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Submeter Solutions, Inc.

Kelly Koontz
45 Logan Ave South
Renton, WA 98057

Phone: 425-228-6831
Fax: 206-202-3094
Email: kelly@submetersolutions.com
Website: submetersolutions.com

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Property Management
How to Avoid Illegal Steering - Don’t Let a Leasing Agent’s Seemingly Innocent Comment Get You Sued For Illegal Steering
  Picture this: A gay couple visits your leasing office asking about available one-bedroom apartments. There are two such apartments available but your leasing agent shows the couple only one. She doesn’t mention the other apartment because…
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Application, Litigation, Steering, Fair Housing, Discrimination
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Death of MHP Tenant Living Alone
    Question:  What happens to the home of a tenant living alone? What protections are in place?    
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Death of a Resident
Property Management
Use 4-Step Process for Evaluating Accommodation Requests
  The decision often hinges on what is and isn’t “reasonable.” Fair housing laws require landlords to make “reasonable accommodations” for rental prospects and residents who have disabilities. Disagreements over whether requested…
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Fair Housing, Reasonable accommodation request, Reasonable Accommodation
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Recovery of Cost and Fees When Tenant Tenders Rent After FED Filed
Question:  I have an issue regarding late payment of rent where I own both the home and the space.  The rent is constantly late. After I file for eviction the tenant either pays before the court hearing or at the hearing.  I am then…
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Non Payment of Rent, Filing fees, Recovery Filing Fees
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Article: Follow-Up Questions and Answers Oregon New Rent Control Law
Four additional questions and answers regarding Oregon's new rent control law. 1. Question:  I am using MHCO leases that I will renew in three years.  The leases provides for a rent increase each year of the lease of 4.5%.  Going…
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Lease Agreement, Rent Control, Rent
Property Management
DO Keep Good Records to Counter Discrimination, Retaliation Claims  - DON’T Neglect Your Paperwork 
  Good recordkeeping is essential to your success in fending off fair housing claims when dealing with residents who break the rules. If challenged, you’ll need proof that you had legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for taking action against…
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Fair Housing