Leadership in Constant Disruption: Executive Roundtables
I'm on the affordable sideI’m on the affordable side of the industry, and unfortunately the challenge isn’t just lead quality—it’s volume paired with limited supply.
In my experience, we’re being inundated with leads, and because of a lack of available units and a high percentage of...
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What NYC's Broker-Fee Law Can Teach Landlords EverywhereBy Aleksei ApasovIf you own or manage rental property outside New York, it's easy to assume the city's broker-fee law has nothing to do with you. I think that's a mistake.Real estate policies have a habit of spreading. What starts in one major market often becomes a model—or at least a talking point—for lawmakers elsewhere. New York just happened to go first, and that makes it an interesting ...
AI reduces maintenance costs by 25–30% through predictive monitoring in smart buildings. (Source: JLL and PwC, 2025)
The mechanism: IoT-integrated monitoring + AI forecasting catches issues before they become repairs. A failing HVAC unit that would cost $8,000 in an emergency gets serviced for...
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The hidden multiplier is on asset lifespan. Units that are maintained predictively have measurably better long-term capital expenditure profiles... fewer major replacement events, better condition at refinancing, stronger appraisal outcomes.
That's a number that doesn't show up in the monthly maintenance budget but absolutely shows up at disposition.
Anyone tracking this across their portfolio? Curious whether the industry is connecting those two data points yet.
What a neat Father's Day idea! Keep this one in your back pocket for next year!
Curious if anyone else has noticed this…
I think two things that often limit leasing success are:
1. Not having a show-ready apartment that helps prospects visualize themselves living there.
2. Not getting out into the community and foot marketing consistently.
What’s one leasing strategy that’s consistently brought in qualified traffic for your community?
Every broker I know—including myself—is constantly chasing the next lead source. Whether it's a new CRM, another advertising platform, or the latest AI tool promising to fill our pipeline overnight, we're always looking for the next competitive edge.Meanwhile, the most valuable asset most brokerage owners already have is sitting right in front of them—and many aren't using it.I'm talking about your email list.I speak with brokerage owners a ...
Mine: screen tenants like your financial future depends on it (it does). I believe it so much that we’ve built an entire company around it lol.
What else would you add?
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Whoops.... That was never my plan. That's the plan for most large organizations.
This is great. Some coworking places have micro spaces, almost like a phone booth, and at first glance, it seems unbelievably confining. But as I was reading this, I wonder if it would be an incredible way to block out the world, allowing someone t
Jennifer Carter, Kimberly Hurd, Cory Leschel, and Latrice Leake facilitated a fishbowl session at Apartmentalize 2026 called "Walking in Someone Else's Brain," and from where I was sitting, it was one of the more honest conversations I saw all week.The fishbowl format put a small group of speakers at the center of the room, sharing their experiences with neurodivergence while everyone else listened. No panel podium, no PowerPoint, no s ...
This is potentially a very big first step for Marrriott into multifamily.
Not only does this open up unique opportunities for an entrance of hospitality into multifamily, but this could also provide a unique case study for the reverse, as well.
Multifamily often takes cues from hospitality, and those connections may suddenly get a lot more tangible.
Marriott to open first branded apartment rental property in Cleveland | Hotel Dive
W Cleveland is slated to offer roughly 200 hotel rooms alongside 227 branded apartment units available for rent, with tenants having access to the hotel’s…
This recent
Entrepreneur.com
article argues that in times of economic uncertainty, potential customers are not simply searching for the lowest price, they are looking for someone they can trust to deliver meaningful results.
Multifamily owners are facing rising operating costs, increasing...
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Quick tip for folks in peak leasing season.
If you're reviewing pay stubs manually, check the net pay amounts.
Real paychecks are almost never round numbers after taxes and deductions. If someone's net comes out to exactly $3,000.00 every single pay period, look closer. It's super easy to spot.
When HUD issued its recent Fair Housing Enforcement Memorandum regarding animal-related accommodation requests, many in the housing industry interpreted it as a green light to stop accommodating Emotional Support Animals (ESAs).That would be a mistake.The memo undoubtedly represents a significant shift in how HUD intends to enforce complaints involving assistance animals. Going forward, HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity wil ...
LoopNet released its 2026 list of the top U.S. cities for multifamily and office investment, with each ranked based on different criteria. For multifamily, the rankings focus on cap rates, property tax rates, inventory depth, and lifestyle factors. For office, they look at income-to-price ratios, inventory, job trends, and building quality. A few cities land in the top 10 of both rankings, which points to broad-based local demand. Others rank hig ...
3x the monthly rent is the standard rule of thumb, but I've seen PMs use everything from 2x to 4x depending on the market and the property.
Curious what you're using, and how you're verifying that income independently (if at all)
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How would you respond to this tenant?
Mind you the only issues this tenant has had is noise complaints…. All work orders have been handled since I have been at the property.
I was going to include in my response that I do want them to be happy however if we cannot meet their “standards” they can terminate their lease with termination fees applied along with a six day notice as stated on their lease or transfer to an upstair apartment with no transfer fee.
If it’s truely that terrible then they should jump at the chance to move. If they don’t want to move and want the decrease in rent I would communicate that doesn’t solve the problem and it sounds like this unit isn’t meeting their needs so let us know how you would like to move forward.
That way you are stressing the seriousness of the situation but also they can decide the solution that makes sense.
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I would start by scheduling a visit to both apartments with another office team member present. Have one person remain in the downstairs apartment while the other goes upstairs. Test how sound travels by walking normally throughout the apartment, then intentionally walking heavier, moving a chair, dropping a small object, and even jogging or jumping briefly. This gives you a baseline for how much sound naturally transfers between the homes and whether the building itself may be contributing to the complaint.
If the testing reveals that normal movement creates significant noise, that may simply be the reality of the building’s construction rather than a lease violation. If the noise during testing is minimal, then the burden shifts to the resident to help... Show more
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