Cabell Enterprises was formed in the early 1990s to house the consulting, writing, and teaching businesses of J. Norton Cabell.

Resumé Sections: Professional Activities Volunteer Activities Background Some Former Volunteer Activities

Professional Activities

Consulting:

Cabell, as principal of Cabell Enterprises, provides consulting services to landlords throughout Oregon. His clients include housing authorities, manufactured dwelling facilities, providers of housing for specialized populations, affordable housing developers, as well as owners and managers of conventional properties. For these clients, Cabell provides one-on-one consulting, and specialized trainings.
 
Since 2006, Cabell has been Legislative Director for Oregon Rental Housing Association.

 

Writing:

Cabell writes about the property management industry. His “Question of the Month” column has been published in the monthly Metro Apartment Manager since 1996 and he has been a columnist in the Sunday Oregonian (in the Rentals section) since 2004. He contributes regularly to Oregon Rental Housing News published by Oregon Rental Housing Association, and his articles have appeared in newsletters of a over a dozen local rental housing organizations throughout Oregon and the northwest. He is the author of several editions of the Oregon Rental Housing Association Law Book and three editions of the Oregon Rental Housing Association Forms Manual. His latest self-published book is Abandoned Property: A Step-by-Step Guide for Oregon Landlords.

 

Teaching:

Cabell has developed and conducted workshops for landlords around the state. He is the developer of several four- and five-hour workshops for the PRO certification program developed by Oregon Rental Housing Association. Those include “Fair Housing” and “Section 8 & Other Rental Assistance Programs and Using For-Cause Notices.” Other popular workshops include “Tenant Screening” and “Evictions.” He was recently a panelist in a statewide-televised workshop on “Reasonable Accommodation” conducted by the Fair Housing Council of Oregon.

Managing:

Cabell bought his first rental in the mid 1970s. He moved to Oregon in 1988 and, through Junco Company and several partnerships, currently owns and manages approximately 75 units in Eugene, Springfield, and Colorado.

Volunteer Activities

Fair Housing Council of Oregon: Director
Intergovernmental Housing Policy Board: Chair
Oregon Rental Housing Association: Past President and Current Treasurer
Second Chance Renters Rehabilitation Program: Instructor
St. Vincent de Paul Rural Rehabilitation loan committee: Member and Secretary
Whiteaker Police Substation Neighborhood Advisory Board: Member and Chair
Oregon Judicial Department, Citizen Review Board: member
Eugene Police Civilian Review Board: member

Background

• Worked, for most of the 1970s and 1980s, as a commercial banker in New Hampshire, eventually becoming Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Officer of the Dartmouth National Bank, a $250 million community bank.
• M.B.A., University of Virginia, 1970.
• A.B., University of the South, 1968, majoring in Economics.
• Attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and Lenox School, in Lenox. Massachusetts.

Some Former Volunteer Activities

• American Canoe Association, vice-commodore and national instructor-trainer
• American Red Cross, chapter disaster chairman, treasurer, and canoeing instructor
• Eugene Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee, chair
• Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art, president
• Mayor’s Parks and Open Space Committee, member
• New Hampshire Chapter, Appalachian Mountain Club, treasurer
• Rental Housing Association of Lane County, vice-president
• St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, treasurer
• St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, member of several advisory boards
• Oregon Rental Housing Association, president and treasurer