Landlords: Don’t Wait to the Last Minute

Ok, with the Holidays past us, it’s time to gear up for the Apartment Rental Season. Agents in my office at NextGen Realty are burning up the phones contacting our landlords about their September ’08 availabilities.
If you haven’t already you should contact your tenants and see if they wish to renew their lease(s). If you […]

Renters Insurance - Get it !!!

While in the office last night I ran into one of my fellow agents who looked like his dog just got run over. Turns out his apartment was broken into and he lost his Laptop, TV, DVD’s and a number of other things.
I asked him, “Do you have Renters Insurance?” You might of thought […]

Tight Real Estate Market in Boston. You bet for Rentals!

Banker & Tradesman, yesterday, reported that despite the current slowdown in residential sales statewide the rental market is looking at projected increases of 3.9% in 2008 and 3.8% in 2009 due to good/average job growth. Every area of the Boston Metro region experienced growth except the North Shore due to a glut of new apartments. […]

College Housing Hunt Begining Early

Advisory to Landlords in Allston, Brighton, Brookline, Mission Hill, Northeastern, and Mission Hill neighborhoods. Our website traffic is starting to trend up considerably and earlier than last year. Seems like some students are preparing to find an apartment for Sept 08 before they go home for the holiday break.
Now is the time to call your […]

Congress Updates the Section 8 Program

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 […]