White House Spotlights Local Barriers to Affordable Housing Development
Apartment Industry Advocates,Last month the Obama Administration weighed in on one of the seminal issues impacting local communities and one with which our industry finds itself struggling again –...
View Article“My RPM Story” – Shelby Goins
Before beginning my career in residential property management (RPM), I worked in retail while completing my degree. Working in retail gave me experience and a strong appreciation for customer service...
View ArticleA Kit Culture
If we were to compare the amount of work that a maintenance technician today is required to do at an apartment community, and compare that to 5 years ago; what would the comparison look like?The most...
View ArticleApartment Market Pulse: Rents, Values and Occupanices - All Up
Rent growth occurred across most markets during the third quarter, averaging 4.7 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to Yardi Matrix. Growth continues to slow, as evidenced by a lone city...
View ArticleThe "Self-Cleaning" Kitchen?
My favorite season is here: Holiday Cooking Season!Many residents will begin to ponder recipes that go along with their various family gatherings and functions. This is a fantastic time of year to...
View ArticleApartment Market Pulse: Construction Costs Are Killing Us
It’s conference season! And I did my part by attending three of them within a span of 10 days. At each one, I heard this same sentiment from apartment industry developers, owners and operators, large...
View ArticlePost-Election Outlook Remains Mixed for the Apartment Industry
Apartment Industry Advocates,Add my name to the long list of individuals who did not take the candidacy of Donald Trump seriously and publically doubted whether could win a Presidential general...
View Article“My RPM Story” – Carrie Riley
Military spouses move. And move. And move again. Sometimes you get lucky and stay somewhere for a few years — but usually you don’t. (We sometimes moved before even a year had gone by.) But one comfort...
View ArticleUnpacking the Meaning of a Trump Administration for Apartment Housing
Uncertainty dominated the commentary written by key real estate analysts trying to forecast how the apartment industry and economy overall will be affected by the election of Donald Trump as the next...
View Article“My RPM Story” – Caity Russell
I started my college career in the business administration program at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, but I soon switched to property management on the advice of a mentor. I hoped to work in the...
View ArticleGreat Advocacy Means Carrying the Message
Apartment Industry Advocates,Mark your calendars and make your travel arrangements for the 2017 NAA Capitol Conference and Lobby Day which will take place March 7 and 8 in Washington, D.C. The Capitol...
View Article“My RPM Story” – Alyssa Martin
I joined the RPM industry in May 2012 after having a wonderful resident experience in my student-housing community at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. I was double majoring in international...
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