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 UNITS’ Apartment Trends for 2010 

  

 What's In and What's Out for the Apartment Industry

IN

OUT

Smartphone apps

Folded paper maps

Transparency

Anonymity

Online reputations

Ignoring online comments

Print ads

Print ads

The Jobless Recovery

The Great Recession

WTF (Wow, That's Fun) Marketing

Same ol' same ol' marketing plan

LEDs

CFLs

Capitalism

Capital expenditures

R410A

R22

Cash for gold

Shiny, brass hardware

3-D floor plans

2-d floor plans

Lifestyle photography

Building photography

Vacancy rates

Occupancy rates

New acquisitions

New construction

Receivership rush

Condo conversion

Twitter chats and Webinars

Conference calls

"Frugalista"

"Luxury"

Dual-flush .8gpf/1.6gpf toilets

1.6gpf toilets

Gadgets for your gadgets

Gadgets

Bing

Bling

Carpet sealants and stain guard

Replacing flooring on every turn

D.C.

L.A.

Touch-ups

Total repaints

Cash

Leverage

Customer appreciation

Community appreciation

Your first apartment

Your parents' basement

Tracking cost-per-lead

Costly leads

Resident concierges

Resident complaints

Renegotiating

Status quo

Mobile Web sites

Landlines

75% LTV, 130 DCR

80% LTV, 115 DCR

Building your company brand

Branding each community

Newsletter blogs and e-mail

Newsletters under the door

Creating a YouTube channel

360-degree virtual tours

Marketing your location

Marketing your amenities

Online, real-time rental rates

Hard-copy pricing sheets

Combining Marketing and IT strategy

Separate Marketing and IT departments

Stained concrete floors

Stained company apparel

Roof parties

Empty party rooms

Pretend and Extend

Truth and Consequences

Boot Camp and Zumba

Pilates and Yoga

Interactive, touch-screen sales centers

Wall-mounted floorplans

Web analytics

How many visits did we get?

Four-day workweeks

One per 100 staffing

Requiring renters insurance

Recommending renters insurance

Green by force

Green by choice

Bed bugs

Mice

Generation i

Generation Y

Financial planning seminars (with pizza)

Pizza nights

Visual, interactive search options

Grey text search results

Texting short code signage

"Now leasing" signage

Automated rent payments

"Sorry, I'm late"

Based on contributions from members, supplier partners and NAA staff. Questions or comments? Please e-mail NAA's Paul Bergeron at paul@naahq.org.

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