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Apartment Website Features That Work

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

Building more housing on larger residential lots could be California’s next ‘gold rush.’ Who knew? Homes on big lots, corner lots and cul-de-sacs are...

Housing costs make up the largest expense for most Americans. Investors looking to reduce living costs, build equity, and generate rental income have become fascinated...

New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Adolfo Carrion Jr. has announced a new program that encourages New Yorkers to build...

It takes a small army of professionals—everyone from on-site handymen to licensed professional tradespeople and engineers—to maintain multifamily buildings, both...

Renters Are in Revolt. This Tenant Union Plans to...

The U.S. has largely recovered from the pandemic, but its housing crisis endures. Americans are getting evicted from their homes at record rates. Landlords have filed more than 1 million evictions in the last year, according to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University, which tracks evictions in 10 states and 34 cities. In some cities, evictions jumped nearly 80% between 2021 and 2022. Meanwhile, the average U.S. rent has increased 18% over the past five years, according to Pew. Millions of Americans worried they’d never be in a financial position to buy a home; now, they’re faced with the startling reality that they may not be able to rent one either. This crisis has... Read more

Gen Z and millennial renters across the nation appreciate the importance of community and the role that their living situation has on their well-being, according to a...

Though more agencies, tools, and software are available to help fix vacancy problems today than two decades ago (remember newspaper listings?!), multifamily marketing is...

Multifamily real estate investments offer significant potential for stable cash flow and long-term financial growth. However, the success of such investments heavily...

Investors purchasing apartment complexes have used the same formula for renovation for years. They put in new countertops and flooring, painted the property’s...