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Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Companies in Portland

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Commercial real estate encompasses every property type not used for residential purposes. For example, office buildings, retail warehouses, and restaurants are all types of commercial properties. If you're trying to make it in the commercial real estate game, either as a sell...

Essential Lessons Learned from Single-Family and Multifamily Property Management

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Today is a great time to be an investor in single-family rental properties. According to studies, single-family rentals, or SFR, are expected to grow faster than office, retail, multifamily, and hospitality growth in 2022. While single-family rentals are projected to grow faster ...

What Are Tenant Preferences In Single-Family Build-For-Rent?

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Single-family rentals (SFR) made more than half of the additions in rental housing supply between 2005 and 2015. Crowd Street predicts that (SFR) rentals will be the next trend.Owners and renters alike have the chance to enjoy BTR, which is a rare opportunity. Unlike owners, rent...

Parent Died and Left a Rental to Sell; How Do I Get the Tenant Out?

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, February 1, 2022

When a person who owns rental property dies, their loved ones will have an extra obligation. The renters will continue to pay rent on time and follow the conditions of the stated agreement. Unfortunately unusual for a tenant to stop paying rent or leave without legal notice. In t...

Is Oregon making a mistake? 10,000 families face eviction over Software-induced Crisis

By Erlin Taylor Thursday, January 27, 2022

The State procured Allita 360, the software for processing rental assistance applications, faces backlash because of system crashes and ineffective notification processes. The failed software system left 10,000 families facing housing instability.Software rollout despite system f...

Property Management Trends in a Post-covid Era

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, January 18, 2022

The covid pandemic has introduced several changes in how businesses are handled on a global scale. Property management too has been affected by these changes. With the present technology on hand, businesses involving property management have been able to adjust and cope with this...

Portland Relocation Payment Ordinance: A Solid Move For The City?

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, December 21, 2021

During the coronavirus outbreak, many renters are struggling to pay their rent, and that's before they have to worry about the cost rising. However, considering the millions of Americans who are unemployed or whose income has been cut, rent rises during this period might caus...

Holiday Safety Tips: What You Should Know

By Erlin Taylor Friday, December 17, 2021

Christmas is forthcoming, and while the threat of COVID 19 still lingers, there is no fathomable reason not to decorate your abode with the holiday festivities. However, before you jump in and get too engrossed decorating your home with trinkets and whatnot, it is highly recommen...

Record-breaking August for Multifamily Rent Growth

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Rent growth continues to recover to pre-pandemic levels and has even outperformed historical growth. All across the country, rental prices are going up. In August, it increased by an incredible 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. This is the first time there was a double-digit incre...

Five Must-Know Steps to Renovating a Multifamily Apartment Property

By Erlin Taylor Tuesday, November 30, 2021

When looking for a property to invest in, the goal is often the same - find an underperforming property and renovate it to bring it back to life. Successfully renovating a multifamily apartment property successfully takes good planning and flexibility. The main goal is to maximiz...