Goodwill hawking: Morgan Management
Several newspapers, for instance, wrote about Rochester, NY-based Morgan Communities' No Fear Lease, a warranty of sorts, which the company had printed on parchment paper, that gives new and renewing renters the option to...
Goodwill hawking: Goldberg Company
The message from Senior VP Jordan Goldberg on the company's recently launched Web site, www.layoffproof lease.com invites renters to stop worrying and start living. It goes on to explain that if they sign a 12-month...
You’re fired
Some of these programs allow customers to opt out of their contractual agreements without penalty, if they become involuntarily unemployed and meet certain additional criteria. Others, some of them tied to insurance products, will...
Goodwill hawking: Mark-Taylor Residential
Dale Phillips, president of Mark-Taylor Residential, one of the largest apartment developers and fee managers in Phoenix, believes that perfect opportunities for charitable donations present themselves in periods of slow development growth. For the past...
MH industry applauds IRS guidance on utility payments
At the urging of NMHC/NAA, last July the IRS issued regulations changing the way rents are adjusted on LIHTC properties where residents pay for their own utilities. The changes allowed property owners to use...
Appeals court rules against exclusive TV deals
The Federal Communications Commission didn't exceed its authority when it banned such contracts, citing their anti-competitive effects, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in May. The FCC voted in October 2007 to cancel exclusive agreements...
The success of the U.S. at creation destruction
But as the government steps in to bail out automakers and financial institutions, is the world's largest economy undermining the very process of creative destruction that has propelled it thus far? Steven Davis, a professor...
I love this town Bon Jovi style
On Sept. 2, 2008, the lead singer and founding member of the eponymous rock band was back in Newark, shovel in hand, to turn first dirt on the Newark Genesis Apartments, 51 units of...
Who says you can’t go back?
I always knew that I'd like this place. You don't have to look too far, to find a friendly face I feel alive when I'm walkin' on the street. I feel the heart of the city poundin'...
How to market in a recession
The world is changing before out eyes and tough times call for innovative strategy. It's time to energize your marketing program and stand your ground with regard to the importance of holding on to...
Core values: the new assets
"And we're serious about that," said Oden in a late February interview. "We're just as serious about that one as we are about acting with integrity," he said, citing another of the nine values...
Surety bonds: the un-concession
According to a study of nationwide rents by Novato, Calif.-based data specialist RealFacts, rents and occupancy declined in nearly every market in the country between September and December of 2008, suggesting that renters looking...
Change from the ground up
When it comes to those goals, Booker thinks he and other mayors have a friend in President Barack Obama, whose experience as a community organizer on the streets of Chicago makes him responsive to...
Two Center Street
The $187 million arts center has been a magnet for developers, restaurateurs and even the New Jersey Devils ice hockey team, which moved into its new downtown arena, the Prudential Center, in March 2007.With...
Strategic alliance
The Alliance was formed in 2006 by Newark residents Hassan Keith and Jeffrey Montgomery and Buffalo, New York, native Victor Baker. The principals, who met while attending Rutgers University, each bring to the company...
