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Clean up amenities

The laundry room of an apartment building is a key feature of the property. Maintain the space and equipment well, and residents are more...

A great leasing agents’ best tool

Let me first tell you what an AI leasing assistant won’t do for your multifamily property. Contrary to what leasing agents fear most about...

The call of the great outdoors

The impact of COVID on the multifamily sector may not have been as severe as its effect on the retail or office asset classes,...

Get ready for radical disruption

I define the U.S. multifamily property management industry as the work of caring for the millions of multifamily units valued at $3 trillion and...

In service

When the COVID pandemic hit the U.S., multifamily owners and leadership had to respond rapidly and adjust accordingly in order to protect the health...

Political rhetoric can influence rent collection

As the owner of a large portfolio of apartments across the country, Ric Campo, chairman of the board and CEO of apartment REIT Camden,...

FHFA extends forbearance

The coronavirus pandemic has hit a lot of homeowners hard. Over the past 10 months, millions of Americans have struggled with income loss and...

Critical thought: Student housing in a pandemic

College enrollment generally skyrockets in diametric opposition to tumbling GDP, meaning student housing is, in theory, a recession-proof asset class. There have been different...

Riding the vacancy wave

While vacancy rates have increased this year, they are still well below the long-term average of 5.2 percent to 5.4 percent. National apartment vacancy rates...

What goes wrong when the government interferes with prices

Prices are a fact of life, and so is complaining about them. You probably prefer lower prices on just about everything, but especially when...

The nation’s best

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) defines excellence in the multifamily home industry. For over two decades this recognition has noted the “significant...

The weary world rejoices

And in despair I bowed my head: There is no peace on earth, I said, For hate is strong, and mocks the song Of peace on earth,...

The world didn’t end—developers keep building

Developers aren’t waiting for a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. They have been busy planning projects to build new apartments, even as doctors diagnose...

Risky business

The digital world has created a paradigm shift for the apartment industry, allowing resident-facing tasks like property tours and unit inspections, lease signings and...

Preventing a looming crisis

Missed rent payments are stacking up across the country, threatening an unthinkable crisis when eviction moratoriums currently in place expire. To make matters worse,...

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