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Fair Housing Testing: What Is It?
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Following is a guest post by Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist for the Fair Housing Council of Oregon. The topic of fair housing testing strikes fear and incites anger in many within the housing industry—independent landlords and professional property managers, sales brokers, mortgage lenders, homeowners’ associations, and other housing providers. Most are very unclear what testing […]
Oregon Welcomes the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP)
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Lizbeth Hale introduces Oregon to its chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.
Fair Housing Is As Easy As ABC, Let’s Do It With Some Poetry! (Part One)
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Guest Post Written By Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist, Fair Housing Council of Oregon In typical Nadeen Green-style, following is a spirited take on the legalities of fair housing law in poetic form. Ms. Green is an attorney who has spoken on fair housing topics to residential rental audiences across the country since the Fair Housing […]
The “New Language” of Appraisal
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Guest Post Written By Bonnie Baldwin, Vice President of the Rose City Chapter of National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers (NAIFA) The one true constant in our industry is change. As real estate agents, you have a comprehensive understanding of your market, and you fully describe the properties you list, market and sell. You can […]
The List
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Written by Jo Becker, Education and Outreach Specialist for Fair Housing Council of Oregon It’s the stuff of urban legends. It always comes up in fair housing trainings–be it classes I attended years ago as a sales agent or in classes I conduct for the Fair Housing Council now. Everyone’s heard of it; everyone wants to know […]
Supra Releases eKEY Software and Adapter for iPhone
Categories: Guest Post, Supra
By Shannon Henry, Customer Service Manager for RMLS™ One of the most common Supra-related questions we’ve received here at RMLS™ over the past few years has been, “When will I be able to use an iPhone as my lockbox key?” Well, we’re pleased to announce that as of today eKEY Basic service is available on […]
April is National Fair Housing Month – Part 2
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The Way It Was: Fair Housing Month Retrospective By Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist, Fair Housing Council of Oregon Fair Housing Month, which falls in April, commemorates the anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act . This year it also marks our 20th anniversary of serving Oregon and SW Washington as the Fair Housing […]
April is National Fair Housing Month – Part 1
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Fair Housing History By Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist, Fair Housing Council of Oregon In April 1968, shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act to combat housing discrimination. It was the most controversial piece of civil rights legislation and the most difficult to pass. Twenty years […]