All Forum Posts by: Kelvin Lee

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She is good but she is not cheap. I used her for chasing a contractor who owed me over $100k. There is no sure win as it depends on so many variables like the way the contract setup etc. Good Luck.

I personally have stopped looking for rehab project in City of Portland for a while due to tenant activate groups and constantly changing PDX ordinances. It only gets ugly with Tina Kotek onboard with rent control and killing non-cause eviction in the future. I would look for Washington State or at least to stay away from City of Portland for rehab if possible. Contact brokers for pocket listing is one of the options. Thing that I don't like going to Loopnet or any public platform like RLMS etc anymore is to avoid bidding war.  

There are lots of variables like location, strategy, financing, the deal by itself etc to answer your question. RE Portland has been appreciating though at different pace in different period of time. In 2018 til now, the appreciation has gone slow due to high vacancy rate and the interest rate has gone up a bit as well. The price is still high however has been stabilized. For a long term holder 10+ year I think it could be the moment to pull the trigger if the deal is right.  

Thanks for the feedback. I certainly will let the new PM handle it in a more liberal way. On the other hand, it's time to let go of this coward PM who only uses the owner shielding themselves for confrontation. 

When you thought the drug activities was about to slow down after beefing up the patrol, then it comes the wave of abandoned vehicles started showed up in the parking lot one after another. The tenant uses the parking lot for fixing the vehicle in a parking lot as if it were his auto shop. Then you started wondering who encourages behavior as such? The PM does for the reason to avoid confrontation. Not only that the PM have been keeping this behind me for a long time, they used me as a scapegoat when explaining the tow policy. 

The tenant said: "I don't hate you (PM), I hate the landlord and he discriminated me!"

What does it tell you when seeing this kind of respond?

I have contacted Portland Police K-9 unit and they will be stopping by the property for evaluation. It will be a good demonstration to the residents and at the same time pushing the drug tenant to the edge. Thanks for this great idea!  

I think the reward based would be an excellent idea. Thanks Mike.

Thanks Zach for sharing your thoughts. Drug lord just like a roaches that has already immunized from PM notices and Police. Also thanks for Chloe Eudaly to create this perfect environment for supporting criminal activities and yet punishing the owner for being a good responsible citizen keeping the property crime free. If I were to blame someone, it would be the PM who allowed the drug lord moving in at the first hand.

Did you report the drug activities to the Police? I did it last nite anyway and I hope they may have time to call me back. Also I was thinking sending letters to all resident including the drug lord unit about receiving criminal activities reports from the residents and now Portland Police has been getting involved into investigation.  Do you think it is will be helpful to settle the good residents concern and expedites the drug lord moving out the property?

I was recently informed that there was drug activities in one of the units. Also there have been vandalism and coin operated laundry got broken into that possibly related to the same tenant. However, the other tenants who reported to the management company didn't want to bear witness and new tenants who moved in less than a month requesting for termination. Situation like this without any photo, video and witness is impossible to put a case of cause eviction together. Besides paying $3,300 90 days for no cause to get rid of the tenant, I was wondering if you guys have other thoughts to share with. Thanks!