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,…
The Knowledge Bank makes it easy to schedule meetings and speak confidently with your members of Congress about key issues. Many of the resources below will be helpful in conducting tours of your apartment community with your members of Congress.…
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…
Apartment List announced Nov. 9 that it has reached an agreement with Facebook to have its listings posted on the Facebook Marketplace.Apartment List hosts more than 3 million rental units on its platform (9 percent of the entire rental market, the…
It is hard to know what mechanical and structural issues a community might exist, but some signs can indicate problems.If Lynn Owen tours an apartment community for sale and sees furniture pushed up against a wall space, closets packed with clothes…