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Hurricane Season

Prepping Your Residents

Hurricane season is upon us, and it will linger until the end of November. Fortunately for the continental US, the storms seem to have forgotten their curtain call! It’s unlikely that their delay will last forever, though. Use this downtime to make sure that your residents are prepared for nature’s fury. Make hurricane preparedness fun! […]

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Better Protection

Requiring Renters Insurance

Think your landlord insurance is enough? Think again. Recent studies examined renters insurance practices at property management companies throughout the Unites States. Those reports suggest that 45 percent of property managers do not offer insurance to their tenants. Only 25 percent of property managers require their renters to purchase insurance at every property in their […]

Technology

Samsung Unpacked

Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy Edge S6 Plus

Samsung decided it was wise to move the Unpacked event up earlier than usual. In previous years, the unveiling of new devices took place a week before Apple’s fall iPhone launch. So last week, New York City hosted the Galaxy Note 5 launch extravaganza a few weeks sooner than previous years, introducing a pair of […]

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MCEnergy Acquistion

Yardi purchases NY-based firm

Energy management software from Yardi® promotes efficiency and savings following the company’s acquisition of energy services provider MCEnergy Inc. Energy management services from MCEnergy include contract negotiations with leading electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and green energy suppliers to provide reliable energy at competitive prices. Turnkey submetering solutions and energy and environmental tracking software give […]

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Luxury Student Housing

Upward Trend or Doomed Fad?

Student housing has grown into a $5 billion industry. Colleges and universities rely on private builders for housing, on and off campus. These private builders are best able to equip units with features that appeal to the new generation of student renters while keeping the institutions’ costs low. Yet with the rise of student debt […]

Technology

Renewable Future

Race to Carbon Neutrality

The United Nations predicts that by spring 2024 the world’s population will reach 8 billion. Meeting the energy needs of the world’s ever-growing population is a hot-button issue, especially in the context of finite carbon-based energy sources and the looming danger of irreversible climate change. While going carbon-neutral can seem like an unachievable goal in […]

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Military Bases, Reimagined

Base Conversions Offer High Yields

Upcoming military base closures will provide a wealth of opportunities for developers. Beginning in the early 1990s, more than 8,000 military installations in Western Europe and North America shut their doors, according to NATO Review. In the US, 97 facilities were shuttered, resulting in land sales upwards of 100,000 acres and thousands of buildings. With […]

Technology

Masonry Goes Modern

Robotic Brick Layer

There is one thing the Egyptian Pyramids, Rome’s Colosseum, India’s Taj Mahal, and the Great Wall of China have in common: masonry. All these astonishing architectural achievements, scattered all over the globe, share the same building technique chosen for its beauty, versatility, and durability. The level of complexity varies from simple masonry to ornate exteriors […]

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Preserving Affordable Housing

With community land trusts

The toll of gentrification on local property owners has been well documented in recent years. What has escaped the headlines, however, are alternatives to gentrification that permit the natural ebb and flow of neighborhoods without affecting their longstanding members. Community land trusts are regaining popularity as a way to keep affordable housing in some of […]

Technology

OnePlus 2

Improved and In Demand

Remember last year’s $300 smartphone? If you liked it, soon is your chance to upgrade to the next generation of good, cheap smartphones built by the Chinese manufacturer OnePlus. Following OnePlus One – the little Android that could –  OnePlus 2 has already requested by over 2.6 million people, even though the device has just […]

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Silver Tsunami

Housing America’s seniors

America is in the midst of an unprecedented growth of the senior population. By 2030 there will be approximately 132 million individuals over the age of 50, the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) predicts. At the same time, one in five Americans will be 65 and over, with the 65-74 age […]

Marketing

The Prospect Experience

Engaging interested renters

Recently, our RentCafe client services team held a webinar focused on “The Prospect Experience.” The intent was to dive deep into creating the perfect interaction with a potential renter. Strategies for quickly grabbing their attention, capturing contact information, and gently urging continued engagement were all part of the outline. To recap or if you weren’t […]

People

Fishy Business

True Stories from CRE

If you work in the real estate business, chances are that at some point, someone has tried to tell you that your job is “all kinds of boring.” But most times, they sure are wrong. Not long ago we read a blog post published by one of our clients, Phoenix-based Gary Shaw of Arcadia Management […]

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Smoke-Free PHA

In Philadelphia

Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) is the most recent addition to the growing list of public housing organizations to ban smoking. Dozens of public housing authorities throughout the US, as well as private companies, have initiated smoking bans for residential units, common spaces, and offices. The policies are prompted by financial and health concerns. A report […]

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Village Green

Versatility Reigns

2015 has already been a terrific year for Village Green. First, the company received the CEL Award for first place in Resident Satisfaction for the fifth consecutive year. Then the recent announcement of National Apartment Association Units Magazine Curb Appeal Awards brought additional good tidings. The Yardi client walked away with three awards for its […]
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