Month: March 2022

Maintenance Success Despite Labor Shortages

The property management industry is seeing unprecedented levels of labor shortages of maintenance personnel during a time when the need for maintenance services has never been higher.  How does an organization provide a high level of service when there are so few maintenance personnel available? The answer is innovation and adaption; ubiquitous mobile technology and…
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Technology is Now Doing the Heavy Lifting in Leasing

Onsite associates have a full plate when it comes to their day-to-day duties, and nearly every associate has experienced the tedious, time-consuming tasks involved with the leasing process. But with a rapid influx of modern tech tools available for onsite associates, the leasing of today is more streamlined than ever before.  Tech integrations are taking…
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Commercial Weekly: Florida’s Hot Rental Market Leads to Highest Share of Cost-burdened Renters

Apartment asking rents are rising at a double-digit pace in 35% of 390 metro areas, according to NAR’s analysis of asking rent data in those areas.

Distribution of Housing Wealth Across Income Groups from 2010–2020

High-income homeowners accounted for 71% of increase in value of owner-occupied housing from 2010 through 2020.

Get the MAX out of your EMS!

  Thinking about Installing a Boiler Control System?  I know, I know… you are thinking that spring is coming and why do I need a heat controller now anyway? Whether you call it a heat controller, boiler controller or energy management system, there is never a bad time to install one in your building. You…
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Hiring the right person

We go through a very strict hiring practice, but still having issues.  People start and then no show on day 3.  We run a personality test to see if they are a good fit for each position.  Then run a background on each individual.  We greet them with warm hello’s on day 1.   We have…
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Orchestrate your Offense

He’s ten and sometimes I think he just isn’t listening. Then I see him prepping for his seed game, creating a playbook for his team and I see two things: Slow and steady wins the race (my advice to myself when I’m attempting to avoid a knee jerk reaction vs a well executed response). He’s…
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