I’m happy DiZoglio is taking this on. The posture that the ballot box is the only check and balance Mariano is making is bullshit. Keep an eye out for her. Her star is rising as she’s the type of politician we desperately need in this state

Good.

Congrats OP let me be the first to say u are true American hero,hopefully u are awarded a congressional medal of honor, u have my vote

idk how somebody leaving Kowloon's after 8 Mai Tai's hasn't yeeted right into this thing yet

Can he reject it? Can the court force the audit to happen. The state really needs help. Just look at the mbta.

I think you should contact a lawyer. There should be no reason owners can't terminate the contract and fire the trustee.

MA regulates condo boards fairly well.

Same, and its no where near questionable. It's people intentionally not giving a flying fuck.

Locale north end

I lived in a small 6-unit building in JP for 8 years and right before I bought the owners basically came to the realization that they were being hosed by their so-called property manager. We didn’t have a plow guy, no trash service etc- the only thing was coordinating insurance renewals, paying city water/sewer, collecting the monthly fee, and keeping up the books. Our fees were $190/mo and when we switched to doing everything ourselves, our reserves were so easy to replenish! If you think you and your neighbors are interested and willing to take on the duties, for a small association I highly recommend doing it yourselves.

We had a similar issue buying our condo in a two-family that had been recently flipped by an absentee investor who used a property manager company. The property manager was charging about $350 per month, but to be honest, that seemed about market rate. The issue is that with triple deckers in Boston, you are only splitting that cost 3 ways instead of more at a bigger building where it would be affordable.

We ended up just volunteering ourselves as the HOA trustee and handling all the paperwork to get rid of the property manager ; the other resident has been cool with it. It was a little bit of a pain with getting all the paperwork where it needs to be at the beginning but things run on autopilot for the most part now. You should do the same because there is no reason to pay a property manager that much on a smaller place. Our fees for a two family are $250 per month, which includes water, common area electricity, snow removal (most expensive cost in the budget), landscaping, and $1k in reserves per year.

P.S I would advise you to read through your HOA bylaws. I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that it is not ethical for a trustee to essentially award money like that to themselves. If they had a legitimate cost, such as they bought lightbulbs for common areas, that’s one thing, but the developer should not be reimbursing themselves for lost time. Do your bylaws also not state anything about automatically becoming a trustee? Ours makes each unit owner a trustee within 30 days of purchase automatically.

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Thank you so much for your actions, oh my goodnes! I mean, seriously! You stepped up and did the bare minimum. Thank you also for posting this, now we all know that Momma raised a good boy!

Seriously though, bragging about good deeds online is so lame. Just do it and shut up about it, it's the bare minimum.

I feel that's at least half the reason why the MBTA is so fucked up. Hardly any transparency there either. No surprise why they fought so hard to prevent a federal takeover and the T has only gotten worse since then.

Why would you buy under those terms? He gave himself full unchecked power until 4 months after the last unit sells and you willingly agreed to that. That's wild.

My experience with a triple decker condo is that nobody is involved except the owners. One person manages the account & routine bill payment, but otherwise it's a pretty simple "best of three" on any decision making.

It sounds like you're getting hosed though. If I were you I wouldn't rock the boat now, but make sure that you're going to kill whatever relationship you have once that term is up.

Meanwhile you can also figure out how much he's collected from you all and if it's worth filing in small claims court for him abusing the position he put himself in to line his pockets.

>We’re working on it.

Why you gotta lie to our German friend?

Yeah man, a buyer will come along any minute now. It didn’t sell during the 90s boom. Didn’t sell during the early/mid 2000s bubble. Didn’t sell during the recent real estate insanity. But now is your time to shine.

> A double wide stroller should be parked outside like a bike

With the kids in it?

> Turn my cynicism into kindness

I'm reading this in Emperor Palpatine's voice and picturing someone rubbing their hands like Montgomery Burns.

It's also a good place for kids to learn how to be in a show. They offered good summer programs, too.

Now that the developer has sold the last of the units the owners sit down and have a condo board meeting and vote him out as property manager. It takes all of twenty minutes.

Concord-Carlisle and Acton-Boxborough both have excellent theater programs. Acton-Boxborough's musical was done in the fall, but CC is doing Into the Woods in May.

I also suggest looking at community theater. Theatre III in Acton is producing Matilda, the Musical, opening May 5 for 3 weekends. Concord Players is producing Little Women, opening April 28 for 3 weekends. Open Door Theatre in Acton is producing SpongeBob, the Musical, closing April 2nd

Other community theaters to look at: Arlington Friends of the Drama, Footlights Club, Cannon Players, Theatre Company of Saugus, Needham Community Theatre, Belmont Dramatic Club .... I know I've skipped a lot. The area is rich in community theater.

Oh come on MA. What are they afraid of!? Why is it acceptable, regardless of party, to not be audited? This is INSANE!

+1. At Nauset Beach a few years ago, a Mom was chatting with her friend and I was watching her young child get closer and closer to being swept away by the rising tide and crashing waves. One big wave came, knocked over her kid and I jumped up to pluck her kid out of the wash. She gave me the dirtiest look. She was not thankful I kept her kid from aspirating a bunch of sea water.

my parents used to take me to brandeis for a smaller scale theater, i actually thought it was kind of cool despite not having a lot of interest in it. i have no idea if they still do those shows/they're open to the public since covid though. i do remember tickets were wicked cheap, but this is a while ago. i think for 4 people it was like 35 bucks? maybe a bit more or a bit less.