by Bernard Gehret | Nov 25, 2020
The Rental Housing Journal reports the Oregon supreme court will hear the appeal of the Portland landlords after the landlords lost their appeal in the Oregon appeals court. Attorney for the landlords, John A. Dilorenzo Jr. states why the ordnance is in violation of...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 24, 2020
Since 2012, I have provided quarterly seminars for our clients on multi-family related topics. This quarter’s topic, “The Top 7 Apartment Trends Due to COVID” is timely, as everyone is impacted. Here is more information on the seminar.* Email me...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 23, 2020
Oregon lawmakers are in session at this moment, on the docket is a proposal for extending Oregon’s tenant eviction ban. Currently, the Oregon eviction ban is scheduled to end at the end of 2020, however, Oregon lawmakers are proposing to extend the band until...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 22, 2020
Friday afternoon I received an email from my property manager informing me of a surprise legislative hearing about allowing tenants to not pay rent until July 1, 2021 if they have a “hardship”. Here is the letter from Metrofamily NW, which includes a form...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 20, 2020
In my brokerage practice, the primary value I want to provide for my clients is providing high quality representation (and all that representation entails, which in my opinion is dramatically underrated). Additionally, I was curious about what the market felt were...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 18, 2020
Metrofamily NW releases a spring and fall newsletter annually, and they do a terrific job providing great information for apartment owners. The fall 2020 report focused on rent and vacancy levels in the Portland metro area, here is a summary: Vacancy rates in the...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 16, 2020
Avail.com is a national website that provides resources for landlord, specifically in regard to landlord/tenant laws, regulations, and trends. While Avail.com just published this article: “Increasing Property Taxes and Falling Rent: What Can Landlords...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 12, 2020
I subscribe to a number of commercial real estate newsletters and subscription services, and I especially enjoy reading the headlines of BISNOW Pacific NW that focuses primarily on the Seattle area. Even though our firm (Joseph Bernard Investment Real Estate) does...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 10, 2020
Apartmentlist.com released their monthly report, here is the summary: Since January, rents in the city of Portland are down 4.1% while rents in nearby suburban areas are, on average, up 3.3%. Of the 6 local suburbs for which we have data, every single one of them is...
by Bernard Gehret | Nov 9, 2020
The Commercial Association of Brokers is a local organization who posted their election summary, here are the highlights below: CAB continually monitors local, regional, and state governments for any action or proposal that might impact commercial real estate. The...
