Is your multifamily property a digital marketing dinosaur?
“You have all of these property websites that are fantastic,” says Bartlett, digital sales and media manager at Nolan Real Estate, which operates apartment communities in Texas, Kansas, Illinois and North Carolina. “Once you get...
Challenging Disparate Impact
“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without...
Artful amenities
While dog parks, pool decks, community-wide WiFi, granite countertops, bike storage and repair areas and package delivery centers are becoming commonplace, apartment and condominium developers are challenged to add ever more innovative amenities to...
Oh what joy
Greetings great commercial real estate warriors. The strong. The entrepreneurial risk-takers. Our nation’s A-Team. It’s been another banner year as we were called upon to house an expanding segment of this great nation in a...
Backyard bonuses
California is one of the nation’s largest housing under-producers. While wages for most Americans have barely budged during this 20-year period, rising home prices and rents have caused homelessness to reach epic proportions in the...
The battle for property rights
Advocates for new rent control laws are still fighting—even after voters rejected California’s “Prop 10” ballot initiative that would have allowed tough new rent laws. “If you are an owner of apartments, rent control laws...
Top multifamily operators band together, plan massive investment in real estate tech
The companies have invested $108 million in the fund, Real Estate Technology Ventures I, which will be used to invest in “disruptive real estate technology companies” in the multifamily industry. According to the companies, the...
When no one retires
Before our eyes, the world is undergoing a massive demographic transformation. In many countries, the population is getting old. Very old. Globally, the number of people age 60 and over is projected to double...
Proptech rising
In order to compete for the credits, it is essential to find a piece of land that scores the maximum number of points under the state’s complex selection system. “In Arizona, only ten to...
The new housing problem facing low-income renters
There’s a new problem facing low-income individuals seeking affordable housing: Even if they have a housing choice voucher to subsidize rents in the private market, landlords do not want to accept voucher tenants. A...
Big efficiency, little cost
In 1996, the Department of Defense (DoD) created a program to move the ownership and management of housing for service personnel to private companies as part of a Public-Private Venture (PPV) program. The idea...
The measure of brilliance: results
I’ll lace up my running shoes again tonight. Unlike most runners who start their day on the road, I finish my day in my Asics with my thoughts as my only companion. It’s a...
Are market-based rents on their last song?
If voters opt yes on Prop 10, we can say hello to new—and, frankly, aggressive—rent control regs in California. Local municipalities would have the ability to put rent caps on all rental properties—single family,...
Prospects visiting your website are not ready to rent now
This summer, PERQ, based in Indiana, analyzed consumer insight data from their online guided shopping solution, and found that 53 percent of more than 16,000 consumers on multifamily property websites said they plan to...
Time to reframe
From the family tree to the org chart, we’ve evolved to think and speak in hierarchy. It centers us in our world. It informs our place and purpose. Who would have thought it would...