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4 Innovative Ways To Create a Community Residents Love

By Grace Hill / February 20, 2024 / Comments Off on 4 Innovative Ways To Create a Community Residents Love

Creating a community residents love is crucial to the ongoing success and profitability of rental housing. Every property manager wants satisfied residents, which involves more than just collecting rent.  Many renters today are looking for a property that can offer a comfortable and healthy environment, along with modern amenities. As competition tightens, multifamily property managers… Read More »

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Enhancing the Employee and Tenant Experience Through Surveys

By Andrew J. Nelson / February 12, 2024 / Comments Off on Enhancing the Employee and Tenant Experience Through Surveys

Nearly four years after the brief but severe COVID-19 recession in the spring of 2020, the U.S. jobs market remains exceptionally strong. The balance of power is firmly tilted toward workers — with little sign of a recession that might swing the power pendulum back to employers. With the national unemployment rate hovering near 50-year… Read More »

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Stay Interviews Can Help Companies Raise Employee Attitudes and Retention Rates

By Grace Hill / February 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Stay Interviews Can Help Companies Raise Employee Attitudes and Retention Rates

HR departments find that “stay interviews” – those conducted with current employees to gauge the gratification they see in their positions – can be the perfect antidote to exit interviews. Given the surge in job-hopping, particularly post-pandemic, companies say that stay interviews are helping to reduce turnover while increasing production and satisfaction among workers. As… Read More »

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Employee Credentials Becoming More Valuable to Property Management Companies

By Grace Hill / January 22, 2024 / 0 Comments

In a recent L.E.K. survey, 86% of property management execs rated employee credentials “very important.”

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Leveraging AI in Commercial and Multifamily Real Estate

By Andrew J. Nelson / December 11, 2023 / Comments Off on Leveraging AI in Commercial and Multifamily Real Estate

A new generation of technology is coming to property management. Building engineers have increasingly implemented smart building technology to improve energy efficiency and sustainability. Now, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) stands to greatly enhance those efforts — and extend the technology to other aspects of property operations. The timing is opportune. As we summarized… Read More »

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Have Your Employees Had Enough? The Top 5 Signs Of Change Burnout And How To Overcome Them

By Grace Hill / December 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Have Your Employees Had Enough? The Top 5 Signs Of Change Burnout And How To Overcome Them

Change is inevitable, especially in the fast-paced world of multifamily real estate. However, as companies eagerly embrace transformative initiatives, a significant challenge emerges — change burnout. With constant shifts in market dynamics, technology, and customer expectations, this phenomenon is a growing concern in the industry, and it can have profound consequences on the performance and well-being of… Read More »

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Raising Employee Engagement To Maximize Employee Retention

By Andrew J. Nelson / November 7, 2023 / Comments Off on Raising Employee Engagement To Maximize Employee Retention

In “Increasing Tenant Satisfaction – and ROI – Through Superior Service Delivery”, I explained that “the key to keeping buildings leased is to make sure tenants are happy.” The reason is intuitive and now has been proven quantitatively: Satisfied tenants are more likely to renew their leases. They are also more likely to recommend the… Read More »

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The Power of Competitive Mystery Shops in Multifamily

By Grace Hill / October 23, 2023 / Comments Off on The Power of Competitive Mystery Shops in Multifamily

Proven and effective, competitive mystery shops help you surpass the competition, boost your bottom line, and increase resident satisfaction. In the fiercely competitive world of multifamily apartment management, staying ahead of the curve is essential, hinging not only on providing well-maintained properties and exceptional amenities but also on understanding and surpassing the expectations of potential… Read More »

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Orientation vs. Onboarding: Do You Know the Difference?

By Grace Hill / October 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Orientation vs. Onboarding: Do You Know the Difference?

Both are needed to successfully integrate new employees and retain top talent!   Orientation and onboarding: Both are familiar terms, yet they are two words often mistakenly used interchangeably. While they may seem similar at first glance, they serve distinct purposes and play crucial roles in retaining organizational talent. And everyone in the organization (not… Read More »

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Prevention, Awareness, and Consistency

By Grace Hill / October 9, 2023 / Comments Off on Prevention, Awareness, and Consistency

Kris Vaughn’s Journey With Breast Cancer October is here, and my mind is filled with the memories of my recent journey with breast cancer. It has been exactly one year since I received the news that no one wants to hear. I can still remember that day, faced with the realization that my life was… Read More »

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the Customer Experience in Multifamily

By Grace Hill / September 26, 2023 / Comments Off on The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the Customer Experience in Multifamily

The entire world is buzzing about Artificial Intelligence (AI), and no industry more so than multifamily. When we talk about AI, we often include machine learning (ML) as well. ML is a collection of computer algorithms designed to initially perform a task and then become increasingly better at that task as it is repeated. Meaning… Read More »

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Eliminating Multifamily Discrimination: Tips for Inclusive Living

By Grace Hill / September 19, 2023 / 0 Comments

Excluding children or pregnant women from a property or from any area other residents are allowed to use within the property could be discrimination.

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