All Forum Posts by: Jillian Campayno

*Part I: Asset Protection 101

If you got sued tomorrow, would you be at risk of losing everything? Owners who operate with an LLC, Inc., or Trust have "disaster containment" so that if one folds, the rest of the business survives. They also have lots of insurance. Find out whether your setup is adequate.

Another question we'll address is whether your trust is protecting you the way you think. Trusts have one key advantage but in many respects they're now second to the LLC.

This presentation addresses questions for both new and experienced owners looking to select a going-forward structure, make a change, or gain confidence in their current setup.

This part of the presentation will be given by MassLandlords staff.

*Part II: Estate Planning and Inheritance
Once we know how to cover our assets in life, we'll look further ahead and go in-depth on inheritance and estate planning issues. We'll cover the topic from the perspective of owners looking to have a plan for your own affairs as well as children looking to help their parents chart a course. Particular focus on estate planning for real estate owners.

This part of the presentation will be given by Attorney Deborah Danger, Attorney Annika Bockius-Suwyn and Attorney Meagan Durigan of DangerLaw LLC. DangerLaw specializes in estate planning, family law, guardianship/conservatorship, and small and family business protection. They're unconventional attorneys committed to making the difficult subject of estate planning fun and enjoyable.

*Have you seen our Charles River volunteer website? Market data available on rent levels for Waltham and surrounding areas. We encourage you to also take the poll on your current views of the rental market. Use the "Contact Us" form to request a login at crrha.org

Purchase your ticket in just a few clicks!

"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, June 5th Charles River Meeting Agenda
-6:00pm Sign-in/Networking
Networking draws from Waltham, Newton, Weston, Watertown, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills, Lincoln, Dover, Arlington, Belmont, and the western ends of Cambridge and Boston.
-6:10pm Pizza and sodas provided
-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 Asset Protection 101
-7:40pm Estate Planning and Inheritance
-9:00pm Doors Close

*Location
Charles River Properties
382 Watertown St
Newton, MA 02458

*Parking
Lots of street parking available at this hour.

Public parking lot behind Village Bank near corner of Adams and Watertown Streets (<0.1 miles).

Public parking lot at Bridge St and Linwood Ave (0.2 miles).

*Food
Pizza
Soda, Water
Please feel free to bring a dinner that meets your dietary goals/restrictions

*Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required! Seating is limited to 25. If tickets are active, seats are available. This location credit card and check only.

Public: $15.00
Members: $10.00

Tickets at: MassLandlords.net/events

We're headed north to better serve our Holyoke members and also hopefully meet some new faces from the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce.

*Part I: Residential State Sanitary Code

We'll start the evening by reviewing the residential state sanitary code, which is the defining feature of residential rental real estate. Unlike your own home, in which you might tolerate deficiencies, or a commercial building, where you can put maintenance on the renter, residential rental real estate requires owners to maintain their premises inside and out. We'll be reviewing the common issues and how to remedy and foolproof them.

This part of the presentation will be given by David Cotter, Springfield's Deputy Director of Housing Code Enforcement. David is kind enough to join us outside his jurisdiction and share his knowledge of the state sanitary code, which applies to all municipalities equally.

*Part II: Getting Started with Mixed Use Property

We'd like to branch out and explore how we can house both a business and some residents in the same building. For many of us with a need for a small office, purchasing a dedicated commercial space is unaffordable. But with residents above to pay some of the rent, suddenly a variety of buildings can start to make sense. We'll start with what "triple net" means and take it from there. We'll also talk about how to identify a downtown that's headed in the right direction, or whether it even matters.

This part of the presentation will be a moderated discussion between experienced mixed-use landlords, TBD.

*"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, May 9th RHAGS Meeting Agenda

-5:30pm Sign-in and Networking

Cash bar

Networking draws from Springfield, West Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Ludlow, Wilbraham, East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Agawam, Southwick, Southampton, Easthampton, Northampton, Westhampton, Hadley, South Hadley, Granby, Amherst, Belchertown, Ware, Palmer, Warren, Monson, and Hampden.

