And Berkeley remains very anti-small landlord. 

Change your concept to ANTI-middle class and pro-Elitism, then review.

The laws in MA heavily favor the tenants, and the courts tend to be anti landlord and pro tenant. 

I tend to agree that people will always come up with a work-around (see Prohibition, or Anti-Gun legislation, or fill-in-the-blank)It'll be interesting to see where this goes, it could set a lot of precedent for the nation.....

Applying legal and common standards will reduce or remove almost all of the tenants that will cause the majority of the anti-social behavior.

Didn't realize it was being anti-business/jobs and high taxes that were driving people away.

No statute authorizes the anti-lapse statute to be applied.

House is worth X today cash and won't finance so you buy for a discount, fix it, value add, get it to where it can finance and hold it for 90-180 to meet the anti-flipping rules...well then maybe everyone is a winner.Also no reason you can't take the license classes, but never get your license, if you just want more education.

My HUD statements speak for themselves and I am not here to prove anything but I will stand in Gregs defense that he is the most anti guru teacher I have ever known.

Plus if you intend to rent, being anywhere outside the city limits of Seattle helps avoid Seattle's just cause ordinance as a landlord among many other anti-landlord policies in play.