RHAGP SITE INDEX

RHAGP Publishes a monthly newsletter called UPDATE. This is mailed to all RHAGP members monthly. The UPDATE newsletters below are available to all to review information provided by the RHAGP to its members. These newsletters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Note: The UPDATE newsletters are about 2 - 5 MB in size each. A high speed internet connection is required to download. Most of the web (WWW) and email links in the newsletters are active (hot) in Adobe Acrobat so you can click on them to contact vendors and suppliers. N.A below means not available. Click Here or on the UPDATE cover page at left to View / Print Current and Previous Update Newsletters in PDF Format

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RHAGP Vital Services to Members

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Vital Services What services does RHAGP provide to its members?

Vital Services RHA Provides

• Current information regarding the effects of new and proposed legislation that may affect the operation of your property.

• Enhanced reputations for "landlords" in the community especially with various government agencies with whom RHA has been actively working to find solutions to community housing problems.

• Currently revised rental management forms that comply with all aspects of the law.

• Workshops, seminars and monthly meetings that are economical and informative on a variety of subjects of interest to those involved in the rental industry.

• Efficient, low-cost tenant screening service for members.

• Monthly publications that are filled with news and information pertinent to the rental industry.

• Annual social gatherings: a picnic and a holiday celebration held for family and friends of members.

• How-to manuals which interpret the landlord/tenant law and instruct on the use of forms.

• Answers to rental property owner/operator questions or referrals to the proper source of information.

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RHAGP Membership Joining Forms

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Online Web Form to Join the Rental Housing Association of Greater Portland

To join the RHAGA complete the web online form above or one of the forms above and return to the RHAGP office. You can bring in the form, mail, email or fax them to us. Return the Join RHAGP form to the RHAGP office staff at:

The Rental Housing Association of Greater Portland
10520 NE Weidler
Portland, Oregon 97220
503.254.4723   Fax: 503.254.4821

EMAIL: info@rhagp.org

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Rental Housing Association of Greater Portland Forms, Manuals, & Documents for Sale

Click Here to View all RHAGP Forms and Manuals for Sale in PDF Format

 

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RHAGP MONTHLY CALANDER AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2010

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August	Event	Location	Time	Notes
08/31	*Property Valuation	RHAGP Office	6:30pm	Taught by Dan Lumley, see page 15 for details
Sept	Event	Location	Time	Notes
09/08	RHA Board Meeting RHA	RHAGP Office	5 pm	Please register with Alita if you plan to attend.  503 254-4723
09/14	*Online Tenant Screening Class WebEx	RHAGP Office	11 am	Reserve by 09/13/10, 5 people need to register for there to be a class
09/15	*RHA Dinner Meeting	Gateway Elks Lodge	6 pm	Gateway Elks Lodge 6 pm See page 3 for details
09/18	*Buying/Selling Apartments	Bluestone & Hockley Office	10am	Taught by Steve Morris Hockley Office see page 11 for details
09/28	*Online Tenant Screening Class WebEx 7	RHAGP Office	7 pm	Call the RHAGP office for details: 503-254-4723
09/30	*Accounting Class	RHAGP Office	6 pm	Taught by Elaine Elsea Call the RHAGP office for details: 503-254-4723
Oct	Event	Location	Time	Notes
10/12	*Online Tenant Screening Class	RHAGP Office	11 am	Reserve by 10/11/10, 5 people need to register for there to be a class
10/13	RHA Board Meeting	RHA Office	5 pm
10/16	Landlording 101	Monarch Hotel	9 am	Taught by Mark Passannante, see page 6 for details
10/13	RHA Board Meeting	RHA Office	5 pm
10/20	*RHA Dinner Meeting	To be announced	6 pm	See October Update for details
10/26	*Online Tenant Screening Class WebEx	RHAGP Office	7 pm	Call the RHA office for details: 503-254-4723

* Registration is required, please call the RHAGP office for details 503-254-4723

Other Events:

