
21 May 2019 | 5 replies
I have heard anything less than 6 months rental is considered short term rental and may have hotel/transient dwelling tax or other implications.

15 May 2020 | 24 replies
Sponsors and investors that recognize that social and cultural conditions could also negatively affect their assumed 30% IRR would have a better chance of survival if and when the apartment bear market arrives.

27 May 2019 | 11 replies
He got an attorney pro bono from a "social justice", "we know you've been wronged" group and told the attorney he never sold the house.

20 May 2019 | 2 replies
You can run out to properties with marketing material, set up open house signs, deliver documents or lock boxes or help with social media marketing and computer stuff.

22 May 2019 | 14 replies
This could work on a social security income

1 June 2019 | 146 replies
Later it became for retirement income that doesn't affect social security.

22 May 2019 | 7 replies
Talking to tenants will give you valuable information about the neighborhood and social issues, but it is important that you understand your role and position when you speak with tenants, and not be concerned if they welcome you or not (most likly they will be distant and sceptical).

29 May 2019 | 4 replies
Landlords will owe tenants three times the deposit amount, plus 5% interest, plus attorney’s fees, plus other court costs, unless they do all of the following: Put the security deposit into a bank account The bank must be in MassachusettsThe account must earn interestThe account must be under the tenant’s name and social security number only, with landlord as signatory (specifically, a landlord-tenant account)Note: credit unions are not banks (we are looking for the case, but it was Western Housing Court circa 2001)Within 30 days of signing the rental agreement, give a receipt that lists The name and location of the bankThe amount of the depositThe account numberEach year, Pay interest Either 5% or the actual amount of interest received (if less than 5%)Either cash or check or deducted from the rentGive an annual statement that lists basically all the same information again The name and location of the bankThe amount of the depositThe account numberPlus the interest earnedWithin 30 days of the end of tenancy, Pay all interestProvide an itemized list of damages This list must be signed by the landlordThe form must say “Signed under the pains and penalties of perjury”Receipts, invoices, or photographic evidence are required for each deductionNo deduction can be made for damaged items identified at move-inReturn the original deposit plus remaining unpaid interest less damagesAny single failure of any bullet point or part of a bullet point above will entitle the tenant to receive three times the amount of the deposit.
20 May 2019 | 6 replies
Anyone who doesn't have a job (or other independent source of income, i.e. social security, pension) with enough money to cover the rent (3X) has to have a co-signer.