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Clear communication around apartment fees is no longer just a customer-service issue. In a flat rent-growth environment, multifamily owners who explain charges, demonstrate value and give renters meaningful choices may be better positioned to protect occupancy, retention and ancillary revenue while reducing regulatory risk. Rising property taxes, insurance premiums, utility bills and maintenance expenses are squeezing multifamily net operating income. For many owners and operators, the practical response is some combination of higher rents and charges for amenities or services. But the way those fees are presented can matter as much as the fee itself. A new report from proptech... Read more
I lost everything in 2008. Fifty million dollars, gone. When I talk to people starting out now, the thing I push hardest is not a strategy that makes the most money. It...
Fires at multifamily properties are more common than people realize. The U.S. Fire Administration estimates that fire departments respond to an average of 106,700...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Buffalo, Chicago, and Houston recorded the largest growth in out-of-town rental searches on Zillow, followed by New Orleans and Dallas. August rents rose...
Renting a starter home remains less expensive than buying in all 50 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, continuing to support rental housing demand despite three...
The problem nobody’s actually solving Here’s the strange thing about 2026: staffing pressure has eased almost everywhere except the one place it hurts most. Leasing consultants are easier to hire than they were two years ago. Maintenance techs? Still the hardest role on the org chart to fill, because you’re not competing with the property down the street, you’re competing with construction, hospitality, and every trade employer in the market. The numbers back up what your on-site teams already feel. Roughly four in ten maintenance positions turn over in a single year, and industry research keeps finding the same link: communities with unstable staff also struggle to... Read more
The U.S. apartment market is slowly shifting back toward landlords’ favor as the wave of pandemic-era construction starts to fill up. Apartment concession use...
The multifamily market has spent the better part of two years absorbing the largest wave of new supply since the 1980s, and the numbers have finally caught up with the...
The property advertised itself as pet-friendly, so the couple with a dog moved in. Upon arriving, the couple discovered that pet-related fees were a bit higher than...
The affordability challenge at move-in is becoming a direct operating issue for multifamily owners. As lawmakers target security deposits and rental fees, property...
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