Property management involves the processes, systems and manpower required to manage the life cycle of rental housing properties, including acquisition, control, accountability, responsibility, maintenance, utilization and disposition. There are many facets to this industry and profession and PMI covers them all.
The Value of Renter’s Insurance Natural disasters have a way of shining a light on the necessity and value of renter’s insurance. According to the Insurance Information Institute, insured losses due to natural disasters in the United States in the first half of 2015 totaled $12.6 billion, well above the $11.2 billion average in the first[…]
Using Software for Handling Resident Needs There are varying approaches to handling difficult residents, an unenviable challenge for any property manager no matter how long the tenure in the multifamily housing business. Some industry experts suggest a formula of professionalism, firmness, and compassion to manage residents who are either overbearing or pesky. Others may want[…]
Does your list of New Year’s resolutions include keeping your apartment properties in compliance with federal laws? Making a resolution to ensure compliance is one well worth keeping.
As the year comes to an end, we’re taking the time to reflect on some of our the best moments here at Property Management Insider. Whether you’re a new visitor or have followed us for years, catch what you’ve missed or relive the memories. These top 10 blog posts were the most popular this year[…]
Multifamily housing providers may not be keeping up with the trends if they aren’t accepting and encouraging their residents to pay online. The latest apartment industry data suggests that writing rent checks are going the way of shag carpet. According to results from the National Multifamily Housing Council/Kingsley Associates 2015 Apartment Resident Preferences Survey, 78[…]
Indoor and outdoor community gathering areas are considered a key amenity for residents, especially during a holiday any time of the year. Often used for resident parties and celebrations, the areas help strengthen communities and bring residents closer together through a night of food, fun and celebration. It goes without saying that residents who reserve[…]
Will live streaming applications play a vital role in the apartment selection process? It’s 5pm on a Friday and you are just getting off of work. You have been looking for a new apartment to better accommodate your family and you really wanted to check out this apartment complex that you saw online. It’s listed[…]
An out-of-date landscape may send a message that you’re in the land of the lost. A landscape installed 20 or 30 years ago usually shows its age – certain types of plants and rock date a property. For residents and prospects, living in surroundings that don’t appear to be current can be difficult. Yet curb appeal[…]
New advances in technology are changing the image and user-friendliness of those hulky, belching snow-chucking machines that chew through drifts and piles to clear driveways and walkways during the winter. Harder working machines, creature comforts and even a green component are making snow blowers an easier resource for multifamily properties to dig out of big[…]
After a housing discrimination case scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court was settled, concerns remained over whether claims under the Fair Housing Act require proof of intentional discrimination.
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