Renters Insurance

I’m going to hear this question daily, come January 15th, when every student in the city returns and starts looking for a new apartment for next fall, “Should I get Renters Insurance?”.
My answer is always this, “Can you afford to replace all your stuff in a worse case scenario?”. I always get a blank […]

Zillow Adds Apartment Feature to Website

Seems with the residential market plodding along slowly that Zillow has decided to add rental listings to its website as a new feature. I just did a quick search of the Boston area and found a whopping 5 apartments available for rent. Yes, I know that the feature is new and that more listings will […]

Allston Center’s watchful eye.

Hope you all enjoyed Bunker Hill Day in Boston today! Yeah, I know, political holiday. I worked today too. There was only thing good about Bunker Hill Day: Free Parking!

I would’ve completely forgotten to if it weren’t for Pat. The always pleasant and watchful security guard at the Bank of America in Allston Center. […]

Credit Crunch ends College Expansions.

Out of the current financial debacle comes a little nugget of good news for our local landlords. As reported in todays Boston Globe by Peter Schworm Northeastern University is delaying its plans to build a 600 bed dormitory on St. Botolph Street. Shelved for the foreseeable future the project was slated to open in 2011. […]

Why some apartments rent and why some don’t.

We had a landlord call the office today asking why his apartments haven’t rented yet. That sparked me to look at the rental deals we had closed over the last 3 months to try and find any trends as to why some apartments rent and why some don’t.
I wanted to see if any of […]