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Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Changing Screening Criteria
Submetering is the process of installing a water, gas or electric meter on each mobile home after the master utility meters for the mobile home park. The term "submeter" is used for any meter installed after the master meter. With submeters…
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Late Fees: A Primer
When the Sazykin family's 14-year-old son rode his scooter on pathways around the Wah Mai Terrace Apartments complex in Southeast Portland, the apartment manager fined his parents $20.
Community Update
Sensible Innovation for Financing Homes in the Dodd-Frank Era
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Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Recovery of Capital Costs for Installation of Sub-Metering System
Question: I have two questions regarding submetering.  When a community completes the submetering and the tenant is paying back the community for the meter and cost of installation, who owns and maintains the meters from that point on?…
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Submetering, Sub-Metering
Mark Busch Questions and Answers
Mark Busch RV Q&A: Do I Need a Security Guard?
Question: Can our park use the regular MHCO manufactured home rental agreement for RV tenants who are allowed in certain spaces throughout our manufactured home park?
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RVs, security cameras
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Non-Resident Sexual Predator Working in Community
Question: A resident has a yard maintenance person come to their space once a week to cut the grass and maintain the yard. He is on a sexual predator list and some residents do not want him working in the park. What can the landlord do?