Millennials are dominating the rental market and using their size and influence to dictate digital and social trends. At more than 80 million strong, the generation is changing the multifamily housing industry from the nation’s largest p…
Just about every night, Tom Fischer can be found on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, or Bourbonblog.com swirling a glass of bourbon, whiskey, or another distilled spirit. He takes a sip and notes the color and taste as one might imagine. But Fische…
Hours upon hours and days upon days can be spent planning and executing student housing lease-ups. Vendor schedules must be coordinated, leases approved, apartments assigned and roommates matched. Property management technology can assist but …
Mixed-use properties are drawing considerable interest by investors in the multifamily and commercial spaces. Walkable communities and transit oriented development are creating new opportunities for not only developers but renters and business…
Within the Prop Tech space, it’s easy to be confused by the myriad of system and service offerings. While there are hundreds of startup companies providing various services and solutions, institutional owners want and need a unified tech…
While it may sound dull, utility data is pretty exhilarating. The amount of data on a property’s bill is a road map to operational efficiency. It can uncover costly energy and water waste that can be reduced or eliminated, resulting in s…
The question of “what’s the rent?” in multifamily has gotten more complex over the years. Establishing rent on distinctly different apartments is one thing and finding the sweet spot on comparative units is another.
Today, m…
Virtual Leasing is here to stay, and it most certainly will grow in importance. COVID-19 made it a necessity for the multifamily industry. Months of use by property management companies proved its power.
At the same time, it is new territory …
Due diligence inspections are a must if you are acquiring or have just acquired an affordable property or a conventional property with affordable units. For owners and managers, reducing the risk of non-compliance and mitigating the liabilitie…
RealPage Vice President of Learning Solutions Katie McCaslin recently has been circulating a shocking factoid: 70% of what employees learn in training is forgotten within just 24 hours. That’s like throwing away $42 billion of the $60 bi…