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.
Irresponsible Pet Owner Behavior is Unpopular Among All Residents
Pets: Love, Marketing and Lifetime Value
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.
Digging Through Apartment Self-Touring Data
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.
Multifamily software firm SightPlan lands city incentives for expansion
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.
Equity Residential Expands Partnership with Anyone Home
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 Announces Start of Preleasing at The Remy Phase II
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.
How to Combat the Apartment Industry’s Uptick in Fraud
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.
New Data Driven Report Recommendations for Successful Pet Processes
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.
Birchstone Residential Hires Keith Hughes
Birchstone Residential today announced the addition of Keith Hughes as vice president of construction. The hiring of Hughes is emblematic of Birchstone’s continued growth as it assumes management responsibilities of apartment communities in the Sunbelt and the Southeast.
LMC Announces Opening of Camber Apartments
LMC, a leader in apartment development and management, today announced the opening of Camber, a brand new apartment community in the burgeoning Denver Gateway Center, ideally situated between Downtown Denver and Denver International Airport.