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court records (by Carl [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 6:04 AM
       (by tryan [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 6:07 AM
       (by Vee [OH]) Sep 11, 2016 7:08 AM
       (by RathdrumGal [ID]) Sep 11, 2016 7:44 AM
       (by Steve [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 8:17 AM
       (by WMH [NC]) Sep 11, 2016 8:31 AM
       (by cjl [NY]) Sep 11, 2016 8:55 AM
       (by BET [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 9:33 AM
       (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Sep 15, 2016 6:37 PM

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court records (by Carl [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 6:04 AM
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My partner and I are in the midst of hashing out a financial deal to purchase an old six apartment building and are interested in finding any court records that might exist on this property.

For example, in order to get an idea of the "turnover - eviction rate" the owner has experienced with this property, we understand that such useful records are filed and and publically obtainable through the relatively complex Massachusetts court system.

Hoping to avoid any more ever mounting related legal fees, does anyone have any idea on how and where we might acquire such information? Many thanks --72.93.xxx.xx




court records (by tryan [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 6:07 AM
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masscourts dot org --73.249.xxx.xxx




court records (by Vee [OH]) Sep 11, 2016 7:08 AM
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The old stuff is just that - old stuff, this is in the rear view mirror - watch up ahead frequently, what matters is cost to get -paying- clients in and the total understanding of local/state tenant laws, once you have the rules understood you can create a lease that helps you get in and out of court fast and you will be smiling as you blink in the rear view mirror. --76.188.xxx.xxx




court records (by RathdrumGal [ID]) Sep 11, 2016 7:44 AM
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We bought such a building 3 years ago. It has turned out to be a gold mine! A run down building with "good bones" in a decent neighborhood has great potential. Ours was fully rented with one non-payer who left the second month when it became apparent to him that we were not going to be taken advantage of. We cleaned and painted common areas first, landscaped, raised rents and then rehabbed each unit as units turned over. We did not renew leases on chronic late payers, and gave move out notices to the lease violators. Each turnover attracted a better pool of applicants. We plowed all profits back into the building for the first one and a half years, so do not expect your building to cash flow right away. The neighbor hood might be more important to evaluate than the individual building. Is there a comparable building near by that you could find out how well that performs in terms of rent/vacancies/ expenses? Our units are 2 bed/1 bath and we do well on a M2M model. Our tenants are blue collar types. Be strong. The lousy tenants will challenge you. They came out of the woodwork with unwritten agreements with the previous owner "Shawn always let us do ____" Shawn always let us take $25 off the rent every time we mowed the lawn", etc. Our standard reply was "Shawn was losing money. That is why he sold the building." --98.145.xx.xxx




court records (by Steve [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 8:17 AM
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In addition to eviction records check city hall for notices from the building department & the board of health. --72.93.xxx.x




court records (by WMH [NC]) Sep 11, 2016 8:31 AM
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The turnover rate with the former owner shouldn't matter at all to you, because you will attract and install as good or better residents than he did, right?

What you do need to see and understand are the existing leases, if any, because you are bound by them until they expire. --173.22.xx.xx




court records (by cjl [NY]) Sep 11, 2016 8:55 AM
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Yeah I'm with WMH - why would it matter about the previous/older court for evictions?

The turnovers were THEIRS not YOURS.

However, if you are looking for any CURRENT tenants that are in the process of being evicted etc, then I could see that - make sure they either clean up their act or are out prior to the sale closing.

Also - if you are looking for any "issues" that were brought up in the cases then I would say you most likely won't find them in the courts unless that's where it ended up (go to the codes office, fire, police depts., health dept, etc.) for that ... if they "know" the property just ask them about it. --69.201.xx.xxx




court records (by BET [MA]) Sep 11, 2016 9:33 AM
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I agree. You cant run your business as poorly as possibly the previous business owner did. But knowing the state wide eviction/ public records is huge. --74.104.xxx.xx




court records (by Ray-N-Pa [PA]) Sep 15, 2016 6:37 PM
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code enforcement? --24.239.xx.xxx



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