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A gem regains its luster and a city gains apartments
On a plot of land between Immanuel Presbyterian Church, now listed as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and the Ambassador Hotel, home of the...
Solving the affordable housing crisis
MacDonald pointed to the increasing cost of complying with regulations, building material price inflation and shortages of both labor and building sites as factors...
Planting the seeds of knowledge
Such programs, however, are rare: the National Apartment Association Education Institution (NAAEI) reports that out of 4,140 institutions in the U.S., only about forty-five...
The other high barrier market
In rural towns and tertiary markets, investors can earn superior yields on apartment properties, according to some multifamily investment experts. “A smart investor with a...
Weed and work
A growing number of states in the U.S.—and countries around the world—are legalizing or decriminalizing recreational and medical marijuana, forcing businesses to grapple with...
NAA: Lest we forget
Year after year, apartment professionals gather, catch up on news, meet with old friends and make new ones. NAA’s conference every June, for as...
How AI will change the way we make decisions
Rather than trying to predict specifics, we suggest an alternative approach. Economic theory suggests that AI will substantially raise the value of human judgment....
Single-family landlords sink cash into Rust Belt rentals
Beahn buys and renovates a single-family home, hires a property manager and finds a tenant—then sells the whole package to an investor. He works...
Time to restore local control over zoning—and end Obama’s HUD intrusion
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing allowed HUD to halt distribution of more than $3 billion of annual community development block grants to about 1,200 counties...
Can’t fight that feeling
But the apartment industry is catching on with the help of partners like software provider Yardi, which tapped the hotel sector for cutting edge...
I’m afraid to blink.
Never before has the world been safer, freer, wealthier, or healthier. In 2014, 54 percent of the nation’s counties had zero murders and more than...
Housing pro
Nominated for the position by President Donald Trump on April 28, Patenaude has the experience and knowledge to complement retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who...
The trillion dollar consolidation
The returns that large-scale single-family rentals (SFR) are producing are now measuring up to institutional standards and the management is under control. It wasn’t...
Student housing gets an A
Commercial real estate investors are increasingly keeping their wallets in their pockets, waiting to see where interest rates will go, for prices to come...
The high cost of incivility
The nasty looks and belittling comments reached a point at law firm Bryan Cave, in Irvine, Calif., that the partners held a civility workshop. Managing...
