January February 2012 Archives | Yield PRO https://yieldpro.com/tag/january-february-2012/ Making rental housing businesses profitable Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:45:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://yieldpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-PRO-favicon-32x32.png January February 2012 Archives | Yield PRO https://yieldpro.com/tag/january-february-2012/ 32 32 Cheaper by the dozen https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/cheaper-by-the-dozen/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:00:08 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1655 In mid-January, the apartment REIT announced the exercise of an option to purchase the 80 percent interest not currently owned by Camden in 12 related joint ventures for $99.5 million. Camden originally owned 100 percent of all 12 assets, but sold the 80 percent interest to UBS and The Tuckerman Group in March 2005 to […]

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]]> Sam Miller is why this industry is amazing https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/sam-miller-is-why-this-industry-is-amazing/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:26 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1657 At present, he is co-chairman emeritus of Forest City Enterprises, Inc., headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. With nearly $12 billion in assets, the National Multi Housing Council’s (NMHC) Top 50 Owners list ranks Miller’s company at number 22 having ownership in 47,384 units across the country, of which Forest City manages 34,096. The company’s portfolio has […]

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]]> Gays/lesbians inch toward becoming protected class https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/gayslesbians-inch-toward-becoming-protected-class/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:00:18 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1659 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has introduced a new rule intended to ensure equal access to the department’s core housing programs for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, speaking yesterday at the National Conference on LGBT Equality, called the new regulations a victory for equal […]

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]]> Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts fastest-growing jobs https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/bureau-of-labor-statistics-forecasts-fastest-growing-jobs/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:32 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1661 Assuming a full-employment economy with an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent by 2020, the BLS expects total U.S. employment to rise 14.3 percent over the current decade, resulting in 20.5 million new jobs. The projections are based on expected labor force participation, the assumed unemployment rate and estimated housing starts, among other factors. Much of […]

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]]> Fire the customer https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/fire-the-customer/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:43 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1663 Obviously, any business would like to be “better” according to its customers’ preferences. And eventually, someone inevitably says: “Why don’t we just ask the customers what they want?” But the idea that customer input can be relied upon for transformative brand-building is a crippling delusion. Before you know it, there you are in a focus […]

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]]> Are you learning as fast as the world is changing? https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/are-you-learning-as-fast-as-the-world-is-changing/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:01 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1665 What goes for novelists goes for leaders searching to craft a novel strategy for their company, a new product for their customers, or a better way to organize their employees. In a world that never stops changing, great leaders never stop learning. Today, the challenge for leaders at every level is no longer just to […]

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]]> The hottest U.S. real estate market: Washington, D.C https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/the-hottest-u-s-real-estate-market-washington-d-c/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:10 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1667 “Our spring market has taken off quite early,” said Schwartz. “We’ve reached that stable point where we’re out of a buyer’s market.” The nation’s capital has been a leader when it comes to real estate. While much of the country’s housing market continues to languish, Washington and the surrounding area have seen tight inventory and […]

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]]> The cure for cabin fever https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/the-cure-for-cabin-fever/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:46 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1669 Whether you’re cocooning or stuck inside, apartment amenities help residents while away winter days. A typical weekend night for Marlin Rinehart and his fiancee, Andrea Travis, consists of a few games of bowling followed by a friendly game of darts or table tennis. Once a month, the couple gathers with fellow film lovers for a […]

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]]> What then, after the darkness? https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/what-then-after-the-darkness/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:41 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1671 After several Websites, including Wikipedia, protested by going dark, both pieces of legislation were shelved. Meanwhile, proponents of the two bills—News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch among them—rallied in support. But the core issues addressed in the bills remain unresolved. The overriding question is how to regulate the Internet enough to protect intellectual property, while not […]

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]]> Is multifamily ready for big data? https://yieldpro.com/2012/02/is-multifamily-ready-for-big-data/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:42 +0000 https://mhpmag.com/?p=1673 The amount of information being gathered, stored, and now mined, for commercial use can be confounding to the the human mind. Compound this with the fact that all of this data is unique, though concurrently and thinly connected, similar to the “six degrees of separation” within human existence. The technical term for this mass of […]

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