Do you look up to your leaders as role models or just as supervisors?  4% of you voted "True" and the other 96% voted "False" for our 50th Training Trivia about leaders as role models! So let's see what Grace Hill has to say. Here was the 50th Training Trivia (powered by Grace Hill):

'Leaders should act as supervisors, not role models. '

• True
• False

Congrats to everybody who got the correct answer! If you didn't, here's a little help from Grace Hill:

"A strong leader not only supervises, but is a role model for subordinates."

Last but not least, the winner of the 50th Training Trivia:

Tara Furiani

Congrats to Tara for winning the Training Trivia! Thanks to Grace Hill, Tara Furiani has won a $10 gift card to either Walmart, Best Buy, or Target OR an MFI T-Shirt! For everybody else, remember that you have to be registered and logged into the site to be eligible to win!

We just made a big change here at Multifamily Insiders with our file structure.  Although everything seems to be going great so far, there might be a few hiccups!  So to help with the process, we would appreciate it if you could let us know if you notice anything out of the ordinary with the site!

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Multifamily Insiders

Multifamily’s most influential and knowledgeable executives share their insights and outlooks for the marketplace at our upcoming first annual RealShare APARTMENTS EAST conference.

Topics include:

• The future from Fannie and Freddie

• Industry Leaders: A View from the Top

• The Closers: How Brokers are Getting Deals Done in Today’s Environment

• Development Update: What's the Latest Product to Hit the Market?

• Capital Update: The State of Agency Lending

And more!

Each year we are asked to spice up the marketing plan with some new ideas. In 2012 that task is no problem! We have you covered. Kick off the new year with this exciting session presented by Kate Good who will show you new opportunities to generate traffic. In addition, we will explore new things you can do with your existing traffic sources to capitalize on this marketing investment. Allow yourself to take a break from your day and soak up some motivation, exciting opportunities and fun ideas.

Join Apartment All Star Kate Good and Multifamily Insiders on January 25th at 2pm ET (11am PT) to learn great ideas for your 2012 marketing plans!

I'm sure we all second guess ourselves before making a move to ensure we're in compliance with fair housing laws. So where do drug users fit into fair housing? 75% of you voted "True" and the other 25% voted "False" for our 49th Training Trivia about a drug-fueled resident! So let's see what Grace Hill evicting someone with an addiction. Here was the 49th Training Trivia (powered by Grace Hill):

'If a current resident is struggling with drug addiction and their continued drug-fueled antics are causing issues for neighbors, it is okay to proceed with an eviction.'

• True
• False 

Congrats to everybody who got the correct answer! If you didn't, here's a little help from Grace Hill:

"Only a recovering addict who is not still using drugs is protected under fair housing laws."

Last but not least, the winner of the 49th Training Trivia:

Jolene Sopalski

Congrats to Jolene for winning the Training Trivia! Thanks to Grace Hill, Jolene Sopalski has won a $10 gift card to either Walmart, Best Buy, or Target OR an MFI T-Shirt! For everybody else, remember that you have to be registered and logged into the site to be eligible to win!

Most of our surveys are geared towards property management professionals, and they can get access to those results by taking the time to fill out the survey.  But suppliers often want the results but can't fill out the survey because you are not the target of the survey.  So if this fits your situation, you can still receive the results for free by helping us gather more data points!  In other words, if you email the survey to your clients (property management professionals), you will be helping create more accurate results and we would be happy to share the final conclusions with you.

If you would like to participate, please contact Insider Brent for instructions!

We realized recently that not everybody has a full event idea to share with enough details to make an entire party, but many people do have fantastic individual game and activity ideas!  So now, instead of having to share a full event, you can share fun games and activities that have already worked well with your residents, or maybe something you just dreamed up!

Share An Activity or Game Idea

We are giving away a $25 gift card for the best activity or game,
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