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‘What Renters Want’ with Jessica Fiur: The Super Bowl and Preventing Subleases

The Super Bowl might bring a rush of illegal subleases to nearby apartment communities. How would you prevent your residents from doing this?

Millennials are ‘Renter Generation,’ Study Reports

When the Great Recession struck in 2008, the Millennial Generation was among the hardest hit. Caught in a plummeting economy characterized by enormous job cuts and limited new hiring, these underpaid and unemployed new-to-the-workforce folks didn’t have the economic wherewithal to move out on their own as previous generations did.

Boyd Management Inc. Adopts Yardi SaaS Select Platform and Adds Online Procurement and Payment Processing

Yardi announced today that Boyd Management Inc. (BMI), an affordable housing management firm based in South Carolina, has begun the process of upgrading its software and database hosting service to Yardi SaaS Select.

Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. Acquires Hotel Monaco Chicago;

Inland American Lodging Group Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc., recently announced the acquisition of three luxury boutique hotels from Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco collection. The three hotels, acquired for a purchase price of $189 million include the Hotel Monaco Chicago, Hotel Monaco Denver and the Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City.

Ocius Adds Maintenance Requests and Live Balances to Next Generation Mobile App for Apartment Residents

Ocius, a provider of resident billing and utility invoice processing services for apartment managers, announced the immediate availability of the next generation of its award-winning resident mobile app, My Resident Network.

Vitus Group Acquires San Diego Affordable Housing Community

The Vitus Group announced that it has acquired Meadowbrook Apartments in San Diego and has plans to perform a $17 million renovation on the affordable housing community.

MHN Interview: Taking on Texas

Cortland Partners, an Atlanta-based multifamily acquisition and development firm, announced that it is opening a Dallas office. MHN talks to Nick Wilhelmson, director of investments in Texas, about why Cortland is pursuing the Texas market.

Mack-Cali, Roseland Open RiverTrace at Port Imperial

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation and Roseland recently celebrated the opening of RiverTrace at Port Imperial rental community.

Clarion Acquires Student Housing Near University of Arizona

Clarion Partners has announced the acquisition of the 183-unit student housing community, Retreat at Tucson, which serves the student population of the nearby University of Arizona.

‘What Renters Want’ with Jessica Fiur: What to Do When Residents Complain About Crying Babies

What should you do if one of your residents has a noise complaint about a baby crying all night?