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An apartment that knows your next move
That’s the vision some technologists have for the future of domestic living, and a startup named Brain of Things says that it is developing...
The lost art of engaging employees
First, let’s get something straight. No one hires employees to be disengaged. You hire star employees to come to work bursting with energy, firing...
Service dog or pet?
The bill aims to better define and differentiate between individually trained service animals, such as guide dogs for the visually impaired, and assistance animals...
When it rains
In fact, all of the 2016 Residential Landscape Architectural trends were water-focused design elements, reflecting among consumers and multifamily operators a growing commitment to...
Our water system: What a waste.
The price of this neglect will be high. In Flint, Mich., the mayor has estimated that it will cost as much as $1.5 billion...
Star bright, starlight
Today, the Washington, D.C. firm is largely accepted as the reigning online provider of commercial real estate (CRE) data and related services for every...
Tell me my lying eyes are wrong
The stock market continues to free fall, as do oil prices, even as the dollar strengthens against the whims of China. U.S. growth, as...
Balancing the new online economy and apartment operations
Many apartment owners and managers are adopting digital electronic locker systems and the software that operates them to address that predicament.
Lori Torres, founder and...
Great Scott!
It also may have been planned perfectly that MRI Software, headquartered in Solon, Ohio, concluded its International Users Conference on October 21, 2015, a...
Love, actually
Fresh off the clipboards, the National Multihousing Council (NMHC)/Kingsley Associates 2015 Apartment Resident Preferences Survey is out. Findings were calculated from 120,000 responses across...
Utility management’s role in maintaining your budget
There are several components that make up an efficient utility management program. Resident utility billing, vacant cost recovery, accurate budgeting tools, advanced analytics, and...
The right way to hold people accountable
That’s when John lost it. “You agreed to the numbers in our budget meeting! You came up with them!”
Jeanine was silent for a while....
Problematic residents
That’s when apartment living becomes tedious, and when your neighbors can feel more like adversaries.
The vast majority of apartment residents are decent folks who...
How to profit from rising rents: build apartments
After six years of rising apartment rents, investors from all corners of the real estate industry are piling into new projects in a bet...
The risks and rewards of dynamic pricing
But factor in the human element—as any smart business person will—and you can see any number of reasons to be afraid: Am I reducing...
