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Property Management
Bill Miner: Question and Answers When Selling a Community In Oregon (Second of Two Parts)
Q: What happens after I give them the financial information? A: The tenants committee must (1) form a corporate entity that is legally capable of purchasing property or associate with a nonprofit corporation or…
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Selling Community, Selling Park, Sale of Community, Park Sale
Property Management
Kim Berry: Filling Mobile Spaces with RV's : The Pros and Cons
Just imagine, roaming the Western United States in your RV, not a care in the world, cheap living, and finally, settling in a MHP in Beautiful Oregon! A dream come true for a lot of senior citizens. Filling vacant spaces can be the most…
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RV Law, RV in Mobile Home Park
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Hazard Trees & The Root of the Problem
Question. Our park has Ash trees on most of the spaces, planted by the owners when the spaces were first occupied. Most of the trees are between thirty and forty years old. We routinely maintain the above-ground parts of the trees. We prune and…
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Additional Thoughts on Home Burns Down in Community
In early June, following my article titled "Home Fire in the Community" (Phil Querin Q&A: Home Burns Down in Community - What next? - Published June 4, 2015) I received an email from John Van Landingham with a 'gentle reminder' that "...you…
Property Management
Summer Check List With Imagination
We at First Commercial Property Corp. have had a busier winter and Spring than we have EVER had as Managers of MHCs these last 35 years; opening our new Oregon Office, hiring Sally Harrington, John Cox and Scott Mullens, and focusing on…
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Resident Deliberately Wasting Water - What Can I Do?
Question: What can a landlord do about resident's who deliberately leave water running in the summer to get back at the landlord?