Q: I’m getting my work check-off list started before winter comes. Do you have recommendations of what should be on the check list?  A: After checking and repairing any roof damage, we recommend looking at the outside walls of the property.…
Margaret Salazar  •   CEO   •  REACH Community Development   •   Portland, Ore. The REACH Community Development Board of Directors announced the appointment of Margaret Salazar as the organization…
Few things are less gratifying in the workplace than slogging through repetitive daily tasks. They have a soul-crushing quality and do little to promote employee wellness.   In a fast-paced multifamily industry where recruiting and retaining…
It would be much simpler if fraud fell into a singular bucket. For instance, if fake paystubs were the only nefarious items property teams regularly encountered, things would be much easier to manage.   Unfortunately, multifamily associates…
More than a million new apartments have come online since 2018. New data from RentCafe shows 1.2 million rental units in the U.S. were completed between 2018 and 2022. The Dallas metro is home to eight of the top 50 zip codes with the most…
Over the last decade, the entire marketing industry has gotten a digital makeover. And that means the ways in which property managers reach potential residents has changed and grown. Here are three recent ways that apartment community marketing…
Designed for energy efficiency and to reduce environmental impact, ASHRAE refrigerant codes 34 and 15 were recently revised to meet governmental regulation and achieve improved performance. This impacts manufacturers, retailers and property managers…
On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed a wide-ranging executive order seeking to increase regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries nationwide. The President’s move broadly hopes to “ensure that America leads the way in…
As the cost of living continues to rise, the affordability of housing has become a pressing concern for renters, housing providers and policymakers. To assess rental housing affordability at the market level, the National Apartment Association (NAA…
As the cost of living continues to rise, the affordability of housing has become a pressing concern for renters, housing providers and policymakers. To assess rental housing affordability at the market level, the National Apartment Association (NAA…