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MFI: 4 Ways Landlords Can Reduce Utility Costs Without Sacrificing Comfort
Water isn’t just outstripping other household costs—it’s beating the regular market by a wide margin.
How to Spot a Fake Renter—And How to Use Them to Your Advantage
Tips to deal with “potential renters” who actually have no intention of renting.
MFI: Forget Your Rep, Worry About Mine!
Here’s a hard truth; residents could care less about the jobs that we do. Residents have no clue what a day in the life of a multifamily professional entails. I should know – I used to be one of them. As a resident, I thought management teams had the easiest jobs in the world. Planning parties, answering the phone, maybe showing an apartment here and there, how hard could that be? You can only imagine how quickly and dramatically that theory was eviscerated the day I began working onsite. Management teams are a special breed. At its core, teams do…
75 Percent of All New Apartments in 2015 Were High-End
RENTCafe examines national luxury housing development trends.
Airbnb: 3 Pros and 4 Cons for Multifamily
As a property manager, should you allow residents to participate in Airbnb or use the service yourself for vacant units?
MFI: Epidemic in Third Party Management
Executives within management firms who are not coaching their management teams on financial metrics are doing a disservice to the career development of their associates; promoting a gap between owners and management teams; reducing owner confidence in management team capabilities; and losing a competitive advantage over rivaling third party managers.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: Employees Not Getting Along? 3 Tips from Guns N’ Roses
What do you do when multifamily employees are letting their personal issues interfere with their work? Well, you look to Guns N’ Roses. Obviously.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: What About Gen X?
Why is this large market ignored in apartment marketing?
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: A Dog as an Amenity?
Some communities are offering a “house dog” as unofficial mascots and as an amenity for residents. Would you consider this amenity?
