A lot of landlords shy away from the Section 8 program. You might be thinking about all of the generalizations as to why they don’t use the program but the main reason is vacancy. In the past, in order for a housing authority to issue a voucher the unit had to be vacant and then […]

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I just walked back into the office after a meeting and I see Amine (one of our top rental brokers) sitting at his desk, dumbfounded.
He looks at me and says, “James you wouldn’t believe me if I told you”. Naturally I pressed him - not exactly hard. 
Amine had a landlord interview setup for his […]

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I’m currently trying to find more 3 and 4-bed listings in South Boston for a client, and suddenly it dawns on me; we have more clients than inventory - which is typical for May.
That said, this is a great opportunity for landlords all over Boston to get their listings out with little competition from every […]

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Sorry to say this but if you have apartments for rent in these areas it’s time to roll out a price reduction. Landlords, you basically have 3 weeks to find tenants for your September 1st rentals.
I was looking through our database today, which is a great indicator, because my company has New England’s largest database […]

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When it comes to choosing a broker for selling your home, please take a few moments and do some research. Due to the low barriers for entry into our industry, there are a plethora of part-time and inexperienced agents chasing commission checks and not treating real estate sales as a business.
Here are a couple of […]

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