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Summer Check List With Imagination

Property Management
MHCO

Is your entrance neat and welcoming with well landscaped signage projecting the property's IDEAL image to Residents and future Residents?

What is Customer Service?

Property Management
MHCO

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.

Phil Querin Q&A: Sub Leasing and Eviction

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer: This fact patter should be a cautionary tale for all park owners and managers about the risk of letting too much time elapse between the violation and legal action. In order to fully answer the question, I need to assume certain facts. First, I assume that the rules clearly do not permit one to occupy a home without management approval.

Important Provisions To Consider In Your Rules and Regulations

Property Management
MHCO

  1. Manufactured Home Set-Up
  1. Include provisions limiting owner's responsibility for such conditions as soils, site preparation, foundation stability, final grading, and settling.
  2. Include provision that homeowner has examined the home site and accepts the condition, "as-is."

Mark Busch Q&A: My RV Tenant Owes Me Money!

Mark Busch Questions and Answers
Mark L. Busch

Answer: If the rent is past-due for the current month, the answer is a 72-hour rent nonpayment notice. Assuming the notice is properly prepared and served, the tenant has until the deadline in the notice to pay the rent in full. If the tenant doesn'tpay, you can file an eviction case. But even after you file an eviction, there is no guarantee that you'll get paid.

Americans With Disabilities Claims (ADA) - Is There a Target on Your Back?

Guest Author
John Pentecost

On July 26, 1990, President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), The Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (the “1991 Regulations") were shortly thereafter developed to guide new construction and alterations undertaken by covered entities and established the minimum requirements for "accessibility" for disabled persons in buildings and facilities

Can You Afford to Keep Utilities Included in Your Rent?

Property Management
Adam Cook

From one year to the next, the only certainty one can realistically expect is that rents will need to be adjusted just to keep pace with the utility increases that are coming one's way from the various providers.

Helpful Tips for 55 & Older Community Owners

Property Management
MHCO

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.