Just in time for my Webinar discussing the hottest topic in the industry today, Raising Rents, my friends at Vaultware shot over these charts to support my program. You don't have to own the apartmen

Before you think this article does not pertain to you, allow me to clarify that I am not writing about internal office dating. We will reserve that article for later! Today I am asking the question, h

There are a few certainties in the world: people will disappoint you, others will amaze you and whatever you think about tomorrow is probably not going to happen. The reason? Change. And the rate of c

Our front line team members are typically looking for a little fun and excitment at work. A great sales person loves to look forward to the unexpected and break out of a normal routine. My experience

While traveling this week I overheard a conversation where two people were discussing their disappointment that someone got promoted over one of the ladies in the conversation. They were clearly unhap

Gone are the days of sitting in a classroom for 8 hours expecting a return on investment of time. Managers and business professionals do not have the time for multi day event based training. Selling i

Can you imagine the ability to take lease renewals off your long list of things to do? That is my challenge for the apartment industry. My personal recession recovery plan and if we all jump on board

There has been a healthy and timely discussion on www.multifamilyinsiders.com this week. It started with a comment I made at a seminar I presented in Columbus, Oh and spilled over into a blog on this

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The recession is bad news for just about every sector of business, and property leasing is no exception. But before you rush to slash your marketing budget as a cost-saving move, consider that good ma