Monthly Archives: May 2011

If we’re to believe what we see on television, people living in apartments, whether or not they’re struggling to make ends meet, can all seem to afford high-end furniture and decorations. In reality, many of us, though we may like what we see in fancy catalogues and magazines, cannot afford to spend lavishly. Though it [...]

If you’re planning on visiting an area for a period of a week or more, it could make financial sense to sublet an apartment for your stay instead of staying in a hotel. It could also provide you with a unique experience you might not otherwise have surrounded by fellow tourists! Subletting an apartment can [...]

The Pennsylvania Senate is considering a bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in homes and apartments with heaters or appliances that use fossil fuel, or that have fireplaces or attached garages. A Pennsylvania mom whose daughter was killed by carbon monoxide in her sleep at 10 years of age, Dena Yeagley has been lobbying for the [...]

Responsible for social media but shy about starting? If you’re an apartment manager wary of diving in to Facebook or Twitter as a way to reach out to prospective and existing renters, take heart. An article on The New Inquiry website explains what social media does in terms that should eliminate your queasiness about managing [...]

Airbnb. It’s a global network of accommodation offered by locals in 181 countries. It’s got a brilliantly simple model: if you have a spare room, or if you’re going on vacation and leaving your home empty, you can let an Airbnb user rent out your space. Multifamily can learn a lot from Airbnb, which saw [...]

Spring cleaning have you in the mood to rejuvenate your apartment? Thanks to two amazing web resources catering specifically to Ikea furniture owners, with a bit of planning and just a bit of cash you can transform your Ikea world and make it just how you like it. The first site is called Mykea. It’s [...]

One in 5 smartphone owners are using apps like Foursquare, Facebook Places, Loopt, MyTown, and Gowalla to “check in,” according to the latest ComScore report. What’s checking in? If you arrive at a café, a conference, or your favorite beach, then whip out your phone and use one of the above-mentioned apps to broadcast where [...]

Is the apartment community you manage more than a few years old? Are you worried your place is being overshadowed by all of the new shiny places strutting their remote-controlled, flat-screened stuff all over the apartment listings? Don’t worry, you. Just ‘cause your building was around when student protests meant crowds in the streets, not [...]

We’ve all seen the headlines, and many of us are experiencing it directly: what many call a ‘jobless recovery’ is driving everyone from newly minted college graduates to seasoned career professionals to move in with family members to make ends meet. A recent Time Magazine survey found that as many as 85% of college grads [...]

1) A Vertical Street. Multihousing News reports a “vertical street” in the works that’s mixed use, mixing apartment units, 4 community gardens, 3 floors of office space and ground-level retail space. It’s in the city center of Melbourne, Australia. The design, developed by CK Designworks, is for a 35-story building. In addition to being mixed-use, [...]