It’s hard to cover every base when disaster strikes, but there are things you can do to help your residents and staff through the turmoil. Here are some tips from professionals who’ve lived through it.When a disaster strikes your apartment community…
Robust event planning can make your apartment communities feel like home.Thoughtfully planned, seamlessly executed apartment community events can be part of the secret sauce that attracts prospective residents to your buildings and keeps them there…
Yesterday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) are allowing multifamily loan borrowers with existing forbearance agreements to extend the total forbearance period for up six months…
The social distancing restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic naturally have altered the types and sizes of events that apartment communities have been able to plan since March, and will be able to hold during the next several months, at…
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The acquisition expands the company’s footprint.Last week Valet Living announced the acquisition of Florida-based doorstep waste and recycling provider Skinner Waste Solutions.The acquisition of Skinner adds more than 30,000 homes to Valet Living’s…
Today’s students value authenticity, peaceful places and style. Find out how student housing operators meet those needs.The last of the millennials, unless they’re on the Van Wilder plan, have moved out of our higher educational system. Taking their…
Bob Pinnegar, CAE, President and CEO of the National Apartment Association (NAA), was the featured guest in the launch of ForbesBooks Radio’s newest podcast, “ChangeMakers with Katie Goar."The podcast analyzes the issues and challenges being…
COVID-19 put STRs on the ropes, but some institutional apartment companies remain optimistic.Going into the spring leasing season of 2020, short-term apartment rentals were just beginning to hit their stride.In contrast to their onetime aversion to…