With around 1.6 million students expected to graduate from college this year, the opportunity for the multifamily market to capture both inbound and outbound business is high. For those graduating, a good portion will be looking to rent their first apartment as...
For decades, it was drilled into the heads of many Americans that renting makes you a second-class citizen. You only rent temporarily until you can move up in the world and achieve the American dream by purchasing a home –...
We recently surveyed the multifamily industry and got responses from 387 property management professionals on how they use social media. The results were interesting. First, Facebook is king. Over 96% of respondents have pages there, leaving Google+ (48%) and Twitter...
Revenue management software continues to grow in use and importance in the multifamily housing industry. Achieving the right balance between the technology and human input, though, remains a challenge for many. Neither software nor human capabilities alone are as successful...
The impression your apartment community gives a potential renter isn’t limited to the physical environment inside or outside of your leasing office. The appearance of your company logo, website, Facebook page, and even the attire your on-site staff, down to...
My two passions are home decor and history, and I’m lucky to have jobs that allow me to indulge both. Aside from my work at AT, I’m a history professor, and this semester one of my students, Daisy Contreras, had...
Research shows people are happier with their life and situation when they are connected to others around them. Orlando does a great job of getting residents together in a spirit of play and competition. The Charity Challenge has been a...
CAMDEN LIVING A lot of people have a misconception that you just simply cannot do anything in an apartment that you can do in a house. Yes. There are certain, obvious things that you can’t do, like a full on bathroom remodel, but...
MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE In April, Home Properties got started on a $3 million, three-year renovation of Stone Hill Apartments in Brookhaven, Pa. a complex of 11 three-story buildings with 205 units that Home Properties had purchased in November 2013. This company is upgrading...
Many military veterans don’t realize the exciting career opportunities that await them at their neighborhood apartment community. The industry has a constant need for new, skilled employees with backgrounds such as those obtained through military service. This Memorial Day the...
Wanting to be happy is a common denominator for us all. Once we do feel happy, all our motivation turns towards sharing that happiness. Recently, the residents and staff of the Estates at Park Avenue apartment community in Florida shared a little...
Dan Haefner believes the key to future success can be inspired by his past. Haefner, who serves as president and COO of CFLane, can remember renewing the lease on his first apartment in Menlo Park, Calif. more than 30 years...
There are 10 fundamental quality-of-life issues that make or break an apartment community , yet very few people in the multifamily property management industry consciously consider them when developing or renovating a apartment community . These are essentials—not luxuries—because they...
People have probably been wondering whether or not money buys happiness since money was first used in the Middle East sometime around the 9th millennium B.C. But recent studies have come up with some answers to the age-old question that...
Eat your greens. Exercise regularly. Drink more water. Most of us know the basic things we should be doing to have healthy habits. But, like most habit changes, it’s hard to do – even if you know it’s good for...
With tax season so recently behind us, you’ve probably heard enough about liabilities and assets to last you through to 2015. Well, there is one asset—your biggest asset—that will keep coming up over and over again, and it cannot be...
Think about your current residents. Do you love having them as renters? Are you hoping they’ll stick around for a while? Happy residents will stay! And think about the types of residents you want to attract. Wouldn’t it be great...
** Survey of 5,000 reveals people’s ‘happy habits’** Happiness is more than just a feeling; it is something we can all practise on a daily basis. But people are better at some ‘happy habits’ than others. In fact, the one...
