Doom and gloom. That is what the concerned landlord finds when they search social media, watch the news, or listen to any real estate podcast. According to what you find online, the world is ending, the real estate market […]
Market Updates
Market Update- Eviction Moratorium Update and Rising Inflation
Nothing is more volatile than the economy, and few aspects of the economy are as volatile as the rental market. The past few years have seen such seismic changes that our regular schedule for spring and fall market updates, […]
Oregon Legislature Extends Deadline for Tenants to Pay Past Due Rent
The Oregon legislature has an interesting way of handling problems. Push them out to next year and hope it all goes away by then. Senate Bill 282 does exactly that. Rather than deal with the consequences of locking down […]
Market Update: Stimulus, Moratorium, and Beyond
The anniversary of the first lockdown is behind us now. For those of us in Oregon, we are just now starting to get back to something resembling normalcy. Restaurants are opening and our children are going back to at […]
Landlord Compensation Fund- It’s Open
As of the 17th of this month, the Landlord Compensation Fund is open. The Oregon Legislature has provided $150 million dollars in one-time funds for this voluntary program to assist landlords. Sounds great? Well, there are a few strings […]
Market Update- Extended Eviction Moratorium, and More
Governor Kate Brown has issued another executive order extending the eviction moratorium already in place. The moratorium is now extending until December 31st. As a refresher, Landlords will not be able to do the following for the extent of […]
Market Update – July, 2020
2020 has been an interesting year. Between shutdowns and COVID, mask mandates, and the occasional visits of murder-hornets (where did those go?), we’ve barely had time to deal with one disaster before the next one hits. The legislature has […]
Market Update- A Reopening Economy
It seems like only yesterday that Governor Brown issued her “Stay Home, Save Lives” order. But it has been two months now since our economy was forcibly shut down, and many of us have felt the strain, both landlords […]