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In the first half of 2026, Snappt evaluated over 700,000 rental lease applicants, more submissions than ever before, and found 3.8%, or roughly 1 in every 26, containing fraud. “This is our largest data set in company history. We’re spanning over 2.5 million units now on the platform, so fairly sizable coverage. What this report is showing is that fraud is still very much happening in multifamily,” says Kyle Nelson, chief business officer at applicant trust platform Snappt. “Overall, we are seeing new entrants in terms of fraudulent activity, new types of fraud, as well as new areas where fraud is happening.” Among the major metros in Snappt’s midyear report, fraud rates... Read more
Apartment owners can use cost segregation to identify qualifying components with shorter tax lives than the building. This 2026 guide now explains multifamily asset...
Renting in New York City is full of surprises, and some of the greatest surprises are hidden in New York City’s Housing Maintenance Code (“the Code”)....
When lightning struck the apartment building at 655 New York Ave. in Brooklyn, it started a blaze that ripped through more than 100 apartments. More than 200...
Tamiaka Bryant has rebuilt her life from scratch before. She doesn’t want to have to do it again. Originally from North Carolina, Bryant saw her hometown of New Bern...
Property managers make judgment calls every day. Most can be handled through established policies, training, and good documentation. But fair housing has a way of turning an ordinary operational question into something much more complicated. A resident asks for an unusual accommodation. A new HUD announcement appears to change a familiar practice. Corporate guidance conflicts with something staff heard at a conference. A complaint is threatened, and suddenly everyone has a different opinion about what should happen next. The goal is not for property managers to become fair housing lawyers. It is to know when a decision has moved beyond routine operations and into territory where legal... Read more
Oregon multifamily owners who have considered converting their apartment communities to smoke-free housing under the new law may want to start planning now. Beginning...
If there is one fair housing topic that has generated a disproportionate amount of litigation, complaints, training questions, and frustration over the past decade, it...
Tenants push for tougher rules against unfair add-on charges. Industry players argue against policies that they say could limit the ‘effective use of fees.’ Across...
The tenant screening market is competitive with numerous tenant screeners (aka consumer reporting agencies or CRAs) battling for business from property managers and...
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