Phil Querin Q&A: Community Documents - Can They Be Changed?
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Answer: All good questions. Let’s look at each document.
MHCO Article Topics
Communities
Finance: Good Times
Property Management
Most commercial real estate lenders who survived the 2008 market meltdown have worked through their troubled assets, and are once again lending. New lenders, including a multitude of conduit lenders, have joined the fray in anticipation of a large spike in the volume of maturing loans over the next three years.
What is Customer Service?
Property Management
The importance of customer service can vary depending on the product or service, customer or industry. The manufactured housing industry can provide a customer with many areas of satisfaction. We have the opportunity to provide a nice, safe community to live in.
Current Lending Climate for Manufactured Home Communities
Property Management
By: Rachelle Menaker is a partner with Hart, King & Coldren's transactional practice group. I. INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW OF CURRENT LENDING CLIMATE FOR MHP’S Everyone knows that interest rates in re- cent years – in the wake of the financial melt- down that occurred in the mid-2008 to mid-2009 timeframe – have been at historic lows.
The Ten Worst Mistakes to Avoid in Community Management
Property Management
Inadequate response time to a resident’s questions.
Helpful Tips for 55 & Older Community Owners
Community Update
By David M. Weber & M. Christine Weber We all know it is far easier to maintain a resident than find one who will fill a vacant space within a community. This is particularly true in 55+ communities. To be great at resident retention, managers need to believe strongly in the lifestyle that has led many seniors to a manufactured housing way of life.
Current Lending Climate for Manufactured Home Communities
Community Update
By: Rachelle Menaker is a partner with Hart, King & Coldren's transactional practice group. I. INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW OF CURRENT LENDING CLIMATE FOR MHP'S Everyone knows that interest rates in re- cent years - in the wake of the financial melt- down that occurred in the mid-2008 to mid-2009 timeframe - have been at historic lows.
Phil Querin Q&A: What access to documents and office do I have to provide to Oregon Housing and Community Services?
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Answer: Normally, I don't like to equivocate, but here, I'm going to have to do so. I suspect this answer might be quoted to the OHCS as a reason for declining to cooperate, so want to be careful how I answer.
The Truth About Publicly Subsidized "Resident Owned" Communities - Resident and Community Financial Ruin
Community Update
Introduction and Key IssuesManufactured homes are often clustered into manufactured home communities and in many areas of the country these communities have long faced considerable economic and regulatory impediments that can make expanding the supply of affordable housing more difficult for manufactured homes than for other types of housing.
Phil Querin Q&A: Major Management Mistakes - Identifying Issues Before They Spiral Out of Control
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Answer: There are several issues that I see repeatedly. Here are a few: 1. Managers not adequately papering their file before taking legal action against a resident. Judges want to see that you’ve “walked the extra mile” with the resident, making every reasonable effort to bring them into compliance.