Archstone owners decide to sell their stakes
Unable to reach a consensus with Lehman on a plan to sell the entire company, the two banks are now trying to sell their stakes, which total 53 percent, according to people familiar with...
Cheap, the new chic
By the time she started her YesIAmCheap.com blog in January 2009 as a way to make herself more accountable for her spending, her business had failed and she was $105,665.31 in debt. Today, the...
Demand for apartments rises all over, despite economy
Vacancy rates are shrinking all over, in tight markets such as Minneapolis and loose ones like Phoenix.
It's an unusual situation. Job creation typically drives apartment demand. But this time the tenant top-up is largely...
Enchant your employees
If you can enchant your employees, they will work harder, longer, and smarter for you - and, ideally, you for them too. Here are the ten best ways to enchant your employees.
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Fair or unbalanced: decoding the Buffet Rule debate
In the current round, Washington is wrangling over President Barack Obama's call for a "Buffett Rule" to make sure the wealthy pay a "fair share" of taxes—a percentage of income at least as large...
Lease up and ship out
AIM, a national marketing and incentives company, offers cruise certificates to multifamily properties as a tool for leasing and retention. Long a standard in other industries, prospective residents are offered a 5-day/4-night cruise certificate...
Making onboarding work
Originally, the process of converting a newly-hired stranger into a fully-contributing and knowledgeable employee was left to the personnel department's most junior benefits clerk in the first-day orientation program, with the employee left to...
Perfectionism: healthy or hurtful?
I believe that the intention of most perfectionists is to do things well. To excel. Recent research shows that those scoring high on perfectionism scales have higher standards, and under certain circumstances have better...
Renters get help, boost their credit score
Back in January, one of the major creditreporting agencies, Experian, announced it would begin including rental payments in its credit score formula.
In response to Experian's decision, a cottage industry of websites has arisen to...
Turning stress into an asset
Stress is unavoidable. "We live in a world of ongoing worry, change, and uncertainty. You have to get used to it," says Justin Menkes, an expert in the field of C-suite talent evaluation and...
U.S. Postal Service: a requiem
Although the Senate recently extended the deadline for a $5.5 billion payment due to the federal government by the USPS to Nov. 18 from Sept. 30, the extra six weeks or so will not...
Why business despairs of Obama
Those who might help us escape are now being held back by the anti-business policies of President Barack Obama.
Obama's administration predicted a V-shaped recovery, based on the historical experience of the 1970s and 1980s....
The envelope, please…
"These finalists not only survived the bad times, but also produced fine work and should be commended," said Charles R. Brindell, Jr., chair of NAHB's Multifamily Leadership Board, CEO of Mill Creek Residential Trust...
The end of white picket fences
Wanda Rapp doesn't own her home, and doesn't want to. Her job makes her painfully aware of why she doesn't. Rapp manages repossessed and foreclosed assets for a bank in Los Angeles. Assets. Not...
How did we get here?
The answer undoubtedly depends upon one's definition of the Dream, and there are many from which to choose. John Winthrop envisioned a religious paradise in a "City upon a Hill." Martin Luther King, Jr....
