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Submeter Your Community at Zero Out of Pocket Landlord Expense

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

By Troy Brost Owner SongBrook MHC, Eugene, Past President and Legislative Chair of Manufactured Housing Communities of Oregon The title of this Community Update should have caught your attention. It is not a gimmick, I have done it myself. Adam Cook's MHCO Community Update article, "Can You Afford to Keep Utilities Included in Your Rent?" from last week is spot on!

Can You Afford to Keep Utilities Included in Your Rent?

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

By Adam Cook, President of Commonwealth Real Estate Services Part 1 of 2 For better than two decades, one of the most significant and unpredictable factors influencing the bottom line of multifamily housing properties has been rising utility costs.

Phil Querin Q&A: Tenant Sub-Leases - Refuses Background Check

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer: There are several issues here. One, you've accepted rent from the occupant for the last several months. For all intents and purposes, you have accepted him as a tenant - even though he is not there on a written rental agreement and even though you have no criminal background check on him. Even if your rules prohibit subleasing, that too, has been waived.

Phil Querin Q&A: Resident Growing Marijuana Plants

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer: This is a very complicated issue on several levels. For example, marijuana is a controlled substance under Federal Law. Under Oregon law, use and cultivation in limited amounts pursuant to a lawful Medical Marijuana Card are legal. The Oregon laws are linked here.

Current Lending Climate for Manufactured Home Communities

Community Update
Chuck Carpenter

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: Applicant Pays Application Fee - Can Landlord Also Charge a Move-In Fee?

Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin

Answer: This question involves 90.297, which provides as follows: - Except as permitted in ORS 90.295 (fees for tenant screening charges) a landlord may not charge a deposit or fee, however designated, to an applicant who has applied to a landlord to enter a rental agreement for a dwelling unit.