Hello! Would love to hear ideas on different naming conventions for a floor plan with an additional area currently referenced as “Den” that is not enclosed, so no door or closet (picture on this post). Some options on the table 1 bed Flex, 1 bed XL….. now you go! Thank you.

Does anyone have recommendations for a utility management company.
Trying to find someone who doesn’t charge fees for every little thing.

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Can you refuse to add someone on the lease just because they are disruptive?

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Hi All. One of our properties is going to have a handful of more college students (townhome units). Was wondering if anyone has an addendum with regard to noise/parties? Our lease is already very detailed but I'm just looking to see what others do. We are not all student housing, but we have a property closely located to a private college and out of 61 units, we have about 6-10 or so with students. Normally there have not been too many issues, but I...Hi All. One of our properties is going to have a handful of more college students (townhome units). Was wondering if anyone has an addendum with regard to noise/parties? Our lease is already very detailed but I'm just looking to see what others do. We are not all student housing, but we have a property closely located to a private college and out of 61 units, we have about 6-10 or so with students. Normally there have not been too many issues, but I just want to kind of add a little something to be ahead of any issues (usually loud parties, parking in places they shouldn't and not cleaning up their outside space). Just kind of thinking outloud. Thanks! Show more

Random question ~~ when remodeling a kitchen with new counters and sink, would you remove a working disposal? I mean, take it out and not replace it.

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In today's high interest rate environment, interest only platforms may be the only answer for refinance for the short term. We are seeing several clients walking away from million-dollar buildings because the old interest rate was 2-3 %. Now the interest rate is 8-9%. Clients just cannot sustain the imbalance. Things are going to become quite desperate for many companies this year.

Key release’s are supposed to be simple. Yardi has an opt in for text communication which he is listed as yes. A friend comes in and needs a key. Knows resident by name, unit and phone #. We called resident twice and emailed. They called him, told us when they went to walk