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Los Angeles landlord Michael Renkow already had a sinking feeling when one of the new tenants at his Hollywood apartment building, “Igor,” was two hours late to pick up the keys. In September 2025, Igor had applied for two separate apartments, both running $5,300 per month, and had been approved. His bank statements, proof of employment and ID had cleared. Two days later, after his bank alerted Renkow that the cashier’s checks used to pay first and last month’s rent were fraudulent, the feeling crystallized. Renkow raced back to his property, hoping to intercept the new tenants before they moved in. He found the front door of one unit pinned from the inside and, in the other, a... Read more
It’s safe to say that AI is no longer just a futuristic concept or a fleeting tech bubble. Beyond all the hype and debate, artificial intelligence has gone from a...
I’ve been around long enough to watch entire technology cycles play out. From the early days of automated rent setting, through the BI revolution, through...
AI is not a replacement for a property management platform, but it can help with administrative functions. Beware of its potential bias, legal issues and...
The multifamily property management industry has long operated on a simple formula: more units means more people. For every few hundred apartments, you need leasing...
For nearly all renters, Wi-Fi, that four-letter word, has evolved from a nice-to-have perk into a necessity. “Wi-Fi is now treated like the ‘fourth utility,’” says Taylor Jones, co-founder, president and chief technology officer of Elauwit Connection. The other three vital services, of course, are electricity, water and gas. “It is as essential as hot running water,” adds Sandy Jack, vice president of strategic relations, multifamily, at Vingcard and Nomadix, two brands that fall under parent company ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. Jack views Wi-Fi as such for good reason. “Without it, people cannot work, learn, apply for jobs or fully participate in daily life.” A strong,... Read more
Not long ago, the apartment search looked like this: open Google, type “apartments near me,” scroll through a handful of listings, and schedule a tour. That funnel...
When most people think of maintenance, they probably think about wrenches, drills and screwdrivers, not cutting-edge digital technologies. But when it comes to...
When apartment websites fail to convert, the issue usually is not the community itself. More often, the site simply does not answer questions fast enough to keep a...
Artificial intelligence is quietly changing one of the most familiar parts of real estate marketing: the listing photo. Tools that once focused on basic editing now...
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