September 21st, 6 p.m. - NWREIA Multi-Family Commercial Real Estate Secrets
RHA Office - Call Doug Foley for more info 503-336-6495

Ocober 19th, 6 p.m. - NWREIA Multi-Family Commercial Real Estate Secrets
RHA Office - Call Doug Foley for more info 503-336-6495

Monthly RHAGP Dinner Meeting
Open to Members and Non Members

SEPTEMBER DINNER MEETING

Classes open to members and non members

RHAGP has numerous committees that perform all the operations of this organization. The RHAGP is non profit and relies on volunteers on committees to perform much of the Association services and functions. We encourage members to join a committee and help support the RHAGP.

RHAGP Committee List

A Class in creating a basic web site for use in rental housing advertising using free resources. The document above is a PDF file with active hot links to various web sites used to create these rental pages. The file should be downloaded to your computer and opened in Adobe acrobat while connected to the internet to use these hot links. This class is a basic overview of how to use the internet for rental housing advertising and is presented for the property owners and managers. Most of tools and methods used in this discussion are free or low cost.

RHAGP Constitution (PDF) Revised Constitution of the RHAGP 11/2005

RHAGP Account Information (PDF) Article By Pam Van Loon from August 2005 UPDATE on member accounts and payments.

Vendors and Suppliers List Listing of RHAGP Vendors and suppliers.

Frequently Asked Questions Listing of common questions and answers.

Link To RHAGP Online Web Site for advertising rentals

Link To www.housingconnections.org This site is run by the City of portland to advertise rental property for property owners and tenants. Very good site. Very detailed descriptions of properties, local maps, FREE to landloards to post their rentals. Properties can remain online until ready to rent, then can be switched on with no need to reload informaton. Many properties can be kept online. This site also links to RHAGP web advertising site.

Link To Craigs list Portland This site is worldwide and lists properties for FREE for 7 days. Register on this site to obtain an account and then you can repost ads daily to get add to show at top of date list. Over 5,000 properties are currently listed in the portland area. Make sure to add the 4 pictures allowed. Craigs list also allows additional HTML code to be added for more details, or links to landlords properties web sites so you can put more pictures of your property hosted from your Internet Service Provider . If you have a web site you can link from Craigs list to your web site for more details. Craigs list seems to be where mose of the advertising action is as it is city specific, worldwide and free. Rentals or housing for sale can be posted to Craigs list (or anything else for sale).

Link To Oregon Live and the Oregonian This links to Local Oregonian Newspaper and Oregon Live web site. You can put one picture on Oregon live web site. A one week 7 day 3 line ad in the Oregonian and Oregonlive web site is about $93 per week.

Link To PORTLANDMAPS.COM This links to the City of Portland GIS web site that show many details about property incuding tax records and tax history, survey maps, tax lot maps, market value, lot dimensions, property improvements, permits, inside details of house such as year constructed square footage of each floor gagage, utility connections, local transit maps and bus routes & stops, census maps,crime statistics, aerial photos, elevation maps, hazard zones and many more. Quite an amazing site.

Link To WWW.ZILLOW.COM This links to the WWW.Zillow.com This site shows aerial views of property, comparable market values, and links to the City of Portland GIS (Geographical Information System) database for properties so you can see each properties market value, tax information, and internal house size and construction, year built and other data, This links into www.portalndmaps.com listed above for the specific property data.Quite an amazing site. Good site to see what your property is worth.

Link To a RHAGP members web site for example of detailed web advertising. This links a sample web site which is linked to from Craigs list, Oregon Live, RHAGP web site and Housing Connections web site. Extensve use of house internal and external digital photos, interactive Google maps, satellite photos, and community links. This site also has hit counter that tracks usage by prospective tenants. In one 4 week period this site was seen by over 500 people looking for housing in Portland. This site was built on Comcast the members ISP (Internet Service Provide). Any ISP you have offers free web space to put your renta l.

