By Jay Parsons, Greg Willett and Carl Whitaker
Apartment developers – and the funding backing them – face an unprecedented predicament in 2021. The landscape offers opportunity but also plenty of traps that could doom certain type…
By Jay Parsons, Greg Willett and Carl Whitaker
It’s not difficult these days to make the case for investing in apartments. By all accounts, capital is ready and investors are willing. But the question is: What types of apartments do you…
By Jay Parsons, Greg Willett and Carl Whitaker
It’s not difficult these days to make the case for investing in apartments. By all accounts, capital is ready and investors are willing. But the question is: What types of apartments do you…
By Jay Parsons, David Polewchak and Andrew Bowen
Once upon a time, ancillary revenue amounted to rounding errors for most apartment communities. It was a line item designed to pass through costs with a small markup for basics like parking, am…
By Jay Parsons, David Polewchak and Andrew Bowen
Once upon a time, ancillary revenue amounted to rounding errors for most apartment communities. It was a line item designed to pass through costs with a small markup for basics like parking, am…
By Jay Parsons, Chantelle Berger, Andrew Bowen and Tracy Saffos
It goes without saying that 2021 brings some unique challenges. And one benefit to a challenge: It forces us to rethink, reevaluate and reprioritize. Challenges can sink us …
By Jay Parsons, Chantelle Berger, Andrew Bowen and Tracy Saffos
It goes without saying that 2021 brings some unique challenges. And one benefit to a challenge: It forces us to rethink, reevaluate and reprioritize. Challenges can sink us …
By Andrew Bowen, Tracy Saffos, Chantelle Berger and Jay Parsons
Few good things came out of 2020, but if you are one to look for silver linings, we did see some of that in the rental housing business.
One benefit was the clear focus on…
By Jay Parsons, Greg Willett and David Polewchak
Over the past few decades, the “flight to quality” was a go-to strategy for many apartment investors.
The theory is simple: When tough times hit, renters will flock to high-quality…
By Jay Parsons, Andrew Bowen and Carl Whitaker
Need to stir up some demand for your apartments? Offer up concessions! Or maybe not…
It’s one of the most controversial topics in apartment pricing, but the latest data indicates op…