6 Easy Ways to Reduce Repair and Maintenance Costs
It’s so easy to take appliances for granted. Sometimes it seems like they just keep running and running. Until they stop. Any appliance repair expert will tell you that simple maintenance can add years...
View ArticleU.S. Homeownership Hits 17-Year Low
by Bryan Ives - Homeownership in the U.S. fell to a 17-year low in the first quarter while an increase of Americans opted to rent following the housing collapse. According to the Commerce Department,...
View Article8 Ideas for Making More Move-In Day Magic!
by Heather Blume - I think it should be a requirement for people who work in the multifamily industry to rent an apartment, at communities they don’t directly work at, for at least 5 years, moving at...
View ArticleHaving The Courage Of Your Convictions As A Property Manager
by Marc Courtenay in Business We just finished celebrating Memorial Day. It’s helpful for me to remember that’s the day when Americans honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military....
View ArticleDo You Appreciate Your Tenants?
by Mary Girsch-Bock - As property managers, we’re all aware of the multitude of issues that frequently arise with unreliable tenants. Late rental payments, disturbing the peace, illegal activity, and a...
View ArticleIntroducing the Community Director
By Marisa Peacock- The past few years have been good for community managers. Community managers have been able to transform themselves into company listeners, social enablers and company customer...
View ArticleOne World Trade Center tops out
News: One World Trade Center in New York has become the world’s third-tallest building after topping out at a height of 541 metres. A 124-metre steel spire was installed last Friday, pushing the...
View ArticleSummer Preparations For Property Managers
by Jennifer St. James - Isn’t summer everyone’s favorite time of year? As the song tells us, it’s when the living is easy, and many people are out enjoying the long days, the warm weather and...
View ArticleTwo Rules of Community Engagement – The Secrets of an Evangelist
By Thomas Robbins - Formation of communities is one of the many ways that distinguish humans as social creatures. Communities generate and preserve a common set of value systems that are important to...
View ArticleHow Retirees Pay Zero Taxes
by William Baldwin - Don’t let this out to anyone on the Senate Finance Committee, but rich old people who set up their portfolios a certain way get away with murder on their tax returns. No, the...
View Article‘What Renters Want’ : The Oldest Real Estate Trick in the Book
by Jessica Fiur - My husband and I were recently looking at apartments in New Jersey. We looked at two apartments in a community, and they were nice. Really nice. But I still wasn’t ready to make a...
View ArticleMaintenance Requests
By Philip Shea - This month, MHN once again teamed up with research and consulting services firm Kingsley Associates to discern the best protocols for handling maintenance requests. When an essential...
View ArticleAPARTMENT MARKET STATISTICS: June 2013
Click Here for June 2013 Apartment Market Statistics Bank lending increased across the board for multifamily properties, income-producing commercial real estate, and owner-occupied commercial real...
View ArticleCity to Build 100 Green Homes in North Minneapolis
By Gabriel Circiog - Mayor R.T. Rybak and the city of Minneapolis are spearheading a project dubbed the Green Homes North Initiative. The plan, scheduled to start this summer, calls for the...
View ArticleWays You Can Make Move-in Day a Pleasant Experience for Your Renters
By Madoline Hatter - For many landlords, the renter is the one who puts food on the table and keeps the lights on in the house. But without someone to rent your property, it sits there not making a...
View Article4 Things Property Managers Can Learn from Arrested Development
by Jessica Fiur - The big news is that Arrested Development is coming back on Netflix! [Pause for an awesome music interlude.] This show, which first aired in 2003-2006 for three seasons, is back...
View Article6 Ways to Appeal to Helicopter Parents
byJessica Fiur - It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s that handsome guy playing Superman in Man of Steel! (Just got whiplash on that one.) Nope, it’s a helicopter…parent. Loads of them, actually. And...
View ArticleSunbelt Denizens Creating Rental Units
by Jack Kern - Sun and fun, how can you possibly get that wrong? Of all the places you can go to get away from it all, two are now bringing it with them. Both perennial favorites of the rental...
View ArticleNew York Parks Now Have Free Solar-Powered Charging Stations
By Veronica Grecu - Imagine you’re taking a walk in the city and your cellphone starts ringing. It’s your mom/boss/partner/landlord and you know you absolutely must take this call but that evil...
View ArticleLiberty Property Trust Obtains LEED Certification for Property in Jacksonville
By Georgiana Mihaila - Liberty Property Trust announced that its 7259 Salisbury Road building has earned LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) under the New Construction...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....