As recently reported by the Santa Monica Daily Press, California’s challenges with homelessness, just one aspect of its overall housing crisis, has literally taken to the streets. The Press reports on one entrepreneur who is renting out non-…
Rising above the neo-modern concrete jungle of urban Arlington County, just outside the nation’s capital, sits a larger-than-life American flag mural two stories high on American Legion Post 139’s back wall, facing out to Washington Boulevard.Here…
Taylor Morrison sees rental demand from divorcing baby boomers and Millennials. Find out how the CEO of the public homebuilder plans to capitalize.Another big-name single-family builder is moving into the rental housing industry.Last week, public…
Operators use analytics to boost portfolio performance.Joanna Zabriskie found a way to beat the heat this summer. By leveraging operations data from the 305 properties and 90,000 apartment units she manages as president of Des Moines, Iowa-…
While the consistent brand message is still important, technology can be used to strengthen that message and add new dimensions to an organization's overall brand.It used to be that a company’s brand was defined by its colors, a logo and perhaps a…
Great maintenance technicians often move into management, but many times they’re unprepared for the changes the shift entails.“Great technicians see an issue, diagnose it and go fix it,” said Ed Shaffer, CAMT, Director of Maintenance Operations…
The National Apartment Association (NAA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) jointly submitted comments on August 9 in response to the request from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice for public input on the…
While student housing at Power 5 conferences traditionally sold at lower cap rates, other Division 1 schools closed the gap this year.Traditionally, if you own student housing at a Power 5 conference, there’s a good chance, your assets have more…
In our next installment of Profiles in Success, a series where NAA talks to successful apartment professionals to learn how they got to where they are, who inspired them and what their biggest challenge was, we visit with a longtime maintenance…