Property Management News

A reliable website is the first and most important step to attracting residents. Apartment website features can make or break a business. Digitalization is a given these days and everyone expects to find everything they need online. The same goes when it comes to finding an apartment—the search starts online. As such, the best apartment website features function as a two-way street, providing a user-friendly and informative experience for those who search for properties and the property managers and operators behind the residential communities. These features should be well-crafted tools, enabling the users to find, evaluate and contact rental properties, and potentially become residents.... Read more

The latest amenity for homeowners is another, smaller home. These add-ons are known as accessory dwelling units. They can be free-standing miniature homes as small as a studio apartment and tucked away in a backyard. They can reside above a garage or in a basement and extend to more than 2,000 square feet. ADUs are growing in popularity as states encourage their construction through zoning changes and homeowners seek ways to lower their housing costs by renting out these units. The typical cost to construct one is around $100,000, according to building-permit data company Builty. “It’s gone from a small niche in the market to really a much more impactful part of new housing,”... Read more