Business Specialties
Web Feature: Implementing Creative Ideas at Your Community
Property managers find new ways to facilitate interaction among residents.
Get Ready for ‘Fair Value’
A new method of reporting commercial real estate asks ‘what can you sell the property for?’
Maximize Efficiencies for Student Housing Turns
It’s nearly that time of year—when student housing owners and operators are preparing for the busiest season and the dreaded turnover. While conventional apartments have the luxury of spacing out turnovers throughout the year, student housing turns occur in a span of about two weeks.
Two New Affordable Housing Projects Open in L.A. County
Palo Verde Terrace in Palmdale and The Gardens on Garfield in Glendale, two affordable housing projects
The Next Generation CMBS Loan
Who would have thought during the depths of the financial crisis that CMBS financing would be returning to the market by early 2010, if at all? But that is indeed happening.
Labor Pains
Passage of the card check bill is unlikely, but employee classification is picking up steam
An Early Start for GSE Reform
Multifamily trade groups mobilize to keep apartment lending on track
Fundamental Growth
Unlike most markets, Washington, D.C.’s current conditions favor the apartment owner looking to sell
Pushing Paperless Rent Payment
Residents are slow to adopt, but new options continue to be rolled out as education efforts are stepped up




