Statewide Virtual Meeting Mon Sep 26: Communicating with Stressed-out, Difficult Tenants

This panel discussion will help us develop self-management, communication and conflict-resolution skills. We will particularly focus on high-conflict situations. We will cover:

How owners and managers can earn goodwill before drawing down on it.
"Going to the balcony" for mental separation from heated, emotionally charged tenant situations.
Phrases and approaches that de-escalate, especially where a renter escalates.
When renters threaten unnecessarily to call city inspectors or deny access to make repairs.
Identifying the time and place for simple listening vs. problem solving vs. going to court.
How to bring up difficult situations like unauthorized occupants, rent withholding, property damage, noise and nuisance and more.

Attendees will leave having been introduced to basic approaches, examples of phrases to use or avoid, and best practices for resolving difficult situations.

An example of a stressful situation is where one person talks too closely and too loudly at another. — Stressful situations don't need to remain so. We'll show you how to manage your own and other's reactions.

picture of Kris Snyder, Certified Massachusetts Landlord — Kris Snyder, Certified Massachusetts Landlord

Peter Shapiro of Good Landlord Consulting Services and MassLandlords Stakeholder Liaison and Helpline Counselor — Peter Shapiro runs Good Landlord Consulting Services (GLCS) and is a MassLandlords Helpline Counselor

Part of this event will be presented by by Peter Shapiro. A graduate of MIT's Master's Program in City Planning, Peter founded and directed Mediation For Results, a Program at Just-A-Start Corporation, a nonprofit in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 1990 to 2015, Peter and his team provided landlord counseling, mediation and homelessness prevention, and led landlord support groups across Metro Boston. Peter now provides Helpline and Member services for MassLandlords and also provides landlord counseling and mediation for the City of Boston. Peter is the author of The Good Landlord: A Guide to Making a Profit While Making a Difference.

Part of this event will be presented by Kris Snyder, member and Certified Massachusetts Landlord Level One Provisional. Kris has a professional background in customer service across several industries, including nonprofits. They are practiced at deescalation and diffusing via written communication inluding texts, chat and email. Kris also has sexual assault disclosure training via BARCC that has taught them valuable skills for making sure people feel heard and listened to when they are experiencing trauma or other stress. Kris has been a regular contributor to our members-only Facebook discussion group.

Patrick Sullivan of Obtainable Sobriety, also a MassLandlords Director, will moderate networking time.
You can volunteer for a future event.

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. Patrick sits on the statewide MassLandlords Board of Directors.

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Monday, September 26^th

Virtual Meeting Agenda (New Times!)

5:00 pm Sign-in and virtual networking: you can chit chat with others as people log in
5:40 pm Presentation
6:40 pm Virtual meeting ends

By member survey, the business has been reimagined as a set of convenient videos viewable anytime online.

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.

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Virtual Meeting Details (hosted by Zoom)

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Password will be emailed and viewable online.

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