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Flight to Safety: Massachusetts Commercial Real Estate Market Update
A Guest Post By Bryan Gitlin, Managing Partner, Cambridge Capital Advisors Why Investors Are Actively Pursuing Net-Leased, Investment Grade Commercial Real Estate As A Safe Haven In Today’s Troubled...
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Court Upholds Oral Handshake Deal In Land Swap
Seller Couldn’t Sit Back & Watch Construction Project Unfold Massachusetts appeals judges have been mighty busy this summer issuing real estate decisions. From the forced removal of condo buildings...
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Realtor Liable For Failing To Verify Zoning District Of Property Listing
Realtors: You Must Independently Verify Property Information In DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre Ltd. (embedded below), the Massachusetts Appeals Court recently considered a Realtor’s duty to disclose and...
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Commercial Leasing Update: Landlords, You May Have To Wait A Long, Long Time...
Update (5/3/13): SJC Upholds Ruling, Landlords Should Add Rent Acceleration Clause to Leases Commercial Landlord Must Wait Out 12 Year Lease Term To Recover For Tenant’s Early Termination In a...
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Massachusetts High Court To Weigh In On Important Realtor MLS Disclosure Case
Realtor Held Liable For Erroneous MLS Information The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to hear the case of DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre Ltd. which will consider two very important issues...
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“All Risk” Property Insurance Coverage Doesn’t Mean Every Risk
Insured Gets The Short End Of The Insurance Coverage Stick For Parking Lot & Building Flooding The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has not been too kind to insureds these days. For the second...
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SJC To Hear “North End Ten’s” Challenge To Revitalization of Long Wharf
Fate of New Long Wharf Waterfront Restaurant At Stake A neighborhood fight to preserve prime public waterfront space at the tip of Boston’s Long Wharf will be heard by the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)...
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Break Out the Shovels and Ice-Melt: New Massachusetts Mandatory Snow and Ice...
Blizzard Warning Issued For 2/7/13 This post will provide you with frequently asked questions concerning Massachusetts snow and ice removal law. I am a homeowner and rental property owner. Am I...
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Email Disclaimers: Toothless, Useful, Or A Little Of Both?
A Simple Email Disclaimer Cannot Hurt & Can Only Help Boilerplate email disclaimers at the bottom of messages are so ubiquitous that most of us hardly notice them anymore. They certainly take up a...
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Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Coming To A Town Near You!
Attorney General Strikes Down Wakefield Ban On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries As I predicted months ago, Massachusetts towns cannot enact zoning by-laws prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries from...
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SJC Rules Commercial Landlord Cannot Recover Future Rents Under Older Lease
Case Highlights Importance of Rent Acceleration Clause In Commercial Leases In a decision underscoring the importance of careful commercial lease drafting, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has...
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Not So Fast! Developer Cannot Avoid Creditor By Transferring Rental Property...
Why A Massachusetts Real Estate Nominee Trust Is Worthless and Useless Since the concept of currency and debt was created, debtors have been playing a cat-and-mouse game with creditors in order to...
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Houston, We Have A Problem…Is The Standard Mass. Notary Acknowledgment...
Court Points Out Potential Problem with Standard Notary Acknowledgment Form Could the the standard form notary acknowledgment clause used in virtually every recent Massachusetts deed, mortgage and...
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Review of Massachusetts Snow Removal Laws and Town Ordinances
Shovel Early and Often! This winter has been one of the snowiest on record, and there is another major snow event on the way. Judging from the astronomical number of recent clicks on this blog, it’s...
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Agents Can Remain Independent Contractors, SJC Rules, But Questions Remain
SJC Issues Long Awaited Ruling That Agents Can Be Classified as Both Independent Contractors and Employees, But Leaves Questions The Supreme Judicial Court has just released its long awaited opinion in...
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Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017 Impact On Massachusetts Real Estate
Tax Reform Act Not Nearly As Bad As Feared For Massachusetts Homeowners With Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell and their minions burning the midnight legislative oil, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is...
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Double Dipping By Cummings Properties Not Allowed In Commercial Lease Dispute
Appeals Court Rules That Liquidate Damages Clause Is Unenforceable Where It Allowed For Recovery of Rent For Remaining Term On Top of Rent Received From New Tenant If you enjoyed the famous Seinfeld...
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