Generation Z is here, ready to begin making a nest. Whether the generation born in the mid-1990s chooses to lease or buy – and how quickly they purchase their first home – remains to be seen.
At the National Apartment Association&…
A picture is said to be worth a thousand words. But when it comes to apartment photography, a shot featuring the property shouldn’t be that verbose. The right picture with the right angle, the right composition and the right lighting sho…
Americans with Disabilities Act compliance is going beyond the physical equipment around the property and into the digital age. Website accessibility for the disabled has become a hot topic in recent years and the multifamily community needs t…
The accounting, purchasing, and budgeting processes in property management don’t have to be painful.
Managing the complexities of a large or small portfolio of apartments and other lease properties requires a keen eye and efficient proc…
April’s Texas Apartment Association 2018 Education Conference was time to absorb not only some good fare and a slow stroll on the Riverwalk but emerging trends in the apartment industry. And maybe a moment to wishfully think about the ch…
Property managers have probably heard over and over the reasons why residents or applicants don’t want renters insurance. “Renters insurance is too expensive,” “My stuff isn’t worth that much anyway,” and &l…
Multifamily operators need to wake up and quit listening to their own rhetoric when it comes to the ultimate resident experience if the 2020 NMHC/Kingsley Associates Apartment Resident Preferences Report has anything to say about it.
The rece…
It’s hard to believe, but after all these years of understanding and catering to Millennials, Student Housing leaders are now turning to consumers born at the turn of the twenty-first century. Many of those who were born after 2000&mdash…
The backyard retreat is an obvious perk of renting or owning a home that many residents don’t always experience in multifamily. And while the latest in common-area apartment design hopes to capture that garden or courtyard experience, th…
Apartment operators are working occupancy like textbook economics.
Multifamily companies are taking advantage of higher demand created by unusually slow apartment stock deliveries to fill units, and they don’t mind leaving money o…