MultifamilyExecutive: Operations

MFE TV: Operations Outlook

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:07:58 EST

In an environment of growing rents, it’s more important than ever to stay on top of your operations to ensure you’re delivering the right products, services, and amenities to maximize your occupancies and rent rolls. Listen in as property managers from across the country share their observations on the rental environment.

Apartment Tech Executives Look for Greater Strategic Roles

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:42:03 EST

Better integration of IT and operations, seat at strategy table highlight trends at NMHC Technology and Operations Conference.

Corporate Ladder: Q&A with Collier’s New VP of Operations Courtney Gaines

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:37:49 EST

Courtney Gaines has been in the multifamily industry all her professional life. Over the course of 15 years at Westwood Residential in Texas, she climbed the ladder from leasing consultant to director of management over the firm’s portfolio of 14,000 units.

Planned Cos. Hosts Grand Opening of Operations Academy

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:35:59 EST

Okay, so there’s no Kobayashi Maru, but apartment pros would be hard-pressed to find more realistic work-station training simulators then at the brand-new O.R.A.C.L.E. commercial real esate operations training center.

Apartment Operators Boost Operating Income With Ancillary-Revenue Programs

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:35:14 EST

Fee-based revenue programs and negotiated service agreements provide multifamily apartment operators with substantial revenue streams to complement rent growth.

Leading Apartment COOs Reveal Top 5 Profit Secrets

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:35:51 EST

Leading Apartment COOs Reveal Top 5 Profit Secrets: Technology, training and creative thinking figure large into maintaining a competitive and cash-flowing multifamily operations unit.

Bell Builds Institutional-Level Platform

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:31:47 EST

Bell Partners has a formula for success that other owner/operators might be wise to emulate.

Anatomy of a Rent-Stabilized Owner

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:21:26 EST

A new study reveals who really owns New York’s rent-stabilized housing stock.

News Bites: November 2009

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:21:24 EST

RealPage acquires EverGreen Solutions, Wood Partners eschews development business, ERC fair housing suit thrown out, and other industry news.

Legislation Forces More Apartments to Go Smoke-Free

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:55:39 EST

An increasing number of property owners want to ban smoking but on their own terms. New resources can help them do so.

Multifamily Industry Truncates Tech Costs in the Downturn

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:03:17 EST

For Don Phillips, managing director of Phillips Development in Tampa Bay, Fla., the look and feel of “luxury” has changed.

Integrating technology systems yields cost and operational efficiencies.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:03:28 EST

Integrating systems yields cost and operational efficiencies within product types and across geographic markets.

As Tighter Tech Budgets Prevail, Multifamily Tech Execs Get Creative

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:03:12 EST

A roundtable of top multifamily IT execs talks trends, opportunities, and challenges in these trying economic times.

Cut Costs and Empower Employees with Distance Learning

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:02:52 EST

Distance training saves money by keeping multifamily employees off planes and at their desks.

Beta Testing Helps Prove Multifamily Technology Prowess

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:18:40 EST

Beta testing and subsequent tech rollouts must follow a slow-but-steady mantra to meet multifamily muster.

Multifamily Insurance Costs Drop... For Now

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:28:27 EST

Insurance premiums fall at multifamily properties, according to NMHC survey.

New Web Site to Allow Immediate Rental History Verification

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:53:25 EST

, a new Web site that immediately verifies rental history, launched yesterday at the NMHC Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, Calif.

Technology - I Will Squeeze Every Dollar Out of My Tech Investments.

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:21:35 EST

Listen to PropertyBridge vice president Jason Gardner talk tech strategies for 2009, and you'd swear he was an apartment owner. “This is a critical time—whether you're a REIT or private company, everyone is feeling the pain,” Gardner says. “You need to ask your vendors specifically: How can your technology save me money, save me time, and streamline my operations?”

Key AIMCO Executive Departs, Adler to Form New Venture

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:25:09 EST

Jeff Adler, who helped standardize national multifamily REIT AIMCO's massive national portfolio of nearly 189,000 apartment units, announced last week that he was stepping down to start a consulting company.

Tech Investments Can Improve Operations, Boost Portfolio Value

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:16:59 EST

Despite a tough year for new development, operations seem to be holding steady. It will take focus and continued investment to maintain those levels going forward, said panelists at the "Taking Stock" session?which included Matthew Akin, senior vice president of acquisitions and dispositions at UDR; Stephanie Brock, central division president at Riverstone Residential Group;and nis Smillie is the President of Multifamily Solutions?at the 2008 Mutlifamily Executive Conference this week.