Massachusetts Rental Housing

read moreThe RHOL family of webs has been the most extensive and comprehensive rental property resource on the Internet since 1995. Our thousands of supporting members make it possible for us to continue to add content and services to the rental housing community. There are many information and service areas for supporting members, including: state landlord tenant law compiled and summarized; the Fair Credit Reporting Act, searchable, with the old language and new changes highlighted; and an extensive section on professional property management, including topics ranging from risk management and insurance to requirements for the small landlord under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

read moreThis e-course will take you step-by-step through the subject of property management, including both legal and practical issues. A pre-course quiz will test your existing knowledge of the subject and a final quiz will allow you to see how much you learned. You may repeat all or parts of the course as many times as desired. Some of the issues covered in this course are covered in more detail in various Web pages throughout the CSES family of Webs. Finally, this course includes a lot of detail so as to cover even most unique and/or complex properties Certain issues will not be of equal concern for managing all properties, or in some cases will be of no concern at all.

read moreThis e-course provides discussions regarding the valuation of income real estate. It is assumed that students have some prior knowledge of basic real estate concepts and terminology. The course will take you step-by-step through the subject of valuing income property, including the meaning of value, a survey of valuation methods, determining cash flow, calculating reserve requirements, determining cap rates, using the methods of professional appraisers, and reconciling the results that come from different methods.