-6:00pm Buffet dinner

-6:40pm State-wide Business Update and Member Minutes

-7:00pm Local Updates

-7:05pm Legal Update

-7:10pm State Sanitary Code

-7:50pm Mixed-use Property

-8:30pm Networking

-9:00pm Doors Close

*Location

You can just about taste the whiskey bread pudding reading this event listing:

Delaney House

3 Country Club Rd

Holyoke, MA 01040

*Food

Hot buffet dinner, incl. salad and rolls

Cash bar

Hot Coffee & Tea

Dessert

*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email [email protected], we will accommodate you.

*Pricing

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

-Door:

Public: $40

Members: $35

-Early bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:

Public: $38

Members: $30

Nametags are printed for all early-bird tickets and premium members.

*Extra Credit

-First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.

-Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.

Tickets at: MassLandlords.net/events

Solar offers an opportunity to increase cash flow on existing buildings without additional units or rent-raises. But what does a clear-headed analysis show? Can solar be cashflow positive? How can it pay if renters get all the electrical savings?

Thanks to the new SMART solar credit program, which replaces SREC auctions, solar panel systems can now be used to generate cashflow directly. And for landlords interested in revising their utility arrangements with renters, such systems can be monetized at market utility rates without assuming the liability of "utilities included."

SMART credit blocks are closing depending on the size of your intended system and location. This presentation will have relevance for Eversource and National Grid customers in Medford, Malden, Everett, Chelsea, Somerville, Cambridge, Arlington, Boston, and many other places. (Belmont owners and others with a local municipal electric utility are regrettably not always included, check with our speaker before purchasing a ticket.)

*Part I: Solar Financial Overview, Incentives, and Cashflow Options
This part of the presentation will be given by Frank Urro of NRGTree. NRGTree is not a solar installer, they are a solar quoting company focusing on the financial aspect of solar and referrals to installers. They wanted us to know that no house is too small to diversify income streams to include some solar.

*Part II: Monetizing Solar in Rentals
This part of the presentation is MassLandlords repertoire and will be given by MassLandlords staff.

*Have you seen our Leave Stuff, Take Stuff Table?
Market your business, pick up handouts, give away an old doorknob. Everything goes on our first-come, first-served display table at all our events. Please bring business cards, brochures, coupons. And feel free to pick up your own uncollected marketing materials at the end. Everything not claimed end-of-night may be chucked.

*"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.

*Tuesday, May 21st Cambridge Meeting Agenda
-5:30pm Sign-in and Networking
Networking draws from Cambridge, Boston, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Watertown, and Malden.
-6:00pm Buffet Dinner
-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 Solar presentations and discussion
-8:30pm Networking
-9:00pm Doors close

*Location
Cambridge Innovation Center
1 Broadway (5th Floor)
Cambridge, MA 02142

*Parking
Just $10 at Pilgrim Parking, enter after 4pm, a two-minute walk from One Broadway, click here for details. Be careful, some garages are $30. Accessible by T (red line Kendall Square) and highway. For additional parking options see CIC Directions.

*Food
Buffet, incl. salad and rolls
Water, sodas
Cookies
*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email [email protected], we will accommodate you.

*Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required!

*Door:
-Public: $24
-Members: $19
*Early-bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:
-Public: $22
-Members: $14

Nametags are printed for early-bird public, early-bird member, and premium members only.

*Extra Credit
-First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.
-Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.

Tickets at: MassLandlords.net/events

If you plan to renovate, or if you don't have deleading certificates for all your units, you need to attend this presentation. Both lead-safe renovation and deleading are required (few exceptions apply). Price for getting an RRP fine: $37,500; for telling a family with children your unit is not deleaded: $50,000. But on the other hand, having lead certificates will allow you to charge increased rent, with lower risk, and obtain higher resale value (an average of $10,000/unit).

