MH Feeding frenzy
"With their stocks battered over the past several years, REITs could sell a building for a lot less on a yield basis then what they could turn around and buy their own stock for....
Deal-maker
The company has been taking advantage of weakness in the apartment market, buying recently constructed Class A apartment and condo product with more than 100 units in core locations and uncompleted busted condo properties,...
Growing the business
"Those were the areas of difficulty for Wallick," said Feusse, who began working as a consultant for the 44-year-old affordable multihousing company in May 2005.
Discipline and focus, along with the strong belief that a...
Back in the sweet spot
At least part of the explanation for the rise in real estate's standing in the 2010 survey is pretty obvious, thinks Mission Capital Advisors' David Tobin: the outlook today compared to a year ago,...
Make them stop
The most irritating or disruptive things about a job may have nothing to do with too much work or boring assignments. Sometimes what gets your goat is the annoying habits of the person at...
The Zen of work
The past year has brought layoffs, furloughs, pay freezes, increased health care costs and heavier workloads. And it's starting to eat at you.
You can't control these factors, but there are things you can do...
Renting: the new American dream
How does government support for home-ownership compare with government support for renting?
Cino: Federal home-ownership subsidies outnumber rental support 4 to 1 or about $230 billion to the renters' $60 billion. If subsidies were adjusted...
Multitaskers pay mental price
Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention, that is): Your brain may be in trouble.
People who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information do not pay attention, control their memory or switch...
Social networking etiquette and the office
Was it wise to accept a colleague or higher-up as a "friend" to begin with? And—perhaps more importantly—in this day and age, when people are seemingly available around the clock because of smartphones and...
Think happy thoughts at work
Instead, she got a big dose of something new: happiness coaching. Keynote speaker Shawn Achor—a former Harvard University researcher and former co-teacher of one of the university's most popular courses, Positive Psychology—extolled 90 listening...
Light of day
While year-end upticks in sales volume are seasonally typical, the first quarter of 2009 likely will be considered the bottom of the downturn in apartment sales volume, Marcus & Millichap predicted in a recent...
Apartment industry at a crossroads
It is obvious that there has been a fundamental change in the demand for homeownership over the last few years. Fiscal policies and social pressures have encouraged American consumers to buy homes, oftentimes biting...
New study shows how different generations use Facebook
According to the numbers, the top reasons for joining a social network across all generations are to "keep in touch with friends" and "for fun." However, as expected, older users are primarily using the...
All that Twitters isn’t gold
Just three years old, the free service, which allows its users to send messages of up to 140 characters, is the Internet's fastest growing social networking site, according to the research firm, Nielsen.
Unique visitors...
Borrowed money
The latest buzz at a recent multifamily conference revolved around interest rates and where they were likely to head in the short term. Will it go up or down? Will the fed hold the...
