I never expected to work in the RPM industry. I moved around a lot in my early career, and RPM luckily fell into my lap. My first job out of college was doing marketing and recreation programming in St. Louis, Mo. From there, I had a brief stint…
If this is the way you do business I’m not interested in any bid you may wish to submit
Thus ended an interaction with a contractor that I had contacted to come out for a bid on some work at my house. (I honestly didn’t think trying to get people…
Ten years ago, Betsy Kirkpatrick left college and started working as a loan processor and underwriter. Then the mortgage industry collapsed, and she needed a new career. She worked short stints at the Boys and Girls Club, in phone retail sales,…
As shoppers spend more money online, malls continue to struggle. But in some places, apartments may help boost traffic.
With the rise of online shopping, brick-and-mortar retail faces major challenges. Writing for Forbes, Richard Kestenbaum of…
When the application for funding to help replace the boiler at Julia Martin House stalled, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) and Peabody Properties deployed a secret weapon—the 87-year-old woman for whom the community…
Honolulu is the hardest city to add new apartments and New Orleans is the easiest, according to new research released yesterday and commissioned by the National Apartment Association (NAA) and National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). The…
Next month, students will begin streaming back onto campus and into their apartments. If student housing operators did not start planning for this onslaught back in spring, they probably are out of luck.
“Companies that are starting to think…
What traits define an exemplary property manager?
Christine Ann Jubelt, Ph.D., Co-Founder of APM services, evaluated 23 core competencies, including honesty, efficiency, approachability and financial acumen, and came up with three that property…
Adding these features can increase retention and raise rents.
Value-add is hot.
At this point in the cycle, it is harder to make money building or buying pristine, core apartments. But if you can add value through renovation—taking an…