Category: News

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.

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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Single-Family Home Prices Rose in 67% of 183 Metro Areas in 2021 Q4

Nationally, the existing single-family median home price rose 14.6% year-over-year to $361,700, with 67% of the markets showing double-digit home price appreciation.

Housing Affordability Conditions Fade in December

At the national level, housing affordability fell in December 2021 compared to the previous month according to NAR’s Housing Affordability Index. Compared to the prior month, the monthly mortgage payment increased by 0.5% while the median family income rose modestly by 0.3%.

Commercial Weekly: Apartment Demand is Normalizing but Rents Likely to Keep Rising in 2022

Apartment demand is still outpacing supply across all classes of apartments and with demand likely to rise, rental prices are also likely to rise.

Galentine’s, Valentine’s, or Puppy Love?

When looking at the household composition of home buyers today, 60% of all home buyers are married couples, 19% are single women, and 9% are unmarried couples.

Three reasons you should consider adding a wellness program to your community.

We understand how demanding it is to be a regional or property manager. Not only do you have to ensure you have the right people to serve the never-ending resident requests, but you also have to be constantly innovating and finding new ways to get an edge over the comps, drive retention, and increase revenues. …
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Keep A Leasing Call Positive

Keeping a leasing call positive is the foundation for the first impression.  As the leasing inquiry begins with a question.  Its 50/50 will the answer be yes or no? We don’t have any three bedroom apartments. We don’t supply washing machines and dryers in our apartment homes. We don’t have any one bedrooms available.. We…
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