by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
We have all hard the adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. That was certainly the case for the manager of an ultra-luxury apartment building in downtown Boston, when an attractive, well-dressed, well-spoken young woman announced that she needed to...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Property Managers
Remember the days when if a person saw a smudge on their bathroom ceiling, the response was to pull out the Tilex, apply some elbow grease, and call it a day. Nowadays, the proper response is to call in the industrial hygienist, perform extensive testing, and place a...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
By Michael Fentress Prior to my career as a Landlord-Tenant attorney, I represented the Department of Correction in actions seeking to keep the most dangerous sex offenders, or Sexually Dangerous Persons, in prison even after they had served and completed their...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Property Managers
Arlo Guthrie famously sang that the “times, they are a changing”. When he wrote that song in 1964, I am sure he never thought that the times would be changing when it came to the legality of marijuana. Not so long ago, if someone had told me that states...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 26, 2016 | Property Managers
Another new year…another New Year’s Resolution. “I resolve to go to the gym this year… I resolve to eat more Kale this year… I resolve to be more Zen.” Yet we all know that New Year’s resolutions rarely last more than a few weeks. Just ask those of us who bought...