Founded in 1984, Commonwealth Real Estate Services is the leading manufactured housing community management company in Oregon, Washington and now Colorado.  Commonwealth manages over 100 communities throughout all three states and we continue to grow and expand.  We employ over 200 people and maintain an office in Portland, Oregon, Bellevue, Washington and Denver, Colorado offering a full menu of services. We invite you to put our experience to work for you. 

Meet the Commonwealth Team

Craig Hillis, CPM, Vice President of Commonwealth Property Management Services in Bellevue, Washington has over 30 years of Washington real estate sales and management experience. He has lived in the greater Seattle area for his entire life and started his real estate career while attending the University of Washington. After receiving his BA in Economics, he continued his real estate career managing and developing commercial properties including shopping centers, office buildings, industrial space and apartments. He is currently involved in the brokerage of commercial properties along with managing manufactured home communities on both sides of the mountains. He is a regular speaker for management training courses along with being a guest speaker for the Manufactured Housing Communities of Washington.

Craig came to Commonwealth in 1999 and opened the Washington office. Having a vast knowledge of the commercial real estate business, he continues to help grow the Washington operations. If you have any manufactured home related questions you can reach Craig at: craig@cwres.com

Christina Mays is an Asset Manager with Commonwealth and manages thirteen properties in the greater Puget Sound area and Eastern Washington. Christina was born and raised in the greater Seattle area and understands the many diverse sub-markets in this beautiful region. She joined our team in 2004 and brings over eight years experience in the property management industry. Her experience is mainly comprised of managing apartment portfolios but also includes acquisition/disposition analysis, site staff training, and development of policy and procedures. Christina is highly involved with the Institute of Real Estate Management and is in the process of obtaining the Certified Property Manager, CPM® designation.

Adam Cook, Vice President, has been with Commonwealth Real Estate Services since 1992. Since joining the Commonwealth management team, he has trained, supervised, and empowered resident managers, prepared facilities for evicting tenants through forcible entry and detainer action in the court systems when necessary, prepared property operating budgets, and been active in the Oregon community owner's trade association, Manufactured Housing Communities of Oregon. He is a Real Estate Broker in the State of Oregon. Prior to joining Commonwealth, he was actively involved with numerous organizations at Linfield College including the Future Advertising and Marketing Executives, Young American Capitalists, Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Honor Society for Economics) and Treasurer of Kappa Sigma Fraternity (International) as well as a four-year member of the varsity soccer team. He holds a BA in Finance.

Ruth Dempsey, Vice President, CFO, has been with Commonwealth since March 2003.  Ruth oversees three accounting specialists in the running of eighty plus properties.  Accounting functions include paying bills, balancing bank accounts, payroll processing and the production of financial statements.   

Ruth graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a BS in business with an emphasis in accounting.  She then worked for one of the big six accounting firms Arthur Andersen.  After moving to Portland, OR in 1997 she left public accounting and opened her own business, performing accounting and payroll compliance functions for various clients.  She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Oregon Society of CPA’s.

Sally Harrington has served the company for over 20 years. When she joined Commonwealth, Sally brought with her a substantial background in multi-family unit management. Specializing in manufactured home community management presented a terrific challenge and opportunity for Sally, and thus began her journey with Commonwealth and the manufactured housing industry.

Writing and conducting educational seminars in every aspect of management is an important part of Sally's duties. Some of the topics that Sally has presented include on-site managers' offices and filing systems, resident relations, the proper enforcement of rules and regulations, and updating managers and staff on legislative changes.

Sally was instrumental in bringing the two park owners' associations together in 1990 to form Manufactured Housing Communities of Oregon (MHCO), and she has been an active participant ever since. She is a past President of MHCO and its predecessor (MPOA) and served as a board member for many years. As a member of the legislative committee for 10 years (five as Chair), she has kept Commonwealth's clients informed on the changes in government that effect their rights, investments and their residents.

As the initiator of the Landlord/Tenant Coalition in 1997, Sally worked together with other industry leaders to resolve many issues facing the manufactured housing industry. She was instrumental in many pieces of legislation that have benefited every landlord in Oregon, at the same time protecting the residents home values and investments in communities, and proposing legislation known as the Abandonment Procedure for homes abandoned in parks. She has contributed countless hours on other committees, seminars, legislative issues/committees, task forces, forms and meetings pertaining to the industry so that Commonwealth staff members are in touch with all current industry developments. Sally is an Associate Real Estate Broker in the State of Oregon and is also licensed in Washington.

Melisa Cook has been with Commonwealth for nine years. She started with Commonwealth as the front desk receptionist. She later moved to Administrative Assistant and is now the Human Resources and Office Manager. Melisa's job includes daily operations management, including human resources and benefits management for the corporate headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Melisa is responsible for regulatory compliance at State and Local levels in both Oregon and Washington for Commonwealth's over 200 employees. Melisa serves as the training coordinator for Commonwealth's ongoing training seminars in Oregon and Washington. Melisa also serves as Chairperson on Commonwealth's Safety Committee.

Prior to joining Commonwealth, Melisa worked in the Residential Appraisal Department of Bank of America, and formerly as a credit investigator for Security Pacific Housing Services in Vancouver. A native Oregonian, in her free time, Melisa enjoys spending time with her family, camping, traveling and enjoying life.

