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K. David Meit

How Multifamily Operators Can Keep Mold From Becoming a Major Liability

Prompt action and clear protocols can protect residents and reduce property risk.

The real estate agent closes the deal with the client and they sign the contract.

6 Overlooked Questions for Your Investment Advisor

In these uncertain times, there’s a lot to consider.

Building permit and pens

Why Permitting Time Has Doubled Since 2000

The cry for more housing is getting louder, but the public process is slowing down.

Knox-Hills military housing community. Woman walking with young boy who's riding a bicycle.

Why Housing Is Infrastructure

Roads, water, power and broadband are prerequisites for successful communities—and so is workforce housing.

Serene row of tidy residential mobile homes with pitched roofs, trim lawns, and quaint porches, nestled among mature trees in a peaceful mobile home park.

Manufactured Housing’s Fundamentals Are Built to Last

Natural affordability is just one of its appealing features.

It’s Time to Give Natural Construction Materials Their Due

Are new energy codes and building performance standards discouraging their use?

Multifamily construction site

When ‘Non-Recourse’ Construction Financing Means ‘Recourse’

Borrower beware of these three provisions.

What Zillow’s ‘Playbook’ Reveals About Listings

The mix of elements that’s most likely to snag renters.

The ’90s Summer Effect in Multifamily

Why residents are craving the past and more connection.