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…
Facing an affordability crisis that has been exacerbated by an inadequate supply of rental housing, a growing number of state and local governments have started to explore rent regulation legislation. Regrettably, many of the elected officials…
We call them “those residents” — the people who truly appreciate when our staff goes the extra mile for them, who wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. And after 11 years in this industry, I’ve known many of them.
I have a master’s degree in…
Employee engagement is not enough. Team members need to be on the same page. Find out how to make that happen.
A lot of companies strive for employee engagement, but that alone does not guarantee success, writes Gordon Tredgold for Inc.
In…