Top 5 Ways Nanotechnology May Change Apartment Living
Nanotechnology is going to fundamentally change the way we live. Nanotechnology is the science of working with atoms and molecules to build devices or...
Americans Are Ready for the Smart Home
Coldwell Banker and CNET recently released the results of their smart home survey that examined consumer trends relating to the adoption of smart home technology. Here is...
Home Automation for Vacation Rentals
There has been a consolidation within the vacation rental space. Last year, Expedia announced the acquisition of HomeAway for $3.9B. Why? Because the vacation...
The Challenges of Home Automation for Apartments
Historically, providing home automation to the apartment industry has been challenging. For example, a property manager needs to be able to control multiple devices...
How to Tell if a Rental is Legitimate
With the proliferation of free and paid rental sites, more and more rental scams are hitting the market. If you are a renter, how...
Parcel Delivery Growth 9% YoY – Causing Challenges for Apartments
Mary Meeker from Kleiner Perkins just released her annual Internet Trends Report for 2017. It is full of tons of internet tidbits and data...
Renter Sentiment is Up
According to a poll released by Freddie Mac last month, renters are feeling good about where they live and overall, feel pretty good about...
Metro Rents Declining Across Most of the US
Rent growth is defined as the percentage of change in rents from one market to the next. If you rent, you probably know at...
6 Tips to Turn Your Rental Home into A Productive Home...
With many businesses offering flex work to their team members who have “work from anywhere” responsibilities, the home office space has replaced the traditional...
Median Gross Rent in The United States
The American Community Survey put together a median gross rent survey. Our friends at GraphicIQ collected this data and made it easily digestible with the...
How to Collect Rent On Time – 5 Tips
Like with any business, cash is king. If your vendors and customers are not paying you on time or at all, your business will...
The Future and Promise of AI
Frank Chen, of a16z, has put together a fantastic presentation on the future of AI and how it will make everything cheaper. Similar to...
Technology & Real Estate – 4 Things…
What role does new technology play in real estate? Well, given that just in the brokerage and management space, the market generated over $200...
Millennials Coming Off the Sidelines – Becoming Homebuyers?
A lot has been made of the data that speaks to how Millennials prefer to rent, which has helped fuel the rental market as...
US Rent Growth Slowest Since 2011
Although national average rent was up slightly for the month of April, up 2% YoY, it was the smallest growth seen since April 2011,...
Can You Record A Conversation with Your Tenant? Comfort Animals and...
In this week's transcribed podcast, attorney Dennis Block and Co-Host Zachary Lawrence of Parkside Property Management, discuss the law involving Landlord Tenant issues.
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Financing Investment Properties – 5 Things to Know
Financing for investment properties is quite a bit different than when comparing loan options, rates and guidelines to that of purchasing your own home....
Landlords Beware – The 5 Biggest Cyber Threats
For those who are self managing their own rental properties, the thought of a cyber attack may rarely cross their mind. After all, there...
Should Real Estate Investors Use AirBnB?
As a real estate investor you may be asking yourself the question, “Should my investment property be utilized as a long term rental, or...
Smart Homes and Integrations Within the Rental Industry
There is a lot of dialogue about what type of impact the smart home/Internet of Things (IoT) movement may have on the rental housing...