In today’s review-centric world, an internet search for a business usually yields some sort of quick rating or score as a guide. Three stars. Four stars. Five stars.
Ratings can give the user a fast assessment of a business, event or pr…
Affordable housing, while providing an invaluable service across the country, can prove challenging when tasked with the uniqueness of offering quality residences with limited resources. Keeping up with payroll, maintenance, inefficient utilit…
COVID-19 will pass. But some of the repercussions won’t. And perhaps the biggest will turn out to be the increased time people will spend at home rather than an office, as Americans have proven that traditionally office-based businesses …
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of those terms used so liberally that you’re never sure whether you’re being snowed by marketers. But in the context of RealPage’s new AI-based resident screening solution, the payoff is so…
A big challenge facing facilities maintenance teams at multifamily properties every day is reducing exposure to COVID-19 in the process of apartment cleaning, including not just the units themselves but also leasing offices, common areas and o…
By: Jay Parsons, Andrew Bowen and David Polewchak
In 2020, apartment operators and asset managers largely focused on playing defense amidst a period of tremendous uncertainty. In some spots, defense remains the strategy for 2021.
But leading…
By: Jay Parsons, Andrew Bowen and David Polewchak
Some prognosticators are beginning to push out rosy outlooks for America’s hardest-hit real estate markets: high-density urban areas, primarily in Coastal gateway cities. We’d love…
By: Jay Parsons, Nikki Jorski, David Polewchak and Andrew Bowen
In 2020, apartment resident retention was … well … easy, at least outside of harder-hit urban markets. Retention rates soared to record highs nationally as resident…
By: Jay Parsons, Greg Willett and Nikki Jorski
Anyone scanning a news feed over the last six months has probably heard about a looming crisis of historic proportions – a tidal wave of evictions facing tens of millions of renters.
The o…
By: Jay Parsons, Tracy Saffos, David Polewchak and Krista Hurley
For decades, property managers built leasing offices designed to be the heartbeat of the apartment community. Developers built amazing, inviting spaces to welcome prospects and …