The July August 2010 issue of Yield PRO magazine
Tag: July August 2010
Sunny skies. Great buys.
Land is sacred in Hawaii. And, going vertical makes perfect sense on an island where real estate is in finite supply. The success of...
America, the complicated.
In previous decades, the Great Depression inalterably shaped its own generation. It haunted my grandparents, and determined how they would work and save the...
Great expectations
Although on-campus housing likely will remain a necessity, recent research by the National Multi Housing Council suggests that college students actually elect to live...
Head of the class
Today, student housing is a bright spot in an otherwise gray multihousing landscape. It is one of the fastest growing asset classes and boasts...
All in due time
"It's a little different right now, but it's a pretty good dream," Oliver said of the firm he and McMillan launched in 1978, now...
Avatars in the leasing office
"Everything else is moving at the speed of light, why isn't the paper?" That question, asked by Debra Radice, managing director of Texas-based SyndicIT...
Affordable multifamily worth its metal
Until now, affordable, green and rental housing haven't always gone hand in hand. With the opening of the first and only affordable apartments in...
Going vertical
And it was conscientious adherence to those goals that won OliverMcMillan's Hazard Center Revitalization plan—the prototype of that City of Villages concept—the almost unheard-of...
What just happened?
The Federal Reserve recently concluded that the "economic outlook had softened somewhat" and now predicts that the economy will grow between 3 percent and...
Keeping the owners happy
Sometimes, despite good management, leasing results fall short. This may reflect such things as seasonality, weather, the local economy, or other factors beyond a...
How much does rudeness cost you?
A recent report by Florida State University revealed the impact of bad bosses. A survey of more than 700 employees at different job levels...
Deep breath
Situation 1: Jeff and Maria are co-workers at a company that lets employees set their own hours. Jeff usually saunters into the office about...
Are your top performers looking for a way out?
With unemployment hovering in the high single digits, no doubt the last thing that many employers are worried about today is their workers headed...
Hopeful signs remain for housing
At first glance, the June housing starts report appeared to be negative, with activity declining 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
Freakanomics and the Great Recession
A large part of the problem is that banks are skittish about offering loans to anyone other than those with immaculate credit and rock...