Oct 18, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
Maryland's rental rules are shifting, and smart investors are paying attention. I sit down with **Adam Skolnik**, **Aaron Greenfield** and **Matt Pipkin** of the **Maryland Multi-Housing Association**…
Aaron GreenfieldGuestMatt PipkinGuestSo we're going to go through quite a bit.
Jump in, because I know you each play a different role.
So totally, whoever, jump in.
I think starting off, I want to get into how did Maryland, in a sense, get to where we are today? Because I'm sure over the years, things slowly progressed.
Things like the lawsuit with Todman creating some issues now.
Personally, from being in the market for six years now, it's interesting to see most recently the amount of things that have been passed.
And I don't know if this is just like historically accurate to say that now we're seeing a lot more just being dumped into bills and laws in Maryland and in Baltimore than maybe we've seen in the past.
But Could you see more light on kind of what's been the political sphere for landlords in the past and kind of how we're getting to where we are today?
And it was created in 96 because the owners of apartment communities and rental housing kind of wanted their own representation.
I think there were a lot of people back in 96 who kind of saw a little bit of the writing on the wall that the business friendliness in the state was declining.
And that as much as there might be attacks on home builders, there would definitely be attacks on rental property owners.
And so a group of very smart and I think forward-thinking folks decided, You know, companies like, you know, Henderson Web and WPM, you know, and the bazudos of the world and the southern managements of the world all got together and said, like, we need somebody who's going to really be the stewards of watching our backs in Annapolis and in the local jurisdictions.
And, you know, the three things we really do as an association, number one with a bullet is advocate.
I mean, we are the voice of rental property owners in the state and the local jurisdictions.
And we do a ton of education because, you know, I mean, keeping our members, you know, Not just educated on legislative stuff, but on what's happening in the industry and the best policies and procedures and how to train leasing professionals and service technicians and all the people you need internal to the industry.
And then the last thing is we're very innovative in terms of how we do networking events and trying to keep people engaged and sharing that information.
But I mean, going back to your original question, I mean, I think right now and in particular since 2020, you know, I.E. COVID.
The business environment, business climate in Maryland has dramatically decreased.
So we're going to go through quite a bit.
Jump in, because I know you each play a different role.
So totally, whoever, jump in.
I think starting off, I want to get into how did Maryland, in a sense, get to where we are today? Because I'm sure over the years, things slowly progressed.
Things like the lawsuit with Todman creating some issues now.
Personally, from being in the market for six years now, it's interesting to see most recently the amount of things that have been passed.
And I don't know if this is just like historically accurate to say that now we're seeing a lot more just being dumped into bills and laws in Maryland and in Baltimore than maybe we've seen in the past.
But Could you see more light on kind of what's been the political sphere for landlords in the past and kind of how we're getting to where we are today?
And it was created in 96 because the owners of apartment communities and rental housing kind of wanted their own representation.
I think there were a lot of people back in 96 who kind of saw a little bit of the writing on the wall that the business friendliness in the state was declining.
And that as much as there might be attacks on home builders, there would definitely be attacks on rental property owners.
And so a group of very smart and I think forward-thinking folks decided, You know, companies like, you know, Henderson Web and WPM, you know, and the bazudos of the world and the southern managements of the world all got together and said, like, we need somebody who's going to really be the stewards of watching our backs in Annapolis and in the local jurisdictions.
And, you know, the three things we really do as an association, number one with a bullet is advocate.
I mean, we are the voice of rental property owners in the state and the local jurisdictions.
And we do a ton of education because, you know, I mean, keeping our members, you know, Not just educated on legislative stuff, but on what's happening in the industry and the best policies and procedures and how to train leasing professionals and service technicians and all the people you need internal to the industry.
And then the last thing is we're very innovative in terms of how we do networking events and trying to keep people engaged and sharing that information.
But I mean, going back to your original question, I mean, I think right now and in particular since 2020, you know, I.E. COVID.
The business environment, business climate in Maryland has dramatically decreased.
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