Tenants like detailed pictures rather than driving. Digital photos should be downsized to about 50K for web use. More information will be added for property owners to build web sites. 70% of Portland households are connected to the internet according to housing connections organization so this is a quick cheap way at a low cost to advertise.

New EPA Requirement for Painting and Remodeling pre 1978 Rental Units. Critical new EPA rules require certified contractors to do remodeling and painting on pre 1978 rental units.

Renovate Right Brochure Link to EPA Renovate Right Lead Brochure

City of Portland, Bureau of Housing and Community Development (BHCD), Proposed Housing Rules:

Quality Housing Draft Document (65 pages) New Rule Proposals

City of Portland Quality Housing Workgroup overview

Link To www.housingconnections.org This site is run by the City of Portland to advertise rental property for property owners and tenants. Covers four counties: Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas & Clark County. Very good site. Very detailed descriptions of properties, local maps, FREE to land lords to post their rentals. Properties can remain online until ready to rent, then can be switched on with no need to reload informaton. Many properties can be kept online. This site also links to RHAGP web advertising site.

Mr. Landlord.com A National Landlord Web Site

http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/090.html Oregon Revised Statutes Residential Landlord and Tenant Act Chapter 90

http://www.hapdx.org/ Housing Authoity of Portland

http://www.hapdx.org/resident/pdfs/LLguarantee.pdf Ready To Rent

http://www.hapdx.org/resident/sc8benefits.html Section 8 Vouchers

http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/hacc/ Clackamas County Housing Authority

http://vhausa.com/ Vancouver Housing Authoity

http://www.co.washington.or.us/deptmts/hse_serv/housmain.htm Washington County Housing Authoity

Link To http://www.fhco.org FAIR HOUSEING COUNCIL OF OREGON a nonprofit group providing information to landloards and tenants in Northern Oregon and SW Washington.

Fair Housing Council Article FAIR HOUSEING COUNCIL OF OREGON a nonprofit group providing information to landloards and tenants in Northern Oregon and SW Washington. Article is by Jo Becker of FHCO and was featured in December's Update.

http://fhco.org/advertw.htm Fair housing update on advertising

http://fhco.org/disabw.htm Fair housing information for persons with disabilities

http://fhco.org/accessw.htm Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines

http://fhco.org/familyw.htm Fair Housing for Families with Children

http://fhco.org/nationalorigin.htm Fair Housing and National Origin

http://fhco.org/nationalorigin.htm FHCO Newsletter Archives

http://www.tvfr.com/dept/fm/MultiFamilyFireReductionProgram/Index.html Tualitin Valley Fire and Rescue Fire & Life Safety for Land Lords

Lead reference/ Link to EPA Lead Web site, Portland Landlord Cited for Serious Violations of Federal Lead Rules

Lead Reference EPA Pamphlet in PDF Format Link to EPA Lead Web site Lead Pamphlet

Renovate Right Brochure Link to EPA Renovate Right Lead Brochure

New EPA Requirement for Painting and Remodeling pre 1978 Rental Unitals. Crital new EPA rules require certified contractors to do remodeling and painting on pre 1978 rental units.

http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/?&c=31887/ Land Lord Training

http://www.ilr.org/ Independent Living Resources - provides advocacy, information and referral, peer support and counseling to individuals with disabilities.

http://www.cdnportland.org/ Community Development Network - The CDN is an association of nonprofit community development corporations in Portland. The site includes housing-related resources and a directory of its member organizations.

http://www.sustainableportland.org/energy_menu_Mul.html Multifamily Assistance Program (MAP) - Connects you to a free statewide service that helps rental property owners obtain cash and tax incentives for energy efficiency upgrades. Contact MAP at (800) 813-2201.

Land Lord Study Hall Landlord Study Hall - Our goal at Landlord Study Hall is to empower owners of residential and multifamily homes; providing education and information, allowing us to develop a lifetime relationship with the attendees, and to assist them with their residential and rental real estate transactions.

Updated 08/13/2010

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