Waltham Wed 4-4: When Landlords Should Call the Police, Tech to Comply with MA Law

Part I: If your tenants are dealing drugs or turning tricks out of your apartment, who do you call first? If the answer isn't "the police," come find out what you're missing. The police aren't just for traffic and violence. Community policing can help owners stay in business, avoid serious problems, and even change the course of neighborhoods.

This part will be presented by Officer June Conway. Officer Conway is the Housing Liaison Officer for the City of Waltham. She has spent over thirty years in law enforcement and speaks to colleges, universities, local businesses, chambers of commerce, and residents from all over. Her goal is to partner with the public to make positive changes in crime, housing, juvenile misbehavior, and quality of life.

Part II: Do you have a Written Information Security Program? Are you compliant with MGL Chapter 93H and 201 CMR 17? Find out how you can prevent identify theft both for yourself and for your tenants, comply with the law, and make life easier for your company in a digital age. We'll cover the fundamentals of data backup, password vaults, secure web browsing, Internet and hard drive encryption, email tracking, and WISP's, and why anti-virus software has been made obsolete by anti-malware.

We might not think about it, but in the course of screening tenants, many of us gather enough information that, were it to fall into the wrong hands, our applicants' identities could easily be stolen in their entirety.

This is an important presentation not only because we're regulated under pain of fines, but because by-and-large the rental operations we've seen are not secure. Is yours?

This part will be presented by Doug Quattrochi, Executive Director of MassLandlords, Inc. MassLandlords relies heavily on information technology, remote part-time employees, outsourced contractors, and cloud storage. Doug has a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and has developed software for jet engines and several startups. He is happy to take questions on how MassLandlords has been able to securely bootstrap to this point using the latest technology to safeguard information. Presentation has been customized to be relevant to rental property owners of all sizes.

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Wednesday, April 4^th

Charles River Meeting Agenda

• 5:30pm Sign-in/Networking/Dinner
  • Networking draws from Waltham, Newton, Weston, Watertown, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills, Lincoln, Dover, Arlington, Belmont, and the western ends of Cambridge and Boston.
• 6:00pm Buffet Dinner by the Copper House Tavern
• 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.)
• 7:00pm When Landlords Should Call the Police
• 7:40pm Tech to Comply with MA Law
• 8:20pm Networking
• 9:00pm Doors Close

Location

Best Western Waltham
380 Winter St.
Waltham, MA 02451

Parking

There is ample parking in the lot around the Best Western and down the hill by the Copper House Tavern. Please enter through the main lobby and look for the MassLandlords signs.

Food

• Buffet Dinner
• Soda, Water, Coffee

*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!

• Early-bird ends 3/28 at 12pm:
  • Public: $27.00
  • Members: $20.00
• After Early bird or at the door:
  • Public: $32.00
  • Members: $25.00