City of Portland F.A.I.R. Downloads – 27 Feb 20

4 March 2020
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I’m offering these for reference from a training presentation courtesy of:

Christian Bryant of IRC Enterprises (property management)

(503) 999-0477 / christian@iRCEnterprises.com

PHB hired Christian to give these presentations to the general public, so thank him.

To download the individual reports, right-click the link below and “Save As”.

These are the slides from Christian’s training:

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The following are Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) documents. Text of the administrative rules:

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Booklet on new application screening rules:

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Booklet on new security deposit rules:

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If you need any info about apartment sales in the Portland – METRO, we have sales data over the past 15 years +. Feel free to contact me – steve@smicre.com.

Steve Morris | Principal Broker
SMI Commercial Real Estate
Phone: 503.970.4593
steve@smicre.com | www.smicre.com
OR License # 200202054 | WA License # 24512

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Tags: agency, Law, portland

Tenant Engagement Considerations

27 June 2019
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A local attorney, Jeffrey Bennett of Warren Allen, has 20+ years of experience in dealing with tenant and landlord issues in Portland.

He’s written a very useful article on the subject you can download at the link below (right-click to save):

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Whether you’re an owner or manager this article is very useful. Jeff goes over basics like:

Forms and the need to keep current
Delivery options and timelines
30-/90-day notices
Filling in forms correctly
For cause notices
Charges, late and partial payments
Preventing mistakes and giving yourself the best case
Deposits, charges and dealing with tenant requests

I assure you it’ll be the best (not being over-dramatic) 30 minutes of your time invested in your apartments.

The environment for landlords was difficult and new rules don’t make it easier. Being knowledgeable is a minimum requirement for successful landlords today.

Posted in Apartment Operations, Apartments - Other Topics, Portland, Portland, Salem and Vancouver Apartment Market Issues, Salem and Vancouver Apartment Market Issues
Tags: financials, invest, Law, note, operations, portland, rates, Washington

Rent increase notices from a lease to M-T-M

17 August 2016
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Cliff Hockley of Bluestone & Hockley has authored an article on you can raise rents if you let a lease roll over to a month-to-month tenancy. To download, right-click the link below and “Save As”:

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Needless to say a landlord needs to exercise caution with rent increases. The article goes thru the current requirements for rent increase notices for increases. A lot of these may need case law to resolve

Excerpted from the article intro:

“Many of our readers have expressed confusion over when a landlord can raise rent in Oregon anymore. Specifically, they have asked us for help understanding how month-to-month rent increases should be handled after House Bill 4143 amended the Oregon Landlord Tenant Act.”

Steve Morris | Senior Advisor
SVN | Bluestone & Hockley
9320 SW Barbur Blvd, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97219
Phone: 503.970-4593 | Fax: 503.222.6459
steve.morris@svn.com | www.svnbluestone.com
OR License # 200202054 | WA License # 24512

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For the Oregon Real Estate Agency Pamphlet click here.
For the Washington Real Estate Agency Pamphlet click here.

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Tags: Law, Rent increases