Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services

UPDATED 09-MAY-2012

This article sums up the following important topics that directly affect the multifamily investors:

~New law (passed in last session) affecting NOAA and public health commissioned employees
~Fair housing test audits
~The mold crisis of 2012
~Window guard redux…[...]

UPDATED 04-MAY-2012

Bluestone & Hockley’s (B&H) innovative residential team never hesitates in going the extra mile to help clients & tenants save money, the GREEN WAY! Mitchell Couch, Resident Manager at Country Haven Mobile Home Park, came up with this creative idea of using rain water for watering his garden. He put together 2 rain barrels, totaling around 100 gallon capacity, to hold rain water which can later be used for irrigation. He also added a hose bib for watering and an attachment that collects the rain water directly from the gutters…[...]

UPDATED 01-MAY-2012

Bluestone & Hockley Real Estate Services (B&H) will be holding a job fair to recruit new Resident Managers for the properties we manage. The event is scheduled to be held on Thursday, May 10, 2012 from 1 PM to 6 PM in the Training room of the company’s corporate office located at 9320 SW Barbur Boulevard, Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97219.

UPDATED 27-MAR-2012

B&H’s Strong Residential Team Grows Stronger!

As a supporter of continues training and employee enhancement programs, Bluestone & Hockley recently completed yet another team building initiative promoting team work for its residential property managers and onsite managers. This was a three month long initiative which ended on March 15, 2012…[...]

UPDATED 26-AUG-2011

Cliff Hockley, President, Bluestone & Hockley Real Estate Services was recently quoted in the article titled Apartments hard to come by in Portland, and a little relief on the way by Elliot Njus….[...]

UPDATED 23-AUGUST-2011

Rachel Anne Apartments, one of the multifamily properties managed by Bluestone & Hockley Real Estate Services (B&H), was recently approved by City of Gresham to receive Apartment Rehabilitation Grant*. This program is offered exclusively to properties in Rockwood area.Located on Burnside Street, this was a golden opportunity for these apartments…[...]

UPDATED: 03-June-2010

A few months ago I had the opportunity to address 100 real estate investors at a dinner meeting. It was a great evening of give and take. My goal was to help them focus on improving the profitability of their real estate investments. We discussed the following…[...]

UPDATED: 05-May-2010

In 2009 Oregon legislative session tenant advocates were able to limit the number and extent of fees that are charged by landlords. These fee modifications took effect on the 1st of January 2010…[...]

UPDATED: 03-AUG-2009

The world has changed.

There was a time when a landlord rented a vacancy by placing an advertisement in the local newspaper and waited for the phone to ring, or tenants to visit. The classified sections of the local newspapers were packed with ads. You had to be very creative to leap out of the pack of ads.[...]

UPDATED: 01-MAY-2007

After years of flat rents and increasing costs for apartment landlords, rents are finally increasing.

You may ask, “What is driving this sudden change?” Just twelve months ago, landlords were faced with vacancy rates of 12%-15%. Rental concessions drew tenants from one property[...]

UPDATED: 01-FEB-2007

This article summarizes Oregon and Federal laws that apply to victims of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.[...]

UPDATED: 01-JAN-2004

Mrs. Darcy Smith owned a small rental house in the suburbs of her Oregon town. She had inherited the house from her parents and had successfully been renting it for 20 years. Usually the previous tenant would find a new tenant, so it was almost never vacant. Rent came in like clockwork, and the tenants never called her for repairs. As a matter of fact, it had been three years since she had stopped by the property for a visual inspection. Her current tenant was the daughter of a friend of who was working at the local motel as a housekeeper. [...]