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Property Management
Records Management - Not Sexy But Essential
  Resident record management is anything but sexy. Nevertheless, it is essential to maintaining a profitable manufactured housing community. All too often community owners and managers think the job of records management is over once a new…
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Record Management, Files, Forms, Form 71A
Community Update
MHC Disaster Prevention: Reducing Risks
While setting up a disaster plan for manufactured home communities, be sure to include steps that would reduce the risk of damage or injury.  Here are some actions to consider:   Keep trees healthy and strong.  Remove…
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: 55 and Older Community - Applicant is 47
Question: We have a 55+ park, with 100 spaces. 90 of them are occupied by at least one person who is age 55 or older. A tenant who is selling her home has a potential buyer who is 47. They qualify in all respects, except age. Am I prevented from…
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55 and Older Communities
Property Management
MHCO Article: Fair Housing Laws Apply When Selling or Renting!
Both state and federal law prohibit discrimination in the selling, renting or leasing of real property. Federal fair housing laws have been in place since 1968. Federal law makes it illegal to discriminate in the sale, purchase or lease of property…
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Fair Housing
Community Update
Mediation
Editor's Note:  As we start the count down to the next full Oregon Legislative Session (2019) one of the biggest issues our industry faces is how to resolve conflict between residents and landlords.  Mediation is one of the answers…
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Three Strikes vs. Thirty Day Notices 3 Strikes
Question: If a manager is going to give a resident their third 72-hour notice within 12 months, does the manager give the 72-hour notice and then wait for payment, which if the resident pays then serve the 30 day three strikes notice?  …
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72-Hour Notice, 3 Strikes