Outsourcing

  • NMHC, Kroll Partner on Tech Standards

    In a move to shore up program resources and turbo-charge standards development, the National Multi Housing Council has partnered with Kroll Factual Data to provide ongoing tech support and developmental assistance for the Multifamily Information and Transactions Standards (MITS) initiative.

  • HUD Returns Miami's Housing Authority to Local Management

    Just 15 months after taking over the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development returned the beleaguered agency to local control.

  • Human Resources - I Will Find Creative Ways to Keep the Team Together.

    At a corporate brainstorming retreat held this past November, Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Laramar Group managers and executives went through a drill. They assumed that revenue in 2009 would be flat and were charged with cutting expenses to improve annual net operating income by 4 percent to 6...

  • BlackRock Hires Rivestone to Manage 15,000-Unit Portfolio

    Despite the turbulent economy, Dallas-based Riverstone Residential Group is still in rapid growth mode. BlackRock Realty Advisors, the real estate equity arm of BlackRock, has hired Riverstone to manage 62 communities, representing more than 15,000 units nationwide with a heavy concentration on the...

  • Bad Rap

    During a session on the future of multifamily technology, panelists were discussing the rising trend of user-generated content about apartment communities popping up on the Web.

  • Room Service

    Gourmet delivery is no longer reserved for the luxury hotel set.

  • Magnetic Marketing

    Apartment owners can snare the lion's share of renters by ramping up their online initiatives.

  • Toning Up

    Facing an economic slowdown, more companies are looking for ways to streamline their operations.

  • Beyond Borders: Free Trade

    One of the many tough issues facing policymakers these days is trade. Using the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as a model, the White House has been pursuing free trade agreements with additional countries and regions. But opposition to such agreements, both inside Congress and outside...

  • Speed the Turn

    It's lease renewal time, and if the departure of Brad the Broker in Unit 134 is taking your leasing agent and property manager by surprise, your company is already losing money.