Our Deleading Overview will cover:

-Medical/economic/social reasons why lead is a problem for society
-The reasons why landlords are looked at as the biggest lead exposure
-MA laws and regulations that establish liability, interim control, and full compliance
-Federal RRP laws requiring similar care during renovations
-How owners and contractors can undergo training to do some of these things themselves
-Where to see who's licensed to inspect, delead, and renovate

This part of the presentation will be given by John Risk of JHR Environmental, a veteran MassLandlords speaker and highly rated service provider.

*Have you seen our Charles River volunteer website? Market data available on rent levels for Waltham and surrounding areas. We encourage you to also take the poll on your current views of the rental market. Use the "Contact Us" form to request a login at crrha.org

*Purchase your ticket in just a few clicks!

*"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, May 1st Charles River Meeting Agenda
-6:00pm Sign-in/Networking
Networking draws from Waltham, Newton, Weston, Watertown, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills, Lincoln, Dover, Arlington, Belmont, and the western ends of Cambridge and Boston.
-6:10pm Pizza and sodas provided
-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 Deleading Overview
-8:20pm Networking and small group discussion
-9:00pm Doors Close

*Location
Charles River Properties
382 Watertown St
Newton, MA 02458

*Parking
Lots of street parking available at this hour.

Public parking lot behind Village Bank near corner of Adams and Watertown Streets (<0.1 miles).

Public parking lot at Bridge St and Linwood Ave (0.2 miles).

*Food
Pizza
Soda, Water
Please feel free to bring a dinner that meets your dietary goals/restrictions

*Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required! Seating is limited to 25. If tickets are active, seats are available. This location credit card and check only.

Public: $15.00
Members: $10.00

Tickets at: MassLandlords.net/events

Learn how Housing Court works before you start an eviction. Clerk Magistrate Nick Moudios will be imparting words of wisdom that, if taken to heart, will make both your life and his better should you end up in court. If a future case were to go badly you would have no one to blame but yourself for missing this event.

The Clerk Magistrate will be bringing one of the housing court team from the Central Division of the Housing Court, a Housing Specialist. Housing Specialists help you mediate your agreement for binding judgment. We will be asking about trials, mediation, the court services center, and limited assistance representation. There's a lot to Housing Court, and a lot of options to help you protect your rights of ownership.

*Have you seen our Leave Stuff, Take Stuff Table?
Market your business, pick up handouts, give away an old doorknob. Everything goes on our first-come, first-served display table at all our events. Please bring business cards, brochures, coupons. And feel free to pick up your own uncollected marketing materials at the end. Everything not claimed end-of-event may be chucked.

*"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, May 8th Meeting Agenda
-5:30pm Sign-in/Networking
Networking draws from Worcester, Shrewsbury, Millbury, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, Holden, West Boylston, Boylston, Grafton, Upton, Northbridge, Sutton, Oxford, Charlton, Spencer, Oakham, Rutland, Princeton, Clinton, and Sterling.
-6:15pm Buffet Dinner by The Vintage Grille
-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.)
-7:00pm Rich Merlino Meeting Introduction
-7:05pm Housing Court Team
-8:20pm Networking
-9:00pm Doors close

*Location
Worcester Technical High School
1 Skyline Dr
Worcester, MA 01603

*Parking
There is ample free parking in the first lot you see, in the covered garage to your left, on top of the garage (entrance further down road), and around the back of the school

*Food
Cheese and crackers, sodas, water, coffee, decaf
Hot buffet dinner, incl. salad, rolls
Cookies, brownies, and/or blondies
*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email [email protected], we will accommodate you.

*Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required!

-Door:
Public: $24
Members: $19
Early-bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:
-Public: $22
Members: $14

Premium Members: No charge and no need to register

*Extra Credit
-First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.
-Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.

