Should monthly bills be prorated for the short month of February?

With only 28 days this month – 3 less than most (or 10%) – shouldn’t you catch a break on your bills for February?  If you signed a lease agreement for example, you agreed to a one year fixed rate to be divided equally by 12 months. Even if your landlord did lower your rent read more »

Buy or rent a home in Boston: be smart with your options

A good number of first-time home buyers are baffled with the options available at their hand. One option is to buy a house and the other one is to take up a property on rent in order to cling on to the City of Boston. This is because the state returns greater value on such read more »

Quantity over quality in real estate listings

In the past few weeks I have been getting overwhelmed with calls from renters looking at apartments on Zillow and Trulia in buildings and areas that I was unfamiliar with. As a broker, first thing that pops into my mind is, “awesome, some clients coming from some random source that I didn’t even initiate!” Then, while read more »

New broker incentives for renting luxury apartments

New incentives for brokers to help find tenants for your apartments would lead one to believe that things aren’t going so hot in the luxury apartment market in Boston. A few months ago, we wrote about increased demand for luxury living and what it meant for real estate brokers bringing tenants to luxury property. At read more »

Advice for Boston newbies getting settled in

So you finally found your Boston apartment and now you’re ready to get settled in and meet some “Massholes” to call friends. Where do you start? Reddit and Bostinnovation users discussed this very topic recently. Many went on to debate the common perception that Bostonians are less friendly and approachable than people in other cities. While others read more »