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  • The 2026 Massachusetts Broker Fee Rule Explained in Under 3 Minutes

    The 2026 Massachusetts Broker Fee Rule Explained in Under 3 Minutes

    If you’ve lived in Greater Boston for more than a minute, you know the drill. Finding a new apartment used to feel less like a "moving experience" and more like a high-stakes heist, except you were the one getting robbed. Between first month’s rent, last month’s rent, a security deposit, and that infamous "broker fee,"…

  • Letter From the Broker- EOY 2024

    It could be one of three things:Flu A, Flu B, or COVID. Lucky for me, it’s Flu A. This is just the run-of-the-mill body ache, sweaty, hot-then-cold type flu (type 2 is the icky stomach one). It still knocked me on my keister for the third day running. Two full boxes of Kleenex and a…

  • Letter From the Broker- Hot Krem summer ’23 edition

    I’m just here for the ride, man. Dodging traffic somedays and blowing by Sunday drivers on the others. Time to be a little self-indulgent here and send you my mid-year note. First off, I hope you’re all enjoying your summer. Temps this year are finally hot (where I thrive) so I’m lovin’ it. Business is…

  • Letter From the Broker – Celebrating 5 Years of Kingston REM

    “We’ve got five years, stuck on my eyes Five years, what a surprise We’ve got five years, my brain hurts a lot Five years, that’s all we’ve got” That’s David Bowie’s “Five Years”.  This is Kingston REM’s “Five Years”. Around this time of the year, TimeHop on my phone reminds me of the entire journey…

  • Letter From the Broker – An Eventful Busy Season Recap

    If you’re reading this, it’s likely I’m finally off to Italy celebrating our honeymoon with my wife, Lauren. Only a year or so behind but hey, better late than never! A wild year, 2022 has proven to be, that’s for sure. Just as soon as you see the multiple offer situation cool slightly in the sales…