January 25 2010 ~ View Comments

Get More Out of Your Property Tours

This week, we wanted to go on-site and explore one of the more time-honored traditions of apartment marketing — the property tour. Let’s get right to the recap, shall we? What is the one mistake that you see too many leasing pros make when giving a property tour? Jennifer Kennedy: I have heard leasing consultants [...]

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January 11 2010 ~ View Comments

The Numbers on Craigslist

“Craigslist is not for everyone. And it doesn’t work well in all markets. Not a ‘one size fits all’.” ~ Lisa Trosien For our first chat of 2010, we decided to jump right into the deep end. We recruited the help of Eva Panagiotopoulos and Eric Broughton from RentSentinel to help us understand how to [...]

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December 19 2009 ~ View Comments

2010 Resolutions for Multifamily

Yesterday was our last #AptChat of the year, so we appropriately looked forward to 2010 and discussed our top resolutions for property managers. (Thanks to the Houston Apartment Association for the topic suggestion!) Here’s our recap of the questions and highlights from the conversation: What’s your resolution, how can you put it into place, and [...]

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