Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED, is a term based on the understanding of how physical surroundings and established norms impact behaviors, such as crime and vandalism or their deterrents. By utilizing these four principles,…
Assurant, a global provider of housing and lifestyle solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases has partnered with Move For Hunger to assist the organization’s efforts to reduce food waste and fight hunger nationwide.…
AMLI Residential and Bozzuto each have received the 2019 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) highest honor, for demonstrating exemplary commitment and dedication to leadership in energy efficiency…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Onsite Staff Lease ApartmentsColin Wiel knows which prospects are going to lease his apartments—even before they do.Depending on where his leads come from, what fields of information they provide on a…
Suggested strategies for using search data to anticipate resident demand.Searches on Apartments.com indicate renters are usually looking for a deal that may not exist, according to a new analysis of that search data. On average, the typical user…
Using toxic-free cleaning products is not just a trend – it’s becoming a priority for residents, property managers and owners. National apartment operator Cortland, based in Atlanta, has addressed this problem by implementing a new type of cleaning…
The typical pre-leasing process might look a little bit like this:Operations, marketing and development come up with a plan.Construction challenges delay the groundbreaking and grand opening.Everybody forgets about the plan.Suddenly, seemingly out…
Making the decision to enter the short-term rental marketplace and/or allow residents to use their apartment homes for short-term rentals is a big deal. Some property owners may believe that participating in this kind of marketplace is risky and…
If you are a sales professional—and even if you are not—you’ve probably read Dale Carnegie’s classic book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.”With chapters such as “Six Ways to Make People Like You” and “12 Ways to Win People to Your Way of…