Landlord Tips - Roof Decks

Posted on February 12th, 2009 by James Morrison

I just came across this piece of information while talking to one of our Property Managers this morning here at NextGen Realty. Seems that Roof Decks within the City of Boston need to be inspected every 5 years by the ISD.
I never knew this but if you’re a property manager in the city or […]

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Boston has its own Patriot Act - For Students.

Posted on February 11th, 2009 by James Morrison

Councilor Ross is at it again. Apparently he thinks last years law to limit undergraduate students to 4 bedroom apartments or less is not intrusive or discriminating enough. Now he wants the colleges to do his dirty work. Councilor Ross has proposed that the Universities in Boston should keep records of and track their students […]

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Your Financial Advisor is going to kill me.

Posted on February 10th, 2009 by James Morrison

Did you know that you can use your IRA to invest in Real Estate? Your Financial Advisor does and he (or she) is very mad at me right now for bringing this up. In 1975 Congress passed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) which is the […]

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Rentals Get Hit – First Time in 5 Yrs – or did they?

Posted on February 9th, 2009 by James Morrison

Have you heard the news? Pending home sales were up in December ‘08. Could this be the Phoenix rising from the ashes of our current real estate market? I know a lot of economists hope to use this data to show a bottom in the market. Unfortunately, it’s […]

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