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Summer Check List With Imagination


We at First Commercial Property Corp. have had a busier winter and Spring than we have EVER had as Managers of MHCs these last 35 years; opening our new Oregon Office, hiring Sally Harrington, John Cox and Scott Mullens, and focusing on positioning properties for SPRING/SUMMER cleanups! Speaking of which, it is summer, and the only thing that prevents MHCs from being the best they can possibly be is our imaginations! Why not take advantage of the season, and slowly WALK through your community with "fresh eyes!" There is plenty to do and see:

Summer Check List With Imagination


We at First Commercial Property Corp. have had a busier winter and Spring than we have EVER had as Managers of MHCs these last 35 years; opening our new Oregon Office, hiring Sally Harrington, John Cox and Scott Mullens, and focusing on positioning properties for SPRING/SUMMER cleanups! Speaking of which, it is summer, and the only thing that prevents MHCs from being the best they can possibly be is our imaginations! Why not take advantage of the season, and slowly WALK through your community with "fresh eyes!" There is plenty to do and see:

Legislative Update: A Signature and a Move to Rules

Yesterday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the coalition bill (HB 3016).  The abandonment/past due tax portion of the bill will go into effect on January 1, 2016. MHCO has already been working with Phil Querin and Diane Belt (Oregon Tax Assessors) to create the forms necessary to take advantage of the new law.  Those forms will be uploaded to MHCO.ORG at the end of the year.  Phil Querin will do an article later this year on the changes in abandonment law that will go into effect in 2016.  MHCO is also planing a seminar with Phil Querin reviewing the other portions of the new law at the MHCO Annual Conference at the end of October in Eugene.   This is a bill that MHCO has worked for over the last decade and we are very pleased that this onerous tax policy is now part of Oregon's past.  Thank you to everyone involved in this process, especially Diane Belt (Oregon Tax Assessors). As many of you know the other issue  MHCO has been monitoring is Inclusionary zoning" (HB 2564).  Yesterday HB 2564 passed out of the Senate Committee on Human Services and Early Childhood Development to the Senate Rules Committee.  The rent control amendment (dash 5) was not adopted.  At this point in the legislative process it is unlikely (but not impossible) a new amendment on rent control will be added to the inclusionary zoning bill.  MHCO had hoped that the bill would either die in the Human Services Committee or move to the Senate floor without the dash five amendment.  The move to Rules simply drags the process out longer for further debate and negotiation.

Bill Miner: Question and Answers When Selling a Community In Oregon (First of Two Parts)


Over the past several months I have received many requests from clients who are thinking of selling their community. Here are a few questions that have been asked and my answers (First of Two Parts):


Q: If I am thinking of selling my park, when do I have to send notice to my tenants?



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