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2018’s Best Smart Home Devices

User-friendly, easy to set up and compatible with various hardware: These are some of the qualities to expect from the year’s top offerings.

How to Integrate Instagram Stories Into Your Social Media Program

Eight tips on how to make your Instagram Stories stand out to prospective residents and get current ones more involved in the community.

Real Estate Takes on Drone Technology

With potential applications in marketing, site management and logisitics, drones are slowly but steadily gaining ground in the real estate industry.

Economy Watch: SF, NY Remain Nation’s Priciest Rental Markets

Apartment rents continually rose over the course of 2017, but changes among specific markets varied greatly, according to a recent ABODO report.

Cole Schoolland, account executive at Yardi Energy

IoT for Efficiency: Yardi Energy’s Cole Schoolland Sheds Light on Energy Management Strategies

Energy data can tell a big story, and two measurements taken 11 years apart speak volumes.

Why Emergency Planning Needs to Be Part of Your Business

Whether it be flooding, fires, earthquakes or hurricanes, the past year has been challenging for multifamily operators, who must protect residents while preventing destruction of their communities. The first step is having an efficient and updated plan. It may be time to review yours.

2018 Senior Living Interior Design Trends

The new year will bring about a much more heavier focus on building scalable tech capabilities, while the rise in availability and variety sustain the creation of lavishly designed environments.

JV Invests $1B in Student Housing Portfolio

The 24 assets, purchased by Scion Student Communities, span 20 university markets and total 13,666 beds. Twenty-two of the properties were acquired from Harrison Street Real Estate Capital.

Retention Through Maintenance Relationships

Today’s renters want more than a skilled technician who replaces the faucet quickly—they want a skilled technician with a friendly smile. Below are some ways multifamily operators can prepare maintenance staff to build meaningful partnerships with residents.

Top 10 Posts from 2017

Miss out on any MHN articles? Catch up with our most popular posts of the year.