Infographic: Deconstructing a society in lockdown
Economic lockdowns come with unintended consequences—economic destruction, surging poverty and decline in mental health among them. A new study suggests the lockdowns may not save lives. Frontiers in Public Health concluded that neither lockdowns...
INFOGRAPHIC: Next move
Next move
Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA was historic. Not only did the court rule that the 2015 Clean Power Plan was unconstitutional—it dramatically limited EPA’s power to regulate...
Infographic: Energy’s wild ride
250 billion sq. ft. across 100 million buildings makes up the total universe of U.S. residential floor space.
RESIDENTIAL SPACE UNIVERSE
18 percent of residential space spans duplexes, apartments, condos. 75 percent of U.S. space...
The vanishing apartment
The affordability crisis is creeping up into middle-income households according to Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 2020 report, America’s Rental Housing.
48% of renter households are considered cost-burdened. What does this mean? 21 million...
Infographic: The changing American dream
Homeownership peaked at 69% in 2004, then fell for years thereafter before rebounding in 2020 to 66%. Fundamentals are set to change the business model on renting vs. buying for some time to come.
Corporate...
Infographic: Navigating fake assistance animals-Americans with Disability Act (ADA) VERSUS Fair Housing Act (FHA)
ADA
Requires business owners to make necessary, reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities.
Accommodation could allow a person with a disability to be accompanied by a service animal in a place of public...
Infographic: C-19 fatigue
-20% Second C-19 spike peaks. S. cases are trending downward from peak levels during a similar period in July
14-17% increase over the typical number of deaths since March, not all attributed to...
Infographic: Urban exodus
Newly-formed remote workforces, lock downs, social unrest. Whatever the reason, city dwellers are increasingly navigating to the suburbs and beyond.
24% major metros (of 43) that saw higher rent growth in suburban ZIP codes versus...
Infographic: Breaking buildings
Breaking buildings Commercial real estate CLOs (collateralized loan obligations) are mortgages that are packaged into bonds and sold to investors. CLOs are widely used to finance apartments. But the same things that make CLOs...
Infographic: Unplugged in California
2 million residents were without power for days at a time in the state’s outages
6,402 wildfires in Calif. as of Nov. 3. Wind-induced fire season runs Oct. to April. Summer fire season runs June...
Infographic: The business of space and stuff
Apartment operators lease livable space. Some of that space houses residents. But occupancy also means sheltering a resident’s stuff. And renters have a lot of stuff. Like an average of 300,000 items per person....
Infographic: Essential workers
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Updated: April 16, 2020
Who gets to work?
essential workers
Real estate is essential (depending on where you work)
Construction. Apartment operations. Maintenance services. Real estate functions are categorized as essential in the Department of Homeland Security’s...
Infographic: Pandemic pivot
Lockdowns fueled yet another wave of automation for many property management businesses. AI and 5G are expected to continue the momentum as the internet of things continues to grow and expand.
3 million jobs...
Infographic: The wild ride of Big Tech
Our government has abandoned a rich and socially beneficial history of trust-busting to allow big tech to dominate people’s lives.
Tim Wu, The Curse of Bigness
Big tech value
Facebook, $759 billion
Amazon, $1.6 trillion
Netflix,...
Infographic: Man-made chaos
State-mandated lockdowns began a cascade that especially devastated lower income people and continues to adversely impact the business of property management.
Government interference
with the ability to collect rent has left many investors unable to maintain...
