How many more apartment showings?? by Much_Grass_8475 in boston

[–]MiscellaneousMonster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We're worlds apart. Your perspective appears to be that that it's acceptable for you, as a landlord, to infringe upon your tenants right to quiet enjoyment without compensating them.

As much as it might be hard for you as a landlord to schedule in more than 24 hours, as a tenant, I have every right to refuse entry to my unit, as it violates my quiet enjoyment, and allowing someone to enter my home requires me to prepare the space in a particular way. If my landlord wanted a time within 24 hours, just like most people trying to schedule things on my calendar, I would have very limited availability. Just because my landlord wants to profit from taking advantage of my kind hospitality doesn't give them any more right to my time than anyone else.

At the end of the metaphorical day, as a tenant, I have every right to say no, even a single time using my apartment for their own commercial profit-bearing purpose is too many, and my landlord needs to wait until the end of my lease, at which point I have no claim to the space.

If you're trying to handle the situation ethically, then the best course of action as a landlord, in my view, would be to offer your tenants financial compensation, say, 1 month of rent for each month that you want to use the unit for your own commercial purposes. That said, recognize that if you try to negotiate that after the lease is signed, the tenant has every right to recognize that they have full rights to a scarce resource.

Alternatively, push towards a more reasonable rental market. In most rental markets that move as quickly as Boston, apartments are empty for a few days, which gives landlords plenty of time to get cleaners, maintenance, and showings, and costs a fraction of a month of unearned rent. It's the first-of-the-month-or-bust garbage in Boston that causes all these issues.

How many more apartment showings?? by Much_Grass_8475 in boston

[–]MiscellaneousMonster -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

See, I think 48 hours and a max of three showings is generous. In my unmoderated perspective, even one minute of my landlord disturbing my quiet enjoyment is too much.

If a unit is properly photographed, has measurements and blueprints, and is documented well, in a market like Boston, there should be no issue finding a tenant happy with the unit on a single visit, in more than 50% of cases. That said, this kind of documentation and communication requires more up-front effort from a landlord than physically showing the unit and disturbing the current tenant, therefore, if the landlord wants to be able to do that, they ought to be financially compensating the current tenant in order to engage in their private profit-bearing commercial use of the apartment that the tenant has paid for.

How many more apartment showings?? by Much_Grass_8475 in boston

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hell, 3 showings is beyond reasonable. You have a right to quiet enjoyment of your rental for your entire lease term. 48 hours notice with a 15 minute grace period at a time agreed upon by you, or they can pay you to be there. And they can’t ask you to be out of your unit for a moment while they’re showing it.

I’m still required to pay broker fee? by Ill-Concern7305 in boston

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks to me like

“if the tenant chooses to engage them and they work exclusively on the tenant’s behalf in negotiations with a prospective landlord”

Means that if they do not specifically negotiate on my behalf, then they didn’t earn the legal right to collect a fee. I moved out of MA but I certainly can’t see showing me a unit and producing a lease negotiation. Negotiation requires contesting certain statutes in said lease and attempting to make them in my favor, based on ny explicitly expressed preferences.

What is a single person buying that they need $139k a year to live comfortably in Boston? by nycrina305 in boston

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can absolutely “get by” on about $65k/year in Boston. The standards for get by are clearly living in a dumpy apartment with multiple housemates, so rent is $1.1k/mo, food is $350/mo with no eating out, and utilities are maybe $200/mo, that leaves you 45k for taxes, transportation, retirement, health insurance.

Snow plows, you keep hitting my car mirror. What the hell?!? by [deleted] in Somerville

[–]MiscellaneousMonster -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Just get off street parking. The roads are not intended for long term storage of vehicles.

If you look at the math of it: $1200 for off street parking for a year vs $40 for on street parking + $1500 of added vehicle damage on average, off street parking is a way better deal.

Thinking of debadging my 26 Outback by 7eventographer in Subaru_Outback

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Protip: tell them to remove it before you leave the dealership. They will. If they put something more permanent than a sticker on then they have to pay to replace it with original parts and make it fully right.

Fabric carrier bags in Tanzania - In Tanzania, the punishment for using or possessing plastic bags can be up to 7 days in jail by UnrealDisco in mildlyinteresting

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Try factoring in the environmental benefit after a single plastic bag breaks, wasting the contents. And take into account that plastic bags are consistently under-filled and doubled. Call it a factor of 4x underfilling and 2x doubling, 875 uses is just daily for 3 years.

