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Transform Your Business with a 360° View of the Rental Market
Looking for the most up-to-date research? View the most recent Property Management Industry Report here. What do prospective tenants look for in a rental—and how can you keep your current renters in place? What can you do to...
Amanda Maher
| 5 min. read
Transform small apartments with robotic furniture from MIT’s Media Lab
Anyone who has lived in a small apartment has probably experienced moments of frustration. There’s not enough storage. There’s no room to host friends and family. The furniture from your last apartment doesn’t fit into your new living...
Stephen Fishman
| 10 min. read
What’s the tax impact of disasters for rental property owners?
Large portions of the country have recently been devastated by hurricanes, floods, and fires. No rental property owner is immune from such disasters. Fortunately, when disasters occur, the IRS is prepared to help by extending tax deadlines. Property...
Sarah Pallatroni
| 1 min. read
This week in property management news: October 30, 2017
How property management best practices are evolving; tips for growing your real estate portfolio; protecting your rentals from break-ins; the current state of the property management industry; and how to easily engage your tenants this Halloween. Tips for...
Amanda Maher
| 6 min. read
7 ways for property managers to engage residents this Halloween
There are few things scarier for property managers than unhappy residents! Nowadays, with so many new apartment communities coming online, property managers are expected to pull out all of the stops to keep residents satisfied. One of the...
Jason Van Steenwyk
| 5 min. read
Property managers: Use caution when using credit checks to screen employees
Criminal background checks and credit reports have become routine for rental applicants: About 43 percent of all landlords check rental applicants’ credit, and 48 percent of landlords consider credit information to be one of the top three factors...
Sarah Pallatroni
| 1 min. read
This week in property management news: October 23, 2017
Younger generations prefer to communicate with businesses digitally; how Amazon’s HQ2 is expected to affect rents; Zillow introduces a new dashboard for property managers; why single-family investors are turning to multifamily; and the top concerns for today’s apartment...
Amanda Maher
| 5 min. read
Multifamily trend: Renters starting to choose suburbs over city centers
People are moving back to the city in droves—or at least that’s what we’ve been told for the last several years. Cities have been seen as a haven for the young and well-educated—particularly cities that are loaded with...

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