Property Maintenance Project Management Guide

Lobbies can be luxurious and grand with high ceilings, elaborate moldings, marble flooring, and elegant furnishings that reflect another era, when vintage apartment buildings were built with sprawling entryways. Nowadays, even though they’re smaller, lobbies can be coolly...

In the first two posts in this series, we covered the costs of building a self-service laundry room and six questions to ask that help determine if the effort is worth your while when accounting for maintenance expenses,...

The truth is, tenants can’t be blamed for everything. Sometimes cracks that appear on the ceilings and walls are from normal wear and tear. And in most cases, this means repairing it will take a little more elbow...

You’ve probably heard the old adage: “Measure twice, cut once.” Well, my dad—being my dad—insisted on putting his own spin on things. He used to quip, “I don’t get it. I cut it twice and it’s still too...

The best partnerships between property managers and building owners leave little to chance, yet provide flexibility when the unforeseen occurs. A horrendous fire roars through a building, flood waters cascade in through the foundation, and roofs collapse due...

With so many disasters in recent years—often with little warning and in unexpected locales, make protecting your building and tenants a top priority. Not only is it critical to keep the four walls, roof, and basement secure from...

This winter, record snowfall in the Northeast in cities like Boston have caused one snow emergency after another. Never-before-seen crises have included shutdowns of public transportation system for days at a time and major pile-ups on slick area...

Everybody likes a freebie, or something extra.  Condominium and apartment amenities are hardly new. International Village in Bloomington, Minnesota, opened in 1968 with perks that could rival those now used to woo buyers and renters — pools, hot...