Statewide Virtual Meeting Wed Sep 1: Rent Collection Software

There are dozens of services to collect rent in US Dollars online, including Venmo, PayPal, Apartments.com (formerly Cozy), ZRent, and RentHelper. Or should you use Bitcoin? This presentation will explore these options and more. We will start by reviewing the pros and cons of digital rent collection. For instance, digital rent collection has a big disadvantage: when you knock on a resident's door to collect rent in person, you can connect on a personal level and learn what's new and in need of attention. We'll discuss this and other things we've lost with moving online. But the advantages are numerous: less work, more traceability, and custom payment schedules, to name a few. We will explain in-depth:

• Fundamentals of moving money over networks, including credit cards and ACH.
• Costs, risks, and effort required with various services like Venmo and PayPal.
• Which services leave the owner in control of collections during eviction proceedings
• What changes are coming now that Cozy has been absorbed by Apartments.com.

Attendees will leave with an understanding of how money moves in the US and where to learn more about various methods for collection. 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 Dana Fogg and Erin Zamarro. Dana started his rental business in 1994 with his first Multifamily in Watertown. Since then, Dana and his wife have purchased and sold rental properties around the Metro West area. They now have 9 Units in Watertown and Marlborough. Dana is the Vice President of the Metro West Property Owners Association. Erin lives and works in Worcester. Erin is a real estate broker at A.A. Zamarro Realty, an independent brokerage which has operated in the Worcester residential and commercial real estate markets for over 50 years. Our office frequently works with buyers and sellers of investment property. Erin is a Certified Massachusetts Landlord™ as well as a member of the National Association of Realtors. Erin received a B.A. from Holy Cross and an M.B.A with a concentration in Marketing from Clark University.  

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Open to attendees statewide

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

Wednesday, Sep 1^st

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 Rent Collection Software
• 7:00pm Virtual meeting ends

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Topic: Rent Collection Software Virtual Meeting September 1, 2021 Time: Sep 1, 2021 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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• Contemporaneous participation:
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This event will not be recorded. Slides and handouts if any will be uploaded to Rent Collection Software.

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