Operations & Technology
University of Texas Study Uncovers Significant Projected Gap between Actual Water Costs and Subsidies Provided to Low-Income Housing Residents
NWP Services Corporation (NWP), in collaboration with the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, recently released the results of an MBA-student study exploring a wide range of water management, cost and conservation issues.
Best Practices for Getting an Apartment Leased
In a recent webinar called “Tips to Soar this Leasing Season,” Amy Kosnikowski Dilisio, principal, Quintessential Marketing and Training, provided tips for leasing agents to best convert prospects into renters.
MHN TV: Implementing Revenue Management
Multifamily owners and operators are discovering the many benefits of revenue management. If your company is thinking about implementing, follow these tips before getting started.
RealPage Acquires Rent Mine Online
RealPage, Inc., a provider of on demand software and software-enabled services to the rental housing industry, recently announced that it has acquired RentMineOnline Inc., a software-as-a-service provider of social network marketing solutions for the multifamily rental housing industry (www.rentmineonline.com).
RENTCafe Promotes Online Leasing
Consumers are accustomed to managing their needs online. Market demand for online leasing is strong, the available technology is solid, and widespread industry adoption of online leasing is expected. RENTCafé™, an apartment search website with thousands of high-quality rental listings across the U.S., allows property managers to streamline the application process with online leasing. With an appealing design and easy-to-use features, RENTCafé helps market communities, attract new residents, and process and approve rental applications–even when the leasing office is closed. The online application process allows interested prospects to apply to rent an apartment viewed online or in person. RENTCafé delivers…
NWP Services Corporation Opens Ann Arbor Office
he Ann Arbor office will support NWP’s new SmartSource service
ReferBoost Launches ReferLink
ReferBoost, a Chicago-based software company that helps property managers improve their online reputation, recently announced a service called ReferLink, which allows property managers to update email lists and use multiple dashboards to run campaigns.
Yardi PAYScan Mobile 2.0 Available at App Store and Play Store
Yardi announced today that Yardi PAYscan Mobile™ 2.0 is available at Apple’s iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store. This tablet-specific version of Yardi PAYscan Mobile, designed for companies that use Yardi PAYscan™, updates an application released in August 2011. Yardi PAYscan Mobile 2.0 is fully enhanced to utilize the expanded screen space on iPad and Android tablets to show more detail and easily view scanned invoices. It also provides new reporting capabilities to search vendors, purchase orders and invoices, as well as report historical spending by vendor. “Along with leveraging the larger screen real estate, PAYscan Mobile 2.0 utilizes the power…
The Rainmaker Group Grows Software Teams
The Rainmaker Group, a provider of revenue management and profit optimization solutions to the multifamily housing and gaming/hospitality industries, announced the addition of five new team members hired to help further enhance the company’s multifamily revenue management platform, LRO™.
When Choosing a Deck, Pick One to Last
The resort-style pool and sun deck is really the shining star of the rental amenity space. It is also the most expensive to construct and maintain. There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to deck materials, but the sheer volume of traffic an apartment deck sees makes composite construction a necessity.