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A perfect affordable housing storm
Beyond the frightening amount of money the average renter pays the first of every month, the truly scary part of this situation is that...
Millennials and retirees drawn to luxury rentals, and developers respond
Much of the new rental apartment stock that hit the market last year was of the high-end, luxury variety—and that trend doesn’t appear to...
Has the apartment market hit the inflection point?
But there is much concern that developers have been adding too much inventory, flooding some markets with new supply. This will inevitably raise vacancy...
Signs you may be a toxic colleague
The research paints a very different picture, namely that most of the time there is remarkably little overlap between how other people see us...
The hidden virtues of income inequality
The New York Times recently ran a front-page exposé of segregation by wealth in the booming cruise business. The article, by Nelson Schwartz, was...
Market smarts
Good data lies at the heart of every successful operation, but data, in itself, is just the proverbial stack of lumber. Without an understanding,...
Americans are on edge
From the continuing ebb and flow of jobs, to growing threats of terror, to something as simple as water—there is barely a moment of...
The camel that had no hump
This especially irritates Rob Pressman, the principal of Burbank, Calif.-based TGP, Inc. Landscape Architecture, who believes that aesthetics do not have to be discarded...
You should go and love yourself
Property management software might be a lot like that. Without context, we all just keep repeating the same behavior, not really thinking about if...
Click. Click. Click.
The commercial banks that make most construction loans to apartment developers are beginning to be more careful. That’s because of worries about the many...
Not your father’s utility management program
Each grew up with, and eventually stepped in to run their family’s apartment business. Each took the baton and carried their multifamily enterprise into...
Haystack or a needle?
The event was opened by Reed, who also announced that his company and host of the event, NWP, had been acquired by Dallas, Texas-based,...
Supreme Court electrifies U.S. energy market
A consequential energy case that cuts to the heart of the delicate balance between state and federal regulation of the country’s electricity markets has...
In hot water
When, in September 2015, the 182-unit Avalon Hayes Valley apartment complex in San Francisco was awarded LEED Platinum Certification in the Multifamily Midrise category,...
On an angel’s wings: Ben Zimmer
So in the still quiet, the rumor mill churns full velocity as folks try to make sense of this red shod talent from Salt...
