Operations & Technology
Renters’ Choice: Spreading the Love
You put a lot into your communities, and you hope your residents appreciate it. Turns out, they do!
Senior Living Rehab Aces LIHTC Green Requirements
The road to LEED Gold certification is not without challenges.
From Gen Z to Baby Boomers: Study Up on the Next Crop of Renters
It’s wise to get ahead of the curve now.
212 Green Apartments Open Just Minutes from NYC
This is the first large-scale rental building to open in Hoboken in years.
Guest Blog: Serendipity in a Career and Learning from Breaking Bad
The real estate business is a broad and deep universe. People contribute and make careers and make fortunes and make a difference in so many different ways.
What Renters Want with Jessica Fiur: The 8 Types of Residents You’ll See at a Community Event
Recognize any of these residents? (In handy GIF form!)
What if Your Home Had Superpowers?
Think 200 square feet is too small to live in? Think again.
Appealing to Tech-Savvy Renters
By Jeffrey Steele, Contributing Editor These days, it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t have a mobile device seemingly glued to his or her fingers. Having leapfrogged fixed Internet usage, mobile usage will surely continue gobbling share from all other forms of access. Little wonder that mobile advertising spending is projected to more than double between 2015 and 2019, as reported in a study this year by eMarketer. The multifamily industry is responding and, in the process, growing increasingly conversant with terms and concepts like geofencing, snackable content, social sign-ins, mobile responsiveness and stopping the thumb. The opportunities for marketers of apartment communities…
How To Attract Student Renters in a Competitive Market
By Andie Lowenstein, Associate Editor Student housing is going through what could be considered the most interesting facelift ever. Millennials’ use of technology and preference for an abundance of amenities combined with increased enrollment in higher education is changing the way student housing is produced. It’s also pushing the increase of private sector development of student housing. Jeffrey Resetco, vice president of real estate development and construction at EdR, discussed new projects in the works and what’s to come for the future of student housing. What does EdR have in the development pipeline? We have a fourth stage of our…
Apartment Rents Continue Upward Climb Amidst Affordability Concerns
The U.S. rental market is on fire.