Month: April 2021

Industry Trends Report | Week of April 26

smart home is one of the future directions for multifamily

This week’s top storylines in multifamily: trends in post-pandemic rental housing, consumer demand for environmentally conscious designs, the nuances of assistance animals in rental housing revealed, smart rent goes public in $2.2 billion merger, developers struggling with lumber prices and an increase in demand for multifamily professionals.

Industry Trends Report | Week of April 19

Short term rentals in multifamily here to stay

The most important multifamily headlines of the week: short-term rentals are here to stay, how to attract and convert prospects with your property website, the power of ‘and’ for multifamily operators, developers are struggling to build garden-style communities, keeping expenses in check in an uncertain market and making a statement on DE&I.

The Power of “And”

Self-Guided Tours and In-Person Tours

By this I mean operators too often think of implementing solutions as an either/or scenario: should we offer guided tours or self-guided tours? Should we have prospects interact with chatbots or leasing agents over the phone? The answer in these situations is almost always “both.”