Apartment Maintenance and General Contractor Oregon & SW Washington

SALEM – With the foreclosure crisis continuing to hit Oregon hard, the Senate recently passed SB 952, protecting the rights of tenants when the property they rent or lease goes into foreclosure.

The Apartment Manager & Investor is a new Bi-Monthly Digital
Magazine for the Rental Housing Industry brought to you by The Landlord Times. The inaugural edition will be published in July 2009.

You should charge a fee, per person and here's why.

>If you don't charge an application fee, the applicant will assume you don’t screen at all, and you will see a lot of poor applicants.

Good brief on Portland rental market on Oregonlive...

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/04/portland_landlords_...

Slow California housing market indirectly affecting Oregon's job market....

Soaring college enrollment and amenity seeking college students find their place in off campus apartments

In a new statewide survey of Oregon renters, 70% said that they would choose a smokefree rental, “other things being equal”.

Q: With rising energy costs, some of my tenants are looking for ways to cut their energy bills down to size. What advice can you offer?