Big Deals, Bad Ideas & Back-Up Offers

When good deals gone bad, turn out to be the best case scenario “It ain’t so much the things that people don’t know that makes trouble in this world, as it is the things that people know that ain’t so.” — Mark Twain. I am always amazed with what people do under the pressure of different situations and circumstances. Never really what you might expect as far as common sense goes, but in their own mind – it makes perfect […]

Read more

Case Study: 12 Unit Multi-Family Property Repositioning Project

Why Should You Even Consider Hiring a Property Manager at All? We have been Real Estate Owners and Property Managers going on two decades. We have seen market cycles ebb and flow in that time and have seen peaks of prosperity and valleys of burst bubbles plummeting properties to pennies on the dollar. I would never claim to know it all, but we have seen, been through, and experienced a lot. One afternoon I found myself in the office of […]

Read more

How to Balance Your Steam Radiator Heating Systems

Once again we are starting another heating season. In the Northeast there are several older buildings that still use steam radiators as a heating source. Out of oil furnaces, gas burners, electric heat base boards, forced-hot water radiators, forced hot air, or other types of heating sources – steam heat is actually one of the most efficient heating sources available. You will find once the cast iron radiator gets up to speed and is fully heated, they will retain their […]

Read more

“Coffee, Tea, or Me – ending up feeling not so special”

Looking forward to the BIG day: My youngest son Brian and his wife Stacy were married April 27th, 2019 nestled in the beautiful, rolling, romantic, panoramic hills deep in the heart of wine country, Southern California. It was a day we had anticipated since he was a small boy and it was finally here. Preparations had been made for family to arrive in California to attend the wedding from different parts of the country converging in sunny California to celebrate […]

Read more

“It’s Just a Joint! I am not hurting anyone!” Or so you may think.

The Setting: Once upon a time, in 2016 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission passed the state law for Chapter 334 of the Acts of 2016, The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act legalizing recreational marijuana under certain conditions and situations. Everyone voted it in with a wide margin. But hardly anyone actually read the law to see what it said for what it did and didn’t allow under the statue. In the law, under SECTION 5. “The General Laws” […]

Read more

How the “SEOTA Marketing” process is used to Customize the Property Operations for your Investment Property

Every property, resident, owner, and Property Management Company is different. Each one has their unique characteristics and special qualities that set them apart from one another. It is obvious that properties are different. The same car driven by different drivers will perform differently over time. The same is true with buildings. The care and preventive maintenance performed will only extend the life and performance of the property. And just like there are different types cars, BMW, KIA, and Rolls Royce, […]

Read more