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WSJ exposes privacy issues in real estate, need for Consumer Bill of Rights The @WSJ reported today that popular phone apps like #HRMonitor, #Flo and #Realtor sent private data to @Facebook without users’ knowledge. No wonder advertisers are addicted to FB audience targeting tools, but what of #dataprivacy? Read the WSJ report: https://t.co/7YDv3YhT1w. pic.twitter.com/9CDREE5Can — […]

Why You’ll Love Notes I’m Donna Bauer, The Original NoteBuyer®. Over the years, I’ve done all types of real estate transactions: buying, selling, leasing—virtually everything having to do with real property. I’ve also done all types of note deals: performing, non-performing, seller-financed, and everything in-between. I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt,

Vetstein Says “Yes, Always!” to Owner’s Title Insurance in Boston Sunday Globe Magazine Piece Benefits and Affordability Of Owner’s Title Insurance Coverage Praised In Widely Read Article When my friend Jim Morrison, formerly of Banker and Tradesman and now a freelance real estate reporter, contacted me about an article on owner’s title insurance, I was

Cambridge, Other Cities Exploring Giving Tenants Legal Right to Purchase Rental Properties Property Owners Vehemently Opposed to “Right of First Refusal” Proposals Giving Tenants Up to 240 Days to Purchase Rental Properties For Sale In an effort to stem the affordable housing problem, cities like Cambridge and Somerville are exploring giving tenants a legal right

MassLandlords Trade Group Files Record Number Of Legislative Bills Rent Escrow, Security Deposit Reform, and Elderly Housing Legislation Filed By Trade Group Historically, Massachusetts rental property owners have struggled to overcome the coordinated and organized political lobbying of tenant rights and rent control groups at the State House. I remember just a few years ago

WANTED: Cathedral builders to transform intergenerational housing gridlock into community   “When I’m 64…” the first time I heard those lyrics from the Beatles‘s classic song that destination seemed two centuries away, now it’s only two days.   The head of MIT’s AgeLab says that some aging babyboomers will live two decades longer than parents who

Housing Court More Receptive To Rent Escrow Orders, As Lawmakers Consider Bills Landlord Attorneys Active In Court and In Legislature On Rent Escrow Issue Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Reporter Patrick Murphy just did a great write up of the current state of Rent Escrow in the Legislature and at the Housing Court. As reported by Mr.

Governor Baker Nominates Five For New Housing Court Judgeships New Judges to Serve Expanded Statewide Jurisdiction In the 2018 Fiscal Year budget, the jurisdiction of the Housing Court expanded to full state-wide coverage, and with it, the Legislature created five new judgeships. Earlier this week, Governor Charlie Baker nominated five attorneys as new Associate Justices

The Curious Case of the Mother and Son, and the Nantucket Cottage A Poem by Richard D. Vetstein, Esq. About a Real Case In Nantucket District Court This is the true tale of a son, a mother, and a cottage. Located in the village of Siasconset, Nantucket For all ye interlopahs, it’s pronounced skon-set, but don’t

Homebuying 101: What is the highest form of agency? To my surprise, one of real estate’s thought leaders posted photos on Facebook today from an event 25 years ago in Boston we hosted called the Consumer Revolution in Real Estate. Last November, the National Association of Realtors hosted their 1st national convention in Boston, literally