As we have seen for several years now, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the process for landlords to evict nonpaying tenants. This is why keeping up with the everchanging forms and rules is crucial to starting off an eviction process correctly. In 2020 and as amended in 2021 by the Read more…
Selling property is a long and, at times, frustrating process for any property owner. This is especially true when the property has tenants currently residing on the premises. Landlords often go through the eviction process before they are able to recover the property and eventually sell. If there is no Read more…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down their opinion in the Reuter v. Methuen, 489 Mass. 465 (2022), case on April 4, 2022. This case establishes a new strict liability standard for employers who fail to pay an employee on their day of termination. Under G.L. c. 149, §148, an Read more…
Evicting a residential tenant for not paying rent is a stressful situation for any landlord. A landlord’s sole concern will be to get the tenant out as soon as possible, but there are several hoops to jump through before that is possible. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the standard procedures Read more…