Brian Hoag is our agent for Commonwealth Homeowner Services (CHS), and a Property Manager for our Property Management division, joining us in 2001. Brian administers our CHS programs which include: purchase and sale assistance for homes in our communities, purchase and installation of new Fleetwood homes, and US Bank loans for purchasers. As an Oregon licensed Real Estate Associate Broker, Brian is a Property Manager for select properties.

Prior to joining Commonwealth, Brian worked in manufactured home retail sales for 10 years, and spent 3 years with a real estate development and management company. Brian graduated from the University of Oregon with a BS in Finance/Real Estate in 1988. You can reach Brian at: brian@cwres.com.

Susan Toukabri started with Commonwealth in July 2004 as our Receptionist/Administrative Assistant and was the friendly voice you would hear answering the telephones in our Portland office.  Susan is now responsible for handling abandonment's and title transfer in Oregon and possibly Washington in the near future.  In addition, Susan’s job includes a variety of services such a issuing notices to residents, filing FED's for onsite managers, creating newsletters for communities, updating and distributing community vacancy lists and a variety of other duties to help assist the Property Managers. Susan came to Oregon from Florida where she used her art background and organizational and customer service skills as a Design Assistant for a full service interior design firm. In her spare time Susan loves traveling, painting, drawing, interior design work, and sewing.

John Cox, CCIM joined Commonwealth Real Estate Services as a Property Manager in August of 2005, bringing over 25 years of commercial real estate experience with him. Currently managing ten communities in five different regions of the state, John is finding the switch form commercial real estate to residential both interesting and challenging. Prior to Commonwealth, John managed over one million sq. Ft. of industrial, commercial and office space for the Port of Portland. John's background also includes commercial sales and management, investment brokerage, and corporate real estate acquisition and development (where he won the National Top Producer award).

Active in various real estate organizations, John has served as the President of the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives (NACORE), the President of the Texas Chapter of the Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute (RESSI), and as an officer in the Oregon Chapter for the CCIM Institute. John has attended the Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas Graduate School of Business where he majored in Finance and Real Estate. John has also earned his Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM) designation from the CCIM Institute, and is currently working towards his Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation.

Janet Williams, property manager, joined Commonwealth Property Management Services in Bellevue, Washington in 2004. Janet brings over 15 years experience in the real estate industry. Prior real estate experience includes office management, supervisor and training of staff, marketing/advertising, residential listings & sales, transaction coordinator & bookkeeping. She holds a Washington state real estate license. Janet is a lifetime resident of the Bellevue area is a part time ski instructor and enjoys cycling, hiking, scuba diving & gardening. You can reach Janet at: janetw@cwres.com.

Scott Mullens, Property Manager joined Commonwealth in June of 2006. Scott holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Chaminade University of Honolulu where he graduated with “Distinction”.

Scott has over 18 years of experience in the Finance Industry, with most of his experience coming in the Manufactured Housing Industry. Scott’s tenure includes working for Bergen Acceptance, Green Tree Financial, and Chase Home Finance and most recently with 21st Mortgage. Scott has held many different positions with these companies including Dealer Representative, Credit Manager and Remarketing Manager for these various companies. Scott brings to Commonwealth his professionalism, honesty and determination to do his best.

In Scott’s spare time he enjoys working around his home and being with his family. Some of Scott’s achievements include being the Past President of the Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Seana Brewer started with Commonwealth in December 2006 as one of our Administrative Assistants.  Seana is responsible for handling abandonment's and title transfers in Oregon and possibly Colorado in the near future.  In addition, Seana’s job includes a variety of services such as issuing notices, creating newsletters for communities, and a variety of other duties to help assist the Property Managers.
Seana has lived in Oregon and Washington for most of her life where she attended University of Oregon and Portland State University, receiving a Bachelors Degree in Science and a minor in Business Administration. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Seana worked as a Residential Real Estate Assistant in Oregon for more than 3 years. In her spare time Seana loves spending time outdoors with her family and dogs, going fishing, camping and working around her yard.

Bruce Dorsey, Property Manager, came to Commonwealth Real Estate Services in June 2007 with 30 years experience in the manufactured housing industry.  The first half of his career was spent managing a multi-state retail business.  Bruce then went on to spend fifteen years in finance, serving as Asset Manager, Branch Manager and Account Executive at Ford Consumer Finance/Associates Housing Finance.  He has also served on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Manufactured Housing Association.Bruce is a lifelong Portland area resident, earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Portland State University and is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Oregon.  He enjoys racquetball, fishing, hunting, and an occasional round of golf in his spare time, as well as spending time with family and friends.

Christy McGee is our Colorado Property Manager.  She joined the Commonwealth team in May 2007 in our brand new Colorado office to oversee the day-to-day management of our Colorado portfolio.

Christy has been in the manufactured housing industry full time since 1987, holding various positions such as office assistant, assistant manager, sales associate, regional assistant and most recently, Property Manager.  Prior to starting full time in the industry, Christy worked as a pool monitor in the summer and as a part time office assistant for about four years.