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Denver delivers
Transaction velocity has maintained a steady pace during the last year, fueled by Denver's healthy long-term prospects," Adam Christofferson, Marcus & Millichap's regional manager...
Beautiful Ohio
Out of the apartment-construction business for about five years, Don Kenney has formed a company called Metro Development that will build several apartment complexes...
Workplace conflict: productivity killer or creative mojo
The study, which polled thousands of workers worldwide, reveals a substantial cost of workplace conflict. It found that workplace conflict is nearly universal, with...
The great urban-rural divide
To be sure, the most visible red vs. blue differences in party support and voter turnout can largely be explained by variations in the...
How to win in a recession
During the 2001 recession, just over half the 400 companies studied improved their gross profit margins during the year, according to Diamond Management &...
Identity signaling
Conventional wisdom says "clothes make the man or woman." But a published study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University suggests...
Who killed AIG?
Look at AIG. In a wave of corporate head-hunting under Eliott Spitzer, AIG was dragged through a public flogging, its illustrious CEO, Hank Greenberg,...
Key issues
The lock-and-key systems most commonly used by apartment communities today are master-key systems, and inherent in those systems is the potential threat posed by...
Freddie and Fannie, how low can you go?
"The Congress really took a hard look at our industry's lobbying efforts to create a more balanced housing policy," Camden Property Trust CEO Ric...
Truth and consequences
"America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who -- with their hands,...
Nationally, renter quality improving
This could be good news for apartment owners and operators, but many of these renters come with fiscal risk, or do they? The latest...
1M lease online
Representing a historic milestone for the multifamily industry, this ever-expanding volume suggests that providing online availability has become a significant component of rental operation. The...
The high price of social networking
The presenter introduces this new concept, while providing ways for marketing attendees to create a social network at their communities. Leasing Agent Suzie goes...
A housing bill for the birds
No doubt. Mortgage companies became lax in their lending standards in past years. There is, however, an incredible upside few talk about, though it...
Is that a lease on the line?
In a sense, I approach our marketing and advertising strategy the same way. I am constantly watching how market conditions are affecting my "catch"...
