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Mandating energy benchmarks for multifamily housing
Coming down the pike, on the federal, state and local levels in cities around the country, is legislation that will require multifamily owners to...
Smart measures
Peter Drucker, the man who has been called the inventor of modern management, is credited with saying, "You can't manage what you can't measure."...
The new guy at Freddie Mac
First, Haldeman clarified what Freddie Mac's business is, and dispelled some common misconceptions. As a player in the secondary market, the company doesn't deal...
Phil Carlock set to be inducted into National Apartment Association’s Hall of Fame
Phil Carlock, CAPS, CPM, chairman of the executive committee and vice chairman of the Board of the Directors of ECI Group, Marietta, Ga., the...
Turning the corner
"What a difference a year makes. And the way things are changing today, what a difference 90 days make," Equity Residential CEO David Neithercut,...
Want to create jobs? Think like job creators.
On the other hand, some 250,000 new jobs were created last month - albeit many are temporary government census takers. Republicans and Democrats now agree...
NWP expands its national footprint with acquisition
The acquisition further positions NWP as the leading national provider, increasing its footprint to include 45 states, completing its west-to-east move and adding a...
Making public housing work
A report issued by HUD in May drove home how few housing choices our poorest families have. It found that in 2007, nearly 13...
The madness of Capitol Hill’s kings
The bill is an economic disaster. It will destroy jobs and harm capital creation. Even in the best of times, such an act would...
EQR hunts for deals
The company that traditionally has grown through acquisition, but bought no assets at all in the first three quarters of 2009, bought two in...
Quick. Someone get us a new business model.
In Jeff Thull's classic business book, Mastering the Complex Sale, he stresses the importance of a salesperson first listening, then unraveling a customer's problem...
Hotlanta chill
The bad news is the market dropped three places down to 42 out of 44 in Marcus & Millichap's 2010 multifamily National Apartment Index,...
Design in streamline times
The American Dream of home-ownership turned nightmare two years ago. Since then, credit has contracted and home equity has become a fading memory. In...
Are lenders really back?
"That's because in the last four months the market has taken a 180 and there's a ton of capital and deals are starting to...
Changing lanes
Most recently, the vertically-integrated, full-service multifamily real estate firm created a new position, president of the company, and hired real estate veteran Cindy Pfeifer...
