How to make your real estate investment more successful
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services For years we have been hearing about the real estate mantra, “location, location, location,” but is that really what drives the...
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Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As an owner of investment property your ideal is to not have to worry about your property. You go on vacation, you work overtime, you...
View ArticleEnergy Savings, Why is it Important to Landlords?
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As landlords prepare their 2009 budgets they will be taking a close look at increasing utility expenses. Increases in all utility...
View ArticleHow Teamwork Makes Annual Budgeting An Effective Process for Apartment Owners
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services Julie worked full time as on site property manager at Evergreen Acres Apartments a fifty unit apartment property. She kept the...
View ArticleChoosing An Accomplished Property Manager, So You Can Sleep at Night
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As a successful investor you may have already given thought to hiring a property manager take care of your investments. This article...
View ArticleRainy Day Fund
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As a real estate investor setting aside a reserve fund is always a good practice. Not only is the economy unpredictable, so are the...
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency and Impact On Portland Area Apartment Values
Mark D. Barry Energy Trust of Oregon I Introduction and Overview – Topics to Cover • Overview of the economy • Overview of current apartment market conditions – YTD 2009 summary • Inventory of...
View ArticleOwner of the Apartment Complex Was Self Managing…
Challenge: The owner of the apartment complex was self managing the apartments until he chose us. We knew the first year would be spent correcting existing problems. There were multiple delinquent...
View ArticleWe Successfully Reduced Expenses…
Challenge: We began our management of a LEED certified historic office building with a complete inspection. During our inspection we discovered the heating system was operating improperly and was...
View Article1122 SE 29th Ave
UPDATED 7-MARCH-2012 Sale HE Hansen Properties has purchased a 10-unit apartment building located at 1122 SE 29th Ave in Portland, OR from Mortgage Makers Inc. Julie Richard of Sperry Van Ness |...
View ArticleOregon Lien Laws
UPDATED: 01-NOV-2005 George was the owner of the 30,000 square foot Mercury Office Building. When he bought the building, he established that there was extra land for him to build an expansion of 5000...
View ArticleHow do tenants choose apartments?
UPDATED: 01-FEB-2006 Jolene rummaged in her pocketbook. She was looking for a pen. She had the Sunday newspaper on her dining room table as she was looking for a new apartment. Max had agreed to move...
View ArticleExpense bill-backs: optimizing rental income in multifamily units
UPDATED: 01-APR-2006 The times are a changing. Landlords have gone through a three-year period of not being able to increase rents as their expenses have been increasing and their cash flow has been...
View ArticleHow do tenants choose apartments?
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services Jolene rummaged in her pocketbook. She was looking for a pen. She had the Sunday newspaper on her dining room table as she was...
View ArticleExpense bill-backs: optimizing rental income in multifamily units
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services The times are a changing. Landlords have gone through a three-year period of not being able to increase rents as their expenses have...
View ArticleHow to make your real estate investment more successful
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services For years we have been hearing about the real estate mantra, “location, location, location,” but is that really what drives the...
View ArticleQuality control equals higher return on investment
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As an owner of investment property your ideal is to not have to worry about your property. You go on vacation, you work overtime, you...
View ArticleEnergy Savings, Why is it Important to Landlords?
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As landlords prepare their 2009 budgets they will be taking a close look at increasing utility expenses. Increases in all utility...
View ArticleHow Teamwork Makes Annual Budgeting An Effective Process for Apartment Owners
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services Julie worked full time as on site property manager at Evergreen Acres Apartments a fifty unit apartment property. She kept the...
View ArticleChoosing An Accomplished Property Manager, So You Can Sleep at Night
Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As a successful investor you may have already given thought to hiring a property manager take care of your investments. This article...
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