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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...
Apartment IQ
The emerging mechanization promises benefits to property owners and managers of apartment communities, including energy cost savings, possible incentives from insurance companies and housing...
Making hay whilst there’s daylight
One might gather that there’s a pivot back to private capital as 79,000 apartment units have left the hands of publicly traded REITs for...
The youthification of America
High-density urban redevelopment is also associated with a younger population. This process of ‘youthification’ is driven by young people’s desire for smaller households and...
HUD rallies smoking ban in public housing
In its proposed rule, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would require more than 3,100 public housing agencies to go smoke-free within...
Paradise lost
San Francisco has topped the list of every national rental report since Zumper began publishing them in August 2014, and was named the most...
Imagine there’s no marketing. “It’s easy if you try.”
he redistribution of power from brands to individuals is the enduring legacy of social media. The recent rise of ad blocking represents a tectonic...
The powerful effect of noticing good things at work
If someone were to tell you to focus only on the positive experiences in your day, you might be annoyed. People tend to associate...
Dialing in the ILS pipeline
Because multifamily marketing directors have limited budgets, they hope the resultant data and their call-tracking systems, which allow them to listen to calls and...
The art of the simplified portfolio
Would you rather have more of something worth less or less of something worth more? Execs at Denver, Colo.-based apartment REIT Aimco pondered that...
Prescience: knowledge of things before they happen
A 2014 historical study suggests that not since the Civil War have we been so polarized as a nation. Climate change, immigration, Fair Housing...
Man on a multifamily mission
Considine has held a variety of leadership positions in the business and political arenas and continues to run several companies, while still devoting time...
Now what?
The first requirement for being competitive is to know what others in your space are offering or plan to offer so you can judge...
