Books

Abandoned Property

This 32-page “how-to” booklet explains how to get rid of that stuff — legally. Step-by-step instructions with simple flow-charts help you obey Oregon’s complex law. It even covers junk cars and manufactured homes. It uses flow charts to guide you through steps necessary to solve your problem. The Overview flow chart may be all you need—but only if you know what you’re doing. Still, reproduced here, it gives you a flavor of what the booklet can offer you.

This book is available from local associations, and it’s generally cheaper for members than nonmembers. Check with the Oregon Rental Housing Association for the local housing association nearest you. If you don’t live in an area covered by an association, call them.

Law Book

The 2004 edition of the Oregon Rental Housing Association Law Book contains all the current laws that affect landlords. It also has more than 20,000 words of commentary, explaining what the law means, in plain English. Here’s an example, the commentary on the subject of “disparate impact.”

This book is available from local associations, and it’s generally cheaper for members than nonmembers. Check with the Oregon Rental Housing Association for the local housing association nearest you. If you don’t live in an area covered by an association, call them.

Rental Housing Association of Greater Portland has samples of the contents of the Law Book available on its web site.

Forms Manual

The 2004 Forms Manual provides a step-by-step guide to using the forms provided by Oregon Rental Housing Association and its many member associations. Here’s an example: discussing the form to use when you have a pet violation.

This book is available from local associations, and it’s generally cheaper for members than nonmembers. Check with the Oregon Rental Housing Association for the local housing association nearest you. If you don’t live in an area covered by an association, call them.

Fiction

We write fiction as well as non-fiction. Would you enjoy a mystery short story with landlording flavor? If so, you’ll enjoy The Key to the Mystery.

Articles

We write for many publications. We have regular columns appearing weekly in The Sunday Oregonian (check the Rental Forum column in the Homes & Rentals section) and monthly in Metro Apartment Manager. Our articles have appeared in Metro Apartment Manager, Oregon Rental Housing News, newsletters of many Rental Owners Associations around Oregon, and other landlord trade group newsletters in Oregon, Washington, and several other states. One article, printed in The Sunday Oregonian, dealt with what to do when a tenant dies.

Our “Question of the Month” has appeared in “Metro Apartment Manager” (call 503-221-1260 for a free subscription) for many years. Here are some samples:

• Pet/animal rules
• Retaliation
• Occupancy standards