Operations & Technology

Determining Rental Leniency in the Wake of a Foreclosure Boom

Over the past few years, many property management companies relaxed their screening standards. Their thinking was that thousands of long-time renters were victims of the last decade’s home mortgage mania.

Riverstone Residential Hosts Parade of Apartment Homes to Help Kids

Dedham, Mass.–Riverstone Residential Group recently hosted a multi-regional “Parade of Apartment Home,” with 65 communities participating to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

Managing the Rising Costs of Water

By the year 2013, 36 states are expected to face a water shortage, and the rate at which costs are expected to rise will require new solutions to resource management.

Create Value by Improving Customer Satisfaction

As the industry ramps up for the next development boom, existing communities need to focus on staying competitive.

Q&A with CollinsWoerman’s Arlan Collins

CollinsWoerman Principal Arlan Collins talks to MHN about Sustainable Living Innovations, an innovative approach to off-site multifamily construction.

USC Students’ Facebook Comments Lead to L.A.’s Greenest Student Housing

Los Angeles–Symphony Development took green to the next level with West 27th Place, a premier student housing community in USC, after listening to what students want.

Economic Conditions Push Management toward ‘the Cloud’

Cloud computing is ideally suited to property management, where many companies are highly decentralized.

FetchFans Implements Live Apartment Chat

Atlanta–Fetch Plus, provider of Fan Pages on Facebook, has licensed apartment chat from Contact At Once!, provider of apartment chat software that moves online lookers into live conversations with rental properties.

Eighty Million Strong: Echo Boomers Transform Multifamily Expectations

This new generation of renter poses challenges to old assumptions as well as burgeoning opportunities for multifamily housing’s future.

New Laticrete Adhesive Simplifies Glass and Mosaic Tile Installation

Approved for glass tile on floors or walls, both interior and exterior, this one-step adhesive mortar does not require additives of any kind.