Guest Blog
Utilizing Apps to Improve Amenity Reservations
Operators must constantly evaluate how they can use emerging technologies to bolster their operations and improve the resident experience. With a carefully designed app, operators can make sure their residents are fully enjoying amenities and onsite events.
Dress Codes Remain Important in the Apartment Industry
You might be wondering if having a dress code for the onsite leasing teams is really important. One property manager explains why the answer is, resoundingly, “yes.”
The Tide Is Turning on Accepting Felons
Because of Fair Housing concerns of disparate impact, there have been real-time changes to company screening criteria. Is the industry becoming more comfortable with accepting these renters?
We Were Right All Along: It’s the Sense of Community That Drives Renewal
According to research, residents care about their connection to their neighbors. What might be surprising, however, is that multifamily professionals seem to underestimate related parts of the equation.
Student Housing Inclusion
With the influx of change in student housing accommodations, is there opportunity for real estate development in gender-inclusive housing?
Educate Maintenance Staff About Reasonable Modification Requests
Because residents might make these requests before contacting anyone in leasing or management, it is crucial for your maintenance team to be trained in how to correctly respond.
The Best Apartment Marketing Tips for Millennials…From a Millennial
One marketer goes right to the source to find out what this generation actually wants in an apartment, as opposed to what people tell them they want.
Gen Z: What to Know About Post-Millennial Renters
There are some vital differences between Millennials and Gen Z that every investor and property manager needs to know about.
Don’t Let a Dead Roach Join Your Leasing Team
Imagine if you were a prospective resident and you walked into a beautiful apartment, only to find a roach on the kitchen counter. Would you remember the apartment, or would you remember the roach?
Do You Use Protection? (With Your Property)
Renting a property the smart way also means getting a customized insurance package that can cover any potential liabilities and losses caused by bad renters—from damages to the property to legal costs associated with eviction. Here are some things you need to know about this type of protection.