We Hate to Brag, But… We here at RealPage (what, you thought we only went by MyNewPlace? No, no, silly, that’s just our little sub-company; why would we settle for one name when we can have two?) are proud to announce that we’ve been honored with a Heroes of Hope Award from United Way. These [...]

The first rule in the game of How to Live Happily with Fluffy is, of course, to seek only apartments that allow pets. If these explicitly-fine-with-Fido properties are lacking in your area, however, don’t despair. There are a number of ways to increase your chances of convincing Landlord-to-Be that your pet won’t be a problem. [...]

You can own the most magnificent apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but unless you sell it right, a prospective renter could just as easily rent the second most magnificent apartment on the Upper East Side, owned by your property manager nemesis, Dr. Strangerent. So how do you ensure that it’s your lease [...]

We all know that the economy is at best shifty, and the housing and apartment markets tenuous.  In such an economic climate, property managers would do well to retain as many tenants as possible.  But how to do this without increasing costs?  It turns out that how well an office responds, to both phone calls [...]

Resident retention is of utmost concern to property managers, now more than ever.  But how do you actually retain residents?  Property Management Insider has identified the following myths, based on resident feedback, about how landlords keep tenants.  Before you institute any expensive or time-consuming policies, read the following to make sure you’re not barking up [...]

The housing market may still be in a slump but the apartment rental market is continuing to thrive. After a couple years of a freeze on new construction, multifamily companies have finally started breaking new ground again. New apartment buildings are going up around the nation though it’s still going to be at least a [...]

Just because you live in an apartment complex doesn’t mean that you can’t start a garden. While it’s possible to grow flowers and vegetables in planters on your own patio, organizing a community garden will give you lots more space to plant and dramatically increase the variety of plants you’ll be able to grow. Community [...]

Rental apartments are a rare point of growth in the commercial real estate industry, according to Investor’s Business Daily.  Developers throughout the industry are investing in large and ambitious projects, with the largest growth is in Dallas; Houston; Los Angeles; Orange Country; California; and Northern Virginia.  The new apartments vary as much as their locations—some [...]

One way to encourage good renters to stick around and renew their leases is to introduce a VIP club, as suggested in a recent Multifamily Insiders blog post. These clubs help make renters feel like a more valuable part of the apartment community. A VIP club doesn’t cost a lot to set up and offers [...]

Earlier this year, Google announced its (Facebook competitor) social sharing site, Google+. It has been  a long time coming, but finally the Google+ profile platform is available for companies, brands, and everybody else. To get a little background info on Google+, please read our earlier article, Google+ For Multifamily: What You Need To Know. To [...]