Doug also oversees the RentHelper spin-off, which is expanding access to electronic banking for those of us who are unbanked or underbanked. Prior to MassLandlords, Doug held leadership roles in various Massachusetts startups, two of which are still operating. Doug holds a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Networking time will be moderated by Patrick
Sullivan. Patrick has been an avid landlord since 2007 primarily
focusing on multi families in the greater Worcester area. Having
worked in high level IT his whole life he looks at things from a
different perspective which he applies to real estate. He
became a Real Estate agent in 2015 and now primarily focuses on
Sober living facilities for people recently out of drug and alcohol
treatment centers.

“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.

Open to attendees statewide

You are welcome to participate in this virtual meeting no matter where you are.

Thursday, September 9^th

Virtual Meeting Agenda

• 5:00pm Sign-in and virtual networking: you can chit chat with others as people log in
• 5:40pm Business Update
• 6:00pm What if I can’t afford membership dues?
• 7:00pm Virtual meeting ends

Participation is Easy

We have two formats of online events:

• 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.

Our virtual registration desk is open for all events one hour starting 30 minutes prior to the event start time.
Call 774-314-1896 or email hello@masslandlords.net for live, real-time help signing in
and using your technology.

If joining a virtual meeting, please use the zoom “test audio” feature. 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.

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.

Password will be emailed and viewable online.

Topic: What if I can’t afford Membership Dues? Virtual Meeting September 9, 2021
Time: Sep 9, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87301779538

Meeting ID: 873 0177 9538
Passcode: Will be emailed and viewable online

Dial by your location
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 873 0177 9538
Passcode: Will be emailed and viewable online
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kclXNikQqC

Pricing

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

• Contemporaneous participation:
  • Public: $10
  • Members: No charge, registration required
  • Premium Members: No charge and no need to register. Click here for meeting details and password.

This event will not be recorded.

Slides and handouts if any will be uploaded
to Membership Dues.

v2

2020 was a year to remember! NWCLA is ready to visit in person, and hear about the two thousand twenty (2020) different experiences encountered. This will be an open discussion to reveal what was learned and how management systems may be improved.

Not ready to join us in person? That’s okay! Meetings will continue to be available on Zoom.

Meetings are open to the public! In-person tickets are $20. Zoom tickets are $10. Zoom meeting information will be provided the day of the event. Become a member and the annual dues pay for all 10 meetings a year!

Thursday, September 9^th

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.
• 7:00pm Presentations

In Person Location

British American Club
1 Simonds Road
Fitchburg, MA 01420

Food

• Dinner will be provided.

Pricing

NWCLA Membership not required! Open to the public.

• In person ticket – Public and Members other than NWCLA: $20
• Zoom ticket – Public and Members other than NWCLA: $10
• MassLandlords.net/NWCLA members: pay annual NWCLA dues, then free for Zoom or In Person

If you purchase the $10 Zoom ticket or are an active NWCLA member the Zoom meeting information will be sent by email on the day of the event.

This event will be recorded and accessible for active NWCLA members only at https://www.nwcla.com/members/meeting-recordings/.

v3

Attorney Adam Sherwin is a sole practitioner concentrating in real estate litigation representing property owners, landlords, and tenants alike. He has vast experience in matters of real estate that include boundary disputes, zoning appeals, contract disputes, foreclosure law, and landlord-tenant matters.

Attorney Sherwin’s website is www.sherwinlawfirm.com.

He can also be contacted at:
Email: adam@sherwinlawfirm.com
Phone: 617-336-3236
Fax: 617-284-6089

PLEASE NOTE: We had planned to hold this, our September 2021 meeting, in person. However, there were two matters in our decision to hold at least one more session via Zoom. The first was the uncertainty in the proliferation of the Delta Coronavirus: for planning purposes, we could not be sure that our meeting space at the Southbridge Community Center would be open. To avoid the chance of a last-minute cancellation, we thought it better to Zoom this session. Secondly, our speaker, Attorney Sherwin, has his office in Charlestown and is himself limiting his contacts with the public to his physical office out of concern for the virus. We hope you understand.

All members whose dues are up to date will be sent a link to the meeting via email. From that email, all you have to do is click on the link and it will bring you to the meeting.

Monday, September 13th

SWCLA Meeting Agenda

• 7:00p Meeting Start
• 8:00p Meeting wrap-up

Location

Zoom meeting information will be emailed to SWCLA members on the day of the event and viewable online.

Pricing

Open to SWCLA Members only. Pay annual dues then free. All SWCLA members whose dues are up to date will be sent a link to the meeting via email.

v1