Digested from “Resident and Staff Education on Having a Safe Grilling Season”Property Management Insiders (6/30/15) Blackwell, TimGrills offer the opportunity for cooking up great summer fare, but they can also be a major fire hazard at apart...

NAA recently released a statement concerning Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies Report: “The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015”.Says Doug Culkin, CAE, President and CEO of NAA, “Renter household growth reached a 20...

One of the best ways to strengthen the apartment industry’s voice on Capitol Hill is through educating and building relationships with members of Congress. And one of the easiest ways to do that is by having them tour one of your members’ apart...

Digested from “Energy Efficient Apartments Can Improve Real Estate Investment Return”Axiometrics (7/22/15) Sorter, DaveThe concept of lowering energy costs with more efficient products for water and electricity consumption is nothing new....

Digested from “Feds Gave Low-Income Housing to Millionaires”The Washington Free Beacon (7/27/15) Harrington, ElizabethMore than 25,000 of approximately 1.1 million families receiving public housing assistance exceeded 2014 eligible income lim...

Digested from “Parking ROI: Creative Parking Solutions”Yardi (7/31/15) Rascón, EricaParking can take up valuable real estate in an apartment community that could otherwise be used to create additional apartment homes or retail opportuni...

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING: The Essential Industry Text has been developed as a definitive reference and interactive guide aimed at expanding the knowledge of multifamily professionals. It serves as a complement to “on-the-job” experience for invest...

Digested from “Why Millennials love their pets more than their jobs”Human Resources (8/28/15) Dewan, AkankashaOnly 13 percent of millennials say that their jobs make them happy, but 65 percent state that their jobs are a critical componen...

How much money is really trapped in your energy and expenses? What new ideas are out there creating additional revenue in multifamily today?Register now for MAXIMIZE: 2015 Multifamily Asset Management Conference—October 12-14 at the Omni Amel...

Digested from “Proof home ownership costs more than renting”Business Insider (9/1/15) Franks, ErikRenters are expected to surpass homebuyers by 2030, in part because of the flexibility but also because of the cost. In most major metro ar...

Digested from “Hurricane Katrina leaves lasting legacy on Houston apartment industry”Houston Business Journal (9/1/15) Takahashi, PaulHouston’s occupancy rates shot from 85.4 percent to 90.6 percent in one month in 2005 as 150,000 Hur...

Digested from “As renting rises, many forgoing insurance”The Chicago Tribune (9/8/15) Bigda, CarolynRenters are having difficulty affording rising rents, which makes renter’s insurance seem like more of a luxury than a necessity. Data fro...