Exorbitant fees for routine wear and tear and a rude onsite staff are only two of the reasons behind a bad move out. Find out what the others are.When residents move out of your apartment community, you want them to leave on a happy note with…
One Chicago community is giving a local chef a year of free rent to conduct onsite catered events and cooking demonstrations.Sous kitchens are relatively common in luxury apartments. But Magellan Development Group’s Gallery on Wells apartment…
1. It is FundamentalTo me, training is the heart and soul of a company, and it has to be at the very top of an operator’s priorities. Your associates are your No. 1 asset; when they succeed, you succeed.2. Focus on CustomersOur onsite associates…
With hiring in such great demand, companies fret over offer turn-downs and no-shows.The national unemployment rate continues to drop and the ripple effect continues. News regarding the economy’s upswing and dropping unemployment rates are heard on…
Historically, employees have viewed career development as linear progression up the corporate ladder: First, mastering a skill, then managing a team of associates and so on. While this approach may work for some, organizations that deploy the single…
Perhaps the reason so many companies struggle to understand the differences between Millennials and other generations “may be because such differences are overblown,” according to a recent Economist article.Market research firm Ipsos-MORI is quoted…
A downtown-dwelling, 20-something with no spouse, no kids and a job in a high-paying profession: This profile should sound familiar if you’ve seen any news coverage of the apartment market in recent years. It’s the person most often described as…
The final leg of a two-month, cross-country, 3,000-mile bicycle ride by disabled veteran Steve Hughes to support Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) ended at WRH Realty Services’ Ciel Luxury Apartments in Southside Jacksonville last month. The new…
Social turbulence in an ever-expanding national landscape is inevitable, but when you add in a global pandemic, we are facing unprecedented times of “certain-uncertainty.” With nationwide protests sparked by the systemic racism and injustices…
Growing the business as fast as possible can prove detrimental. Independent rental owners must walk before they can run.For people coming into rental management from outside industries, the real estate world can move very slowly.Curtis Hains,…