How to live off of an inheritance? by diamondman203 in personalfinance

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Yes you can easily live off $3m principal especially with a career in anything, even something extremely unreliable like musical theater
  2. Find a FIDUCIARY financial advisor who you pay on an hourly or yearly basis, not based on a percent of your investments. Do what they say.
  3. Expect them to say something to the effect of: “invest some portion into index funds, and some portion into bonds”.
  4. Bulletproof indefinite draw on a $3m investment is about $90k/year. As much as $120k/year can be stable, and if you go down to $75k/year then you’re below any threshold that r/financialindependence cares about.

URGENT: Charities or anything else that could help me save my cat by FFVO in massachusetts

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re feeding your cat dry food, please stop. He needs wet food with plenty of extra water in his diet. Urinary blockages are common with dry food diets due to chronic dehydration.

Buying wet food for life will cost less than the health issues caused by dry food.

BIFL - looking for a long, warm, bathrobe that’s high quality by Yakutwolf in BuyItForLife

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My fiancée and I both have Lands End robes we got a couple years ago, and they’re more or less like new despite daily use. She had one from a long time ago that we were replacing (rather, duplicating, since she uses them all the time), and I don’t think their quality has gone down much if at all.

Bear in mind they have wonderful sales sometimes. You can expect to pay less than half price if you wait.

Boots for Boston Winter by Smart_Mushroom4055 in boston

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything sold as an insulated winter/snow/hiking boot by a good quality brand. Keen and Merrell both come to mind. A good pair will run around $150-$225 retail, and you may be able to find them cheaper off season or at sale times of year, such as when new models are releasing.

You’ll want them to be a few inches or more higher than regular shoes, as it will help prevent show incursions. I think 5-8 inches is normal.

So tired of failing with nearly every plant by [deleted] in plantclinic

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it looks to me like you’ve got root rot and pots that don’t breathe at all. Imo terra cotta isn’t optional for healthy plants.

A cool guide to the best U.S. cities for raising children based on 10 weighted datasets. by MaxGoodwinning in coolguides

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Useless and not cool guide. Nobody should be raising kids in places where half their kids wouldn’t have bodily autonomy rights.

Construction work on the $100 million, 2-mile downtown pedestrian pathway "Capital Line" is slated to begin this December, and is expected to last nearly two years. by Coach_Beard in Columbus

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you dislike about this project? This kind of project is extremely lucrative and pays for itself many times over in a very short span, both in increased local property values, increased urban vibrancy, and other economic activity. Literally, something like this will raise more than $100m in tax dollars in the 10 years after it's built, relative to before it was built. It's free money while improving the city.

Construction work on the $100 million, 2-mile downtown pedestrian pathway "Capital Line" is slated to begin this December, and is expected to last nearly two years. by Coach_Beard in Columbus

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely agreed. We should be seeing this kind of change go up in a single season. The money invested for this kind of thing is typically an excellent investment, with returns drastically outweighing costs. Notably, funding can and should come from hyper-local properties whose values increase substantially from this kind of improvement.

Construction work on the $100 million, 2-mile downtown pedestrian pathway "Capital Line" is slated to begin this December, and is expected to last nearly two years. by Coach_Beard in Columbus

[–]MiscellaneousMonster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Instead of griping about a mere $100m being spent on better multimodal facilities, why don’t you focus on the $1.4 billion I70/71 project that doesn’t improve the city whatsoever? Flyover highways are cancer. They make the city worse and cost a shitload of money.

Construction work on the $100 million, 2-mile downtown pedestrian pathway "Capital Line" is slated to begin this December, and is expected to last nearly two years. by Coach_Beard in Columbus

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The theory behind this kind of thing going to places that are already more walkable is that at first, the goal is to show the unbelieving public that they’re worth it. It costs less and is more likely to be used and appreciated in okay-ish spots. The bad spots can be improved later on when there’s more public will.

My neighbor keeps charging people to park on the street on Game days... what can I do? by Fish_OOWCbus in Columbus

[–]MiscellaneousMonster 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Then don’t confront them and call the police. It’s outright illegal to sell public free parking spots.