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: 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: 10-JUN-2009

I Introduction and Overview – Topics to Cover

• Overview of the economy
• Overview of current apartment market conditions – YTD 2009 summary
• Inventory of residential housing
• How energy efficiency fit into the overall scheme [...]

UPDATED: 01-NOV-2008

As landlords prepare their 2009 budgets they will be taking a close look at increasing utility expenses.

Increases in all utility sectors are looming.

This year alone Landlords in Portland, Oregon will be facing significant increases in all of their utility expenses.[...]

UPDATED: 01-JAN-2008

December 18, 2007 was a black day for landlords in Gresham. On that day, mandatory rental inspections were approved on a unanimous vote by the city commissioners for all residential dwellings in Gresham, Oregon. What has changed is the passage of an inspection procedure that gives the City of Gresham extensive and intrusive rights over Landlords. The plan is to be implemented by end of March 2008.[...]

UPDATED: 01-MAR-2007

As a representative of Building Owner and Managers Association (BOMA) and Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), I have been involved with monitoring these issues for over 15 years. I can truly say we have more issues at many different levels to face than ever before.[...]

UPDATED: 01-FEB-2007

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

UPDATED: 01-OCT-2006

One of the most contentious issues that tenants and landlords grapple with in their rental relationships is the final stage — the move out — especially the security deposit return portion of the move out process. I have tried to play out some of the issues with the following three scenarios. I encourage you to review them. [...]

UPDATED: 01-APR-2006

The times are a changing. Landlords have gone through a three-year period of not being able to increase rents as their expenses have been increasing and their cash flow has been decreasing. The demand by investors for apartment properties has been supercharged. While interest rates were low and the demand from condo converters was high, sellers were able to sell their properties for significantly increased prices and low CAP rates. In our market CAP (capitalization) rates have plummeted from 8% to 6.5% over the past four years as prices have increased. [...]

UPDATED: 01-OCT-2009

Dr. Joanna Flores is a successful medical practitioner. After 10 years in the business she is tired of paying commercial rent and wants to purchase a building for her practice, and share it with a group of other doctors. [...]