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Three benefits that could come from the Metaverse
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the long anticipated new branding of the Facebook umbrella corporation, which includes Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Quest....
Newest multifamily amenity: Community
If you asked someone searching for an apartment what they are looking for, they would likely tell you about things like upgraded appliances, easy...
The urgency of protecting the electric grid from cyberattacks
Multifamily owners and operators are the single largest dispenser of utilities in the nation. An electric grid failure would be catastrophic for operations and...
The great migration
The future of the apartment industry looks bright. Demand for rental homes is strong, rent growth has returned to pre-pandemic levels and renters who...
The case for optimism
Clarity of purpose guides the path forward in every time and every place. Whether in life, business or country, we will be neither the...
A cautionary housing tale
Can society be designed? Can an expert engineer alleviate people’s pains and struggles with a good-enough central plan and blueprint? Minoru Yamasaki thought so. Yamasaki was...
Operations enter time-space continuum
Fast, reliable, wireless internet service is not only a nice amenity for residents, it can also cure a long list of headaches for apartment...
It’s back.
In late August, the Supreme Court struck down the Centers for Disease Control’s so-called “eviction moratorium.” The justices ruled that the federal agency did...
How to make housing affordable
An old joke goes as follows: Patient to doc: “Doc, it hurts when I do this.” Doctor to patient: “Quit doing that.” That joke applies to the...
What happened in 1971?
Something huge happened in 1971. And both Edward Snowden and Jack Dorsey are asking the same question. In mid-August, Twitter Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey...
What if they opened the office and nobody came?
For months, corporate hegemons, real estate brokers and their media acolytes have been insisted that a return to “normalcy,” that is, to the office,...
Easing the squeeze
The American dream of homeownership has become inaccessible for many, thanks to historically high home prices that are keeping prospective buyers in the rental...
A great deal of ruin in a nation
Asked if the loss of the American colonies would mean ruin for Britain, Adam Smith replied, “There is a great deal of ruin in...
Residents crave (internet) connection
Apartment renters are increasingly picky about the internet in their homes. A growing number won’t live where they can’t get good service. Until recently, property...
Small landlords call it a day
Extended rent moratoriums and the slow distribution of billions in federal rent assistance are driving many small landlords to call it quits. “Nobody wants to...
