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According to a multifamily survey conducted by PetScreening and J. Turner Research of nearly 23,000 apartment residents, more than half of respondents support the idea that irresponsible pet owners should be charged more in pet-related fees.
Many renters have pets and consider them indispensable members of their families. There are now more pets in the U.S. than children, according to the American Pet Products Association. In fact, 67% of U.S. households own a pet, and Americans spent approximately $99 billion on pets last year.
Demetri Themelis, Co-Founder, Knock; Todd Katler, CEO, Anyone Home; and C.J. Edmonds, Chief Revenue Officer, Smart Rent; discussed what data to consider and the tour-conversion relationship during a session at National Multifamily Housing Council’s OpTech Conference in National Harbor, Md.
SightPlan Inc. is gearing up to grow in downtown Orlando. Orlando city commissioners on Nov. 8 approved a High-Value, High-Wage Funding Agreement with the Orlando-based apartment management software firm. SightPlan will get up to $66,500 for creating 19 high-wage jobs by 2025.
Anyone Home, the industry-leading provider of technology that helps rental-housing operators engage and connect with residents and prospects, today announced a national partnership with Chicago-based Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) as its portfolio-wide CRM solution.
LIVEbe, a premier apartment developer and operator, today announced the start of leasing at The Remy Phase II, a contemporary apartment community in the Harkins District of Prince George’s County. The community joins the award-winning original phase of The Remy, which began leasing in 2017.
Apartment operators say fake pay stubs, “synthetic” IDs and other falsified documents have become all too common in the leasing process. While fraud has always existed in the apartment world, industry professionals agree that it has never before elevated to its current levels.
For decades, pet processes were something of an afterthought within the policies governing rental housing communities. They weren’t regarded as much of a competitive differentiator, so they were often relegated to the auxiliary portion of the rental agreement.