Information & Resources to Stay Informed and Prepared
We are very lucky to have an abundance of small businesses throughout our community. To ensure each of our owners, tenants and entrepreneurs have access to the most updated resources, we are providing...
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Coronavirus Update: What can a real estate investor expect in the next six...
In the short-term, real estate investors will be faced with two sides of the same investment coin. Those investors with cash will be able to buy investments that others cannot close on due to the...
View ArticleFinancing Commercial Real Estate Stalls with COVID-19
By: Clifford A. Hockley, President Bluestone & Hockley Real Estate Services, Executive Director, SVN | Bluestone & Hockley On the 15th of March 2020, in response to expected economic implosion...
View ArticleIRS Significantly Expands Tax Return Filing and Payment Due Date Relief
On April 9, 2020, the IRS and Treasury Department issued Notice 2020-23, granting an automatic extension of returns and quarterly tax payments, until July 15, 2020, to comply with several federal...
View ArticleCovid-19 Impact on Multifamily
Q&A with Reid Bennett, CCIM, National Council Chair of Multifamily What’s going on, in general, in the multifamily asset class as a result of Covid-19? Besides the obvious health and safety...
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Bluestone & Hockley offers property management services to out of state owners.
Over the last few weeks, Bluestone & Hockley has shifted all our operations to our almost 100% remote based staff. We had been developing a remote-based infrastructure over the past two years as...
View ArticleCCIM – Virtual Coffee & Current News
We teamed up with Oregon/SW Washington CCIM Chapter for their virtual coffee and current news hour on Wednesday 4/15. The topic was: Vacancy, Non-Payment, Perspectives from a Property Management...
View ArticleRental Housing Alliance Presentation
Successful Real Estate Investing & Property Management with COVID-19 Taught by: Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone & Hockley Real Estate Services Cliff Hockley shared his 32+ years of real...
View ArticleSelf-help: Cashierless retail has arrived
“Saving time is just as important as saving money.” That is what Patrick Shanks, regional vice president for Walmart Neighborhood Market operations, has said about the consumer’s quest for convenience....
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Potential Danger in the Promised Land
A reflection on being a landlord in the Portland Oregon metro area during the pandemic. Unemployment As I am sure you have heard, the national unemployment numbers are dismal, with current rates (April...
View ArticleProperty Crimes to Carry Heavier Penalty During State of Emergency
Washington County Announced Property Crimes will be a Felony A newly-formed coalition in Washington County announced certain property crimes will be classified as felonies during the coronavirus...
View ArticleGuide to Reopening Business Amid Covid-19: Tenants
In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps your business will need to take to reopen as restrictions are lifted across the country. While your exact reopening strategy will depend on your home...
View ArticleGuide to Reopening Business Amid Covid-19: Landlords
When it’s time to return to the office and reopen business there are multiple things to consider. You are responsible for the safety and well-being of your staff, tenants, and visitors to your...
View ArticleWorking from home or the office. What does the future bring for office tenants?
By: Clifford A. Hockley President Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services As an owner of a company with between 80 and 100 employees, we have given this question a lot of thought. Technology has...
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Mid-Month Musings
Commercial Tenancies Our clients are doing better overall than they were at this same time last month, by three or four percentage points. On the type breakdown, industrial is starting to pull away...
View ArticleExpect Fewer Distressed Asset Opportunities Than in 2008
This recession is fundamentally different than the Great Financial Crisis in 2008, and as a result, the opportunities to benefit from the market dislocation will also be much different. Specifically,...
View ArticleQuickFacts: Special Legislative Session
Special Legislative Session update regarding residential and commercial tenancies and property-related loans affected by COVID – 19 Pandemic By Cliff Hockley, President Bluestone and Hockley In a...
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Oregon’s Unemployment Impacts Residential Rent Collections
One of the most visible and devastating impacts of COVID-19, in Oregon, have been the mass layoffs. In Oregon, about 450,000 initial claims for traditional unemployment insurance were received in the...
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How Real Estate Appraisals are being affected by COVID-19
By Cliff Hockley, President of Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services Executive Director, SVN | Bluestone and Hockley 14 June 2020 Appraisal Adjustments – Covid-19 – Full Presentation Appraisals...
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Commercial Properties & Oregon COVID legistation
The eviction and foreclosure moratoriums signed into law June 30 by Governor Brown have changed the short term landscape of investment real estate in Oregon. Our company president, Cliff Hockley,...
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