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More than 26 million people have filed for unemployment in the five weeks since cities and state began to order non-essential businesses to close. Millions of apartment renters across the U.S. have lost jobs and income in the economic crisis caused by the spread of the novel coronavirus.…
Apartment teams could tell prospects about their community or show them still photos of it, but very infrequently took additional steps toward data visualization. While that transformation started last decade, visualization tools will become a must for prospects—and for multifamily organizations—in the 2020s.
Apartment operators have pricing structures for conventional homes down to a fine-tuned science. For the student-housing sector, well … not so much. Most revenue management software was built for the conventional sector, meaning student-housing operators often utilize a system not tailored to their needs.
Many apartment owners and operators may be leery of offering self-guided tours, but the data indicates prospects want and use them. Properties that don't give prospects the option to self-tour risk alienating them and may find it difficult to convert leads into new residents.
For the multifamily industry’s evolution to continue, one thing needs to change. It has to be easier to integrate individual technologies. When owners and operators can’t easily assemble a group of solutions that are able to seamlessly communicate with each other, it stunts the growth of our industry.
PetScreening announced it has partnered with First Communities Management to implement its platform at more than 53,000 apartment homes spanning over 200 communities. By partnering with PetScreening, First Communities is streamlining its pet processes and freeing its onsite teams from the burden of service and assistance animal verification.
By Dennis Cogbill In the battle to sign new residents and get current ones to renew their leases, properties strive to have the best common-area amenities, the most appealing in-unit finishes, the best customer service and the most attractive move-in offers in their competitive set. But when it…