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Apartments, Legal

Fairness, Transparency, and a Long Overdue Rental Reform In Massachusetts: The Potential Elimination of Tenant Broker Fees

July 2nd, 2025- By Mike DelRose Jr.-The Massachusetts Legislature just took a big step toward balancing the scales in our housing market. Included in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget is a provision that would ensure rental broker fees are only paid by the party who actually hires the broker. It’s a simple idea that mirrors […]
Home Maintenance

How to Keep Your Cool: Home Cooling Tips That Beat the Heat (and the Electric Bill)

Friday, June 27th, 2025. By Bobby McShane-Summer’s here, the sun’s blazing, and your living room feels like a rotisserie. But before you crank that A/C to “Arctic Tundra” and kiss your utility budget goodbye, take a deep breath (preferably of cool air) and read on. Here are practical, sometimes surprisingly clever ways to keep your […]
Legal

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) In Watertown, Massachusetts

Saturday-June 28th-2025-By Mike DelRose Sr.- On August 6, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Affordable Homes Act (Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024), a significant legislative step to address the state’s housing affordability crisis. A key provision in Section 8 of the Act amends the Zoning Act to allow accessory dwelling units (ADUs) […]
Home Buying, Home Selling, Legal

Massachusetts Real Estate Agency & Relationships

Real Estate Is Confusing Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 – By Mike DelRose Jr. Buying or selling a home in Massachusetts is already complex, but real estate agency relationships can make it even more confusing. Terms like broker, agent, salesperson, and Realtor are often used interchangeably, but they mean different things, and each comes with its […]
Home Buying

Massachusetts Home Inspections

In the Fall of 2009 I joined the real estate industry after graduating college. I had no intention to do so at the time, but with the economy still reeling from the market crash and a the possibility of a relocation, I joined the family brokerage as a Marketing Coordinator. Of course that move was […]
Team News, Uncategorized

Everything You Need to Know About Building an ADU in Belmont, MA

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 -As Belmont continues to evolve, so does the way we live. Whether you’re caring for aging parents, exploring rental income, or planning for multigenerational living, an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) could be the right move—and now, it’s more feasible than ever in Massachusetts. Thanks to the 2024 Affordable Homes Act, homeowners […]
Home Buying, Home Selling, Uncategorized

Spooky Real Estate

1 LaVeta Place on the Hudson River “Ray, when someone asks you if you’re a god, you say yes!” While the original ‘Ghostbusters‘ movie freaked me out as a kid, and it was definitely the opening library scene that did me in, it remains one of my all time favorites in both comedy and the […]
Team News

Pardon Our Appearance

By Mike DelRose Jr. Updated Saturday, October 12th, 2024 Great things Are Coming When an agent or real estate team switches brokerages, it’s said that as a business you may fall 6 months behind as you catch up with rebranding, paperwork, building out systems, and other activities that generally take up a lot of time. […]
Team News

New Beginnings: The DelRose McShane Team Joins Coldwell Banker In Belmont

By Mike DelRose Jr. Bittersweet Since 1987, the year I was born for people that enjoy math, our Team has held it’s license with a big balloon. A great brand with great people. It was a difficult decision to leave and and certainly bittersweet. We want to thank everyone that we had the privilege to […]