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Community Financing: Interest Rates Still Near Historic Lows, Despite Volatile Markets

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The marketplace for income property financing has benefited greatly from shifts in the economy. Volatility forces commercial lenders to gravitate towards lower risk, stable, income-producing real estate. Manufactured home communities are increasingly high on their lists, since the cash flow is consistent and demand for affordable housing is strong.

Community Financing: Interest Rates Still Near Historic Lows, Despite Volatile Markets

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The marketplace for income property financing has benefited greatly from shifts in the economy. Volatility forces commercial lenders to gravitate towards lower risk, stable, income-producing real estate. Manufactured home communities are increasingly high on their lists, since the cash flow is consistent and demand for affordable housing is strong.

Planning Ahead for Disasters

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Step 1: Learn all you can about the kinds of disasters that could possibly occur in your community - there may be some that you are not aware of. Good resources for this information included your local emergency management office, the local American red Cross chapter or a state-level emergency preparedness agency.

Oregon Asbestos Survey Rules Significantly Impact MH Abandonment and Abatement Contractor List

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The rule carried out a 2015 Oregon Legislature directive through Senate Bill 705 that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality enact rule changes by the end of 2015, requiring an owner of a residential building or a person proposing a demolition of a residential building to have an accredited inspector perform an asbestos survey before demolishing that building.

Manage or Lead

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Those of us that have been associated with this housing form for a length of time have watched and embraced the evolution from trailer to mobilehome to manufactured housing. We are sometimes less passionate about recognizing the evolution from trailer park to today's communities. The key word is community.

New MHCO Forms and New Abandonment Law - Effective January 1st

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New Oregon Law. No. 4 above has been stricken,2 and the following rules (found at ORS 90.675(14)(d) and (e) and (15) of HB 3016,) will apply. On January 1, 2016, if the landlord follows these new laws, the tax collector and Department of Revenue (collectively "tax collector") will be required to cancel unpaid taxes in the following additional circumstances:

New MHCO Forms and New Abandonment Law - Effective January 1st

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New Oregon Law. No. 4 above has been stricken,2 and the following rules (found at ORS 90.675(14)(d) and (e) and (15) of HB 3016,) will apply. On January 1, 2016, if the landlord follows these new laws, the tax collector and Department of Revenue (collectively "tax collector") will be required to cancel unpaid taxes in the following additional circumstances:

New MHCO Forms and New Abandonment Law - Effective January 1st

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MHCO

New Oregon Law. No. 4 above has been stricken,2 and the following rules (found at ORS 90.675(14)(d) and (e) and (15) of HB 3016,) will apply. On January 1, 2016, if the landlord follows these new laws, the tax collector and Department of Revenue (collectively "tax collector") will be required to cancel unpaid taxes in the following additional circumstances:

Gen Y

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Gen Y's are generally defined as the population born between 1985 and 2005. Beyond their stereotypical traits of entitlement, narcissism and wanting everything on demand, Gen Y's are creating a reputation for themselves as being civic minded with a strong sense of community. They prefer to work in teams of people to accomplish bigger missions and they care about meaningful work.