With access to real-time, site-level information, many owners and joint venture partners won’t hesitate to call community managers if they have a question about performance. Find out how some management firms are using relationship building to…
Follow these five steps and your community will be ready for cold weather.
After the heat of summer is over, it is important to get ready for the next extreme season. Preparation for cooler weather can be simple and still take some time. Here’s a…
Find out why it is important to do your homework before repositioning a property.Fresh out of school as a young Leasing Manager, Dorchester, now Vice President of Talent and Culture at Pegasus Residential, worked for a management company in the Mid-…
One New York-based firm shows how you can use a smart home to provide a free amenity, an ancillary income opportunity and tighten controls over the community.Burns Management is not the biggest apartment operator in the country. The Albany, N.Y.-…
I began my RPM career in 2014 as a summer intern with Weidner Apartment Homes and quickly moved to a permanent position with the company. Now, two and a half years later, I am the community director of the Ondine at Juanita Bay in Kirkland,…
NAA/NMHC have released a new white paper examining the diverging standards being used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the United States Supreme Court in assessing disparate impact liability under the Fair Housing Act (…
When owners buy a community, it is hard to know what lurks in the resident files until they take control. Even once they get a handle on the situation, turnaround can take longer than expected.When most apartment owners prepare to sell a community,…
Technology and competition are pushing up the renewal timeline for student housing operators.Traditionally, the holidays meant one thing for student housing companies—ensuring the renewal conversations made it home with the students for Thanksgiving…
Buying a new community means taking on a new staff. If the property is underperforming, it may mean refocusing onsite associates.When Trion Properties takes over a new community, it uses a hands-on approach to address any issues in the quickest,…
What apartment owners do now will help them be better prepared for the “early” spring leasing season, which begins in January.Turning the calendar page to January represents the start of a new year. In apartment leasing, for many, it also signals…