Operations & Technology
Buttoning Up: Products for an Energy-Efficient Building
No matter what eco-friendly products you offer in your building, it doesn’t truly matter if heat is escaping through improperly sealed windows and doors, or if the building is not insulated well.
Bathroom Wish List
MHN finds out what features apartment residents value most.
Multifamily Outlook for 2012: The Bar Has Been Raised
Among real estate property types, multifamily continues to be the belle of the ball. The outlook is bright, especially when weighed against the other major property types–office, industrial and retail.
Students Given Opportunity to Pay Rent Through Facebook
Campus Apartments now allows residents to pay rent on its online account portal SmartClick via Facebook Connect.
Hunt Companies Selects Grace Hill Inc. as Provider of Learning Management System
Grace Hill Inc., a provider of online education and learning management systems for the multifamily housing industry, announced that Hunt Companies Inc. has selected the company as its provider of online education courseware for their military housing property management associates.
Survey Points to Larger Numbers of Renters by Choice
Only 59.5 percent of renters said that they ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ would renew their apartment leases, according to a new survey by Kingsley Associates. The figure represents a new three-year low.
Send in the Cloud: A Look at Cloud Computing and Multifamily
Multifamily adopts the mantra ‘services not servers.’
A Breath of Relief in the Mid-Atlantic
Industry experts don’t expect the 2012 election to slow the pace of recovery for the top-performing Washington, D.C. metro; in Philadelphia, diverse economics continue to shine favorably on the market.
Compact Satis Toilet Also Has Small Environmental Footprint
The new Satis dual-flush toilet from INAX is big when it comes to water conservation and versatility, but not when it comes to size. The Good Design Gold Award winning toilet is a tankless unit that is small enough to fit in an apartment’s half-bath, but powerful and attractive enough to serve in the master suite.
Who is Your Demographic?
With the renter pool covering a wider audience, is it possible to appeal to everyone?