Technology can save time, reduce risk, and earn higher rents by shutting off the water, giving renters keyless entry, and keeping vandals away all without us having to be there. Come see what easy and affordable steps you can take to modernize your operations, save time, and get a higher return on your investment.

Key use-cases we will be considering:

Rekeying

Streamlining access for tenants and contractors / repairs

Controlling / Reducing utility expenses

Freeze protection

Security

We will be going over smart thermostats, water leak detection and shutoff, smart locks, door and window sensors, and video monitoring.

This part of the presentation will be given by Charles Hadsell, MassLandlords member and CEO at ePropertyCare.

*Have you seen our Leave Stuff, Take Stuff Table?

Market your business, pick up handouts, give away an old doorknob. Everything goes on our first-come, first-served display table at all our events. Please bring business cards, brochures, coupons. And feel free to pick up your own uncollected marketing materials at the end. Everything not claimed end-of-night may be chucked.

*"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.

*Tuesday, April 16th Cambridge Meeting Agenda

-5:30pm Sign-in and Networking

Networking draws from Cambridge, Boston, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Watertown, and Malden.

-6:00pm Buffet Dinner

-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 Smart Home Tech for Rental Properties

-8:30pm Networking

-9:00pm Doors close

*Location

Cambridge Innovation Center

1 Broadway (5th Floor)

Cambridge, MA 02142

ID required Upon entering One Broadway, you will need to check in with the lobby security. You'll just need to show your ID and let them know you're going to the MassLandlords event in the 5th floor Venture Cafe.

Accessing from the T

Exit the Kendall T stop on Main St.

Cross to the northeast side of Main St. with the Marriott and Chipotle and walk down the street away from Cambridge towards the Longfellow Bridge to Boston.

Cross through the plaza with the five-foot high metal globe; One Broadway is the building undergoing construction across the next street.

Cross over Broadway to arrive at One Broadway.

*Parking

Just $10 at Pilgrim Parking, enter after 4pm, a two-minute walk from One Broadway, click here for details. Be careful, some garages are $30. Accessible by T (red line Kendall Square) and highway. For additional parking options see CIC Directions.

*Food

Buffet, incl. salad and rolls

Water, sodas

Cookies

*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email [email protected], we will accommodate you.

(Pricing

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

-Door:

Public: $24

Members: $19

-Early-bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:

Public: $22

Members: $14

Nametags are printed for early-bird public, early-bird member, and premium members only.

*Extra Credit

-First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.

-Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.

Tickets at: MassLandlords.net/events

MassLandlords staff and volunteers will be offering free window screen repairs at the City of Worcester's Health and Housing on the Hill Block Party! Window screen repairs are first-come, first-served while supplies last. You do not need to be a resident of the Union Hill neighborhood to participate. This event is rain or shine.

We will be patching and/or completely re-splining old window screens of most common sizes. Bring as many as you want!

Landlords are required by the state sanitary code to provide window screens from April 1st to October 30th of each year. Window screens are a critical public health requirement to prevent to spread of zika, west nile virus, malaria, and yellow fever.

*Saturday, April 6th Fair Hours

-12pm Party Starts

The MassLandlords tent will be on the south end of the fair.

Short presentations on how to be a landlord and renter rights and responsibilities

Music, food trucks

-3pm Party ends

*Location

The MassLandlords tent will be on the south end of the fair.

Providence St between Dorchester and Aetna St

Union Hill neighborhood of

Worcester, MA

*Parking

Parking is available in the Providence St lot at Harrison St and includes accessibility help.

*Food

Available for purchase at food trucks

*Pricing

Open to the public. Membership is not required! Completely free.

In our quest to cover the Greater Springfield region, we're going back to Twin Hills for a month. It's spring and time to remind ourselves of the importance of careful tenant selection to our bottom line. In this month's meeting we'll be covering tenant screening with two in-depth looks from two sets of speakers. The first segment will be "how" and the second will be "what" to look for.

*Part I: Tenant Screening Refresher

We'll start by reviewing the list of protected classes and equal housing opportunity laws. Yes, you can reject the rental application of someone who's a member of a protected class. But no, you can't do so because of their being in that protected class. We'll cover federal and state protected classes, steering, and testing. We'll make sure everyone leaves the room understanding their obligations to ensure equal housing opportunity for all.

We'll then cover the "big three" tenant screening checks that landlords can pay for. These are in addition to the detective work we can do on our own. We'll explain how credit scores work, one easy source of criminal data, and one free way to check eviction records.

This part of the presentation will be given by MassLandlords staff.

*Part II: Landlord Q&A on Screening

We'll be putting three regular audience members in front of the room to discuss what they look for once they have a credit, criminal, and eviction history. We'll also be asking them about checking income, references, cosigners, residence history, and many other factors.

*"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 11th RHAGS Meeting Agenda

-5:30pm Sign-in and Networking

Cash bar

Networking draws from Springfield, West Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Ludlow, Wilbraham, East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Agawam, Southwick, Southampton, Easthampton, Northampton, Westhampton, Hadley, South Hadley, Granby, Amherst, Belchertown, Ware, Palmer, Warren, Monson, and Hampden.

-6:00pm Buffet dinner

-6:40pm State-wide Business Update and Member Minutes

-7:00pm Local Updates

-7:05pm Legal Update

-7:10pm Tenant Screening Refresher

-7:35pm Ask the Experts on Tenant Screening

-8:30pm Networking

-9:00pm Doors Close

*Location

You can just about taste the whiskey bread pudding reading this event listing:

Twin Hills Country Club

700 Wolf Swamp Rd

Longmeadow, MA 01106

*Food

Hot buffet dinner, incl. salad and rolls

Cash bar

Hot Coffee & Tea

Dessert

*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email [email protected], we will accommodate you.

*Pricing

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

-Door:

Public: $40

Members: $35

Early bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:

-Public: $38

Members: $30

Nametags are printed for all early-bird tickets and premium members.

*Extra Credit

-First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.

-Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.

Tickets at: MassLandlords.net/events

As we enter the spring rental market, it's time to remind ourselves of the importance of careful tenant selection to our bottom line. In this month's meeting we'll be covering tenant screening with three in-depth looks from three sets of speakers. The first two segments will be "how" and the third will be "what" to look for.

*Part I: Tenant Screening Refresher

We'll start by reviewing the list of protected classes and equal housing opportunity laws. Yes, you can reject the rental application of someone who's a member of a protected class. But no, you can't do so because of their being in that protected class. We'll cover federal and state protected classes, steering, and testing. We'll make sure everyone leaves the room understanding their obligations to ensure equal housing opportunity for all.

We'll then cover the "big three" tenant screening checks that landlords can pay for. These are in addition to the detective work we can do on our own. We'll explain how credit scores work, one easy source of criminal data, and one free way to check eviction records.

This part of the presentation will be given by MassLandlords staff.

*Part II: Criminal Records In-Depth

Criminal records have become both under-utilized and overly harsh in screening out rental applicants. We'll explain which kinds of data sources exist, what the data tells us or doesn't tell us about an applicant, and why we need to review criminal records on a case-by-case basis. Arrests and misdemeanors may not be housing relevant.

This part of the presentation will be a moderated discussion between staff and Jeremy Durrin, president of Background Examine.

*Part III: Landlord Q&A on Screening

We'll be putting three regular audience members in front of the room to discuss what they look for once they have a credit, criminal, and eviction history. We'll also be asking them about checking income, references, cosigners, residence history, and many other factors.

Have you seen our Charles River volunteer website? Market data available on rent levels for Waltham and surrounding areas. We encourage you to also take the poll on your current views of the rental market. Use the "Contact Us" form to request a login at crrha.org

Purchase your ticket in just a few clicks! "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 3rd Charles River Meeting Agenda
-6:00pm Sign-in/Networking
Networking draws from Waltham, Newton, Weston, Watertown, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills, Lincoln, Dover, Arlington, Belmont, and the western ends of Cambridge and Boston.
-6:10pm Pizza and sodas provided
-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 Tenant Screening Refresher
-7:25pm Criminal Screening Discussion with Jeremy Durrin
-7:45pm Whole Room Discussion including Expert Landlord Q&A
-8:20pm Networking and small group discussion
-9:00pm Doors Close

*Location
Charles River Properties
382 Watertown St
Newton, MA 02458

*Food
Pizza
Soda, Water
Please feel free to bring a dinner that meets your dietary goals/restrictions

*Pricing
Open to the public. Membership is not required! Seating is limited to 25. If tickets are active, seats are available. This location credit card and check only.

Public: $15.00
Members: $10.00

Tickets at: MassLandlords.net/events

Part I: Rental Sales and Marketing, Including Ad Roast

We'll be discussing all things advertising, including screening applicants on craigslist, which places are the best to advertise vacancies, and how to make sure you have the minimum vacancy loss. We'll treat this as a presentation by MassLandlords staff that attendees will get to critique and modify with their own two cents. We also hope to have an ad roast, which is to say, we will find advertisements for non-member properties, put them up on the screen, and point out things that are done badly, illegally, or just entertainingly. Suggestions welcome, of course, email [email protected].

This part of the presentation will be presented/moderated by MassLandlords emcee Rich Merlino.

Part II: Ask the Experts, Including when the Bubble Bursts

Some folks are wondering how rental properties can be a good investment when the asking prices aren't justified by the rents. Is there a bubble? What can we do now to prepare for when it bursts? This and more will be the subject of our "Ask the Experts" panel, in which experienced landlords and investors will take the stage to answer any question you might have about anything. We will start the conversation by asking about the bubble, how to manage gut rehabs, and why you shouldn't invest in real estate from an IRA.

Market your business, pick up handouts, give away an old doorknob. Everything goes on our first-come, first-served display table at all our events. Please bring business cards, brochures, coupons. And feel free to pick up your own uncollected marketing materials at the end. Everything not claimed end-of-event may be chucked.

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 10th

Meeting Agenda

• 5:30pm Sign-in/Networking
  • Networking draws from Worcester, Shrewsbury, Millbury, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, Holden, West Boylston, Boylston, Grafton, Upton, Northbridge, Sutton, Oxford, Charlton, Spencer, Oakham, Rutland, Princeton, Clinton, and Sterling.
• 6:15pm Buffet Dinner by The Vintage Grille
• 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.)
• 7:00pm Rich Merlino Meeting Introduction
• 7:05pm Rich Merlino Advertising and Ad Roast
• 7:30pm Ask the Experts, When the Bubble Bursts, Gut Renovations
• 9:00pm Doors close

Location

Worcester Technical High School
1 Skyline Dr
Worcester, MA 01603

Parking

There is ample free parking in the first lot you see, in the covered garage to your left, on top of the garage (entrance further down road), and around the back of the school

Food

• Cheese and crackers, sodas, water, coffee, decaf
• Hot buffet dinner, incl. salad, rolls
• Cookies, brownies, and/or blondies

*Dietary restrictions: purchase an early-bird ticket and email [email protected], we will accommodate you.

Pricing

Open to the public. Membership is not required!

• Door:
  • Public: $24
  • Members: $19
• Early-bird, reserve seven days prior by 12pm:
  • Public: $22
  • Members: $14
• Premium Members: No charge and no need to register

Extra Credit

• First time attendees: Join as a member before leaving the event, your public ticket will be credited toward membership.
• Members: Bring a first-time attendee who joins at the event, your membership will be extended by one month free. No limit.