Damn that’s hardest I’ve seen a non-offensive joke downvoted on here. Impressive haha

The types of properties we've lived at the past 8-9 years have all been larger properties with management companies (and that's sort of what we're looking for). I do get what you're saying regarding broker fees for smaller "mom and pop" rentals. Those aren't common in most other parts of the country but the costs are rolled into the rent I'm sure.

Yes, I realized that the "r" word wasn't appropriate and changed my wording. Regarding families, we have our own but don't really want to be around them all the time at our age (trust me, you'll get there lol).

It’s a bunch of corny media headlines are not indicative of how frequently actual people use it. How many NYC residents do you think refer to it “the Big Apple”? None, because that shit is for tourists.

That's the red flag right there. Who gives a shit if he's wealthy or not.

The savers in Norwood is my favorite. I e gotten mid to high end brands like Lucky Brand jeans, Ralph Lauren, and lots of 100% cashmere and 100% silk pieces for very good prices

As someone who needed the assistance of transit police last week when there was a fight on the platform, can confirm they are utterly worthless. They ignored the first guy that tried to get their attention and shushed him and went behind the corner until I went around and told them. They meandered their way to the fight where somebody could've easily fallen onto the tracks.

Excuse me there tourist, you must not be familiar with the port city of Boston. Nobody here says Beantown. Please enjoy this documentary about our diverse aquatic life.

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Skin tone is pretty essential information here for anyone who needs to recognize this threat and avoid.

Based on your responses to folks who answered you, your high demands, unwillingness to be near families/community spaces, and your casual use of the words rape... any way we can convince you to stay in Saint Paul? Or at the very least move to a suburb decently far from where I live?

I can think of 2 ways to go:

1. live physically closer but out of ways of commuters, south Medford, Watertown, parts of JP or Dorchester;

2. get rid of 🚗 live right on T: Malden center, assembly, east Boston, some parts of Dorchester, Quincy

Rent is higher for 2) but you save money by getting rid of car. Really depended on where do you want to be close to. For instance if all your friends are in Cambridge, try to stay north of the Charles….

Corey Hill Brookline (winter only....trees)

If a landlord is a large company, they don't need a realtor, they have staff. Sounds like something similar to where you live when you mention a "building". If a landlord is the 90 year old man or the 60 year old woman who owns one or two two-families (the two people I rented from), they hire experts to do everything as needed rather than having a staff, such as an electrician, plumber or realtor. You can chose to rent from those people and pay the fee, or large companies with staff, depending on what you want. You can go to an overpriced grocery store with personal attention where you get a cashier or the big Walmarts who have eliminated cashiers except for the handicapped register. We have options, but getting rid of realtors would probably just incentivize that 90 year old man to sell his properties to a large corporation who have staff to deal with vacancies.

"Another" shooting in a town where shootings happen rarely.

For the time being, they’ve already had engineers and surveyors in measuring the course to build more condos/apartments.

Use the map view to see what's close to Boston

https://boston.craigslist.org/search/apa?hasPic=1&max_price=2500#search=1~gallery~0~0

ESPP is a volatile way to invest. If you want to stay rich you should consider diversifying.

Yeah, I think I might 😬

Again, I understand the math. Brokers offer no value and tenant acquisition costs are a small fraction of a month’s rent in Boston. Adding a broker inherently makes the transaction more expensive for renters, directly or indirectly.

Rent seeking landlords and the scummy ecosystem around them are greedy parasites to a functioning city.

Ciao Pizza in Chelsea. The Admiral's Hill park is right in front and is a fantastic view.

Has pagu gotten better? That place was so mediocre when it opened

Check out Watertown, most of the area has super easy bus access to Harvard Sq/red line.

You are right, they could not use a real estate agent and get away with not paying the fee. There will always be some tenant acquisition cost, either a broker, advertisement listings, a management company, a vacancy allowance, or some combination.

NY law recently shifted broker fees onto the landlord rather than the tenant. Rents in NYC increased at a faster pace (33%) in the last 2 years (when the law was passed) than Boston (25%), despite NY losing a higher population than Boston. That 8% difference on a $2500 a month apartment is $2400, basically that broker fee, and that person in NY now has to pay that $2400 every single year rather than just when they moved in. Getting rid of broker fees in NYC didn't save the tenant, it actually costs them more now.

If it moves the needle, think about dropping the ESPP contribution. You’re already investing a lot in your company from a risk diversification perspective (company does poorly, stock goes down, you may lose job and investment). Up to you, but I’d rather have the funds for preferred housing or put in my own diversified retirement plan or emergency savings. Biotech is a rocky road.

This is called whataboutism. Problem A is somehow not bad or notable because of problem B. It is a logical fallacy that increases the mental energy to actually initiate problem solving by lessening all problems down and constantly redirecting focus.

Given the scale of our society it should be, and is, possible to care about and solve multiple problems without putting people down over which ones they talk about or care about.