Five Things Every Business Owner Should Consider When Renewing Your Lease

Five Things I know about Commercial Lease Renewals

My Lease is coming up for renewal…Now what??? Sometimes it comes up annually and sometimes it comes up every three to five years…time to renew your lease. As a business owner, here are five things to consider when the time comes to start the lease renewal process.   1 – It’s not too early – [...]

An Open Letter To Central Mass Business Owners

Have you embraced Social Media?

Dear Central MA Business Owners: I’m writing this letter with the hopes that in these tough economic times you are willing and open to considering the new standard for customer service and social engagement. We all know it’s hard enough to get the customers in the door so once they’re in you need to be sure they [...]

Five Things To Consider Before You Purchase Your First Multi-Family Property

Multi-family investment property

Have you made the decision that the rental business is for you? Are you looking to diversify your investment portfolio and get away from stocks, bonds, and mutual whatever they are calleds??? Before you empty out your 50431-K and start making offers on properties there are a few things you are going to want to consider…again…this [...]

Massachusetts Tenant Evictions – Housing Court or District Court?

Massachusetts Eviction Notice

  How do you typically handle evictions as a landlord?   Have you considered District Court as an alternative to Housing Court? As a landlord in Massachusetts where do  you prefer to go to when it comes time to evict a problem tenant? In Massachusetts you have the option of going to Housing Court or to District Court. [...]

Is the Landlord Responsible for Snow Removal in MA?

snow removal

…updated 2/7/13 Considering the amount of snow we typically see in Massachusetts and pretty much all of New England, I thought I would address the responsibility of landlords to remove snow and ice from their properties.  Is this a new topic for discussion? No; but we’re about to get hit with a major storm this [...]