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If a prospective resident, investor, owner, or customer asked AI about your company or apartment community today, would you be confident in the answer they receive? Because that answer may influence a leasing decision, a vendor evaluation, an investment opportunity, or stop the conversation before your team ever has the chance to tell your story. For years, people started their research with Google, review sites, social media, industry publications, and peer recommendations. Today, a new first advisor has joined the process: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲, 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶, 𝗼𝗿... Read more
The rise in tenant application fraud is one of the strongest reasons property owners should consider professional property management. As fraud becomes more...
Renting an apartment is a strange transaction. It is the biggest bill most renter households pay each month. Yet the deal itself gets struck in a hurry: a couple of...
Chicago may top Orkin’s 2026 Bed Bug Cities List, but multifamily operators shouldn’t view bed bugs as a problem confined to a handful of markets. The rankings span...
Multifamily insurance costs have jumped so sharply since 2019 that they are eroding net operating income, weakening valuations, and threatening the long‑term...
The worst of the multifamily insurance shock may be easing, but apartment owners are not yet seeing the payoff in higher net operating income. That is the central message in Trepp’s latest review of annual financial statements for multifamily properties backing securitized commercial mortgages. The data show a meaningful slowdown in expense growth during 2025, led by a sharp deceleration in property insurance costs. But revenue growth cooled at the same time, utilities became more expensive and median NOI growth fell to 1.8% from 3.4% a year earlier. For commercial real estate investors, the distinction matters. Lower cost growth is welcome, particularly after several... Read more
What kind of resident feedback is really useful today? It’s a question every property owner and property management company should be asking. In today’s competitive...
Although rent growth has accelerated, the share of listings offering an incentive remains elevated The typical U.S. asking rent rose to $1,965 in June, up...
Midway through 2026, the multifamily industry appears to be holding steady. By many accounts, fundamentals are weathering uncertainties across the economy, job markets...
Passing on rising property insurance costs in multifamily is getting harder, and the burden is shifting from renters to owners as new supply, rent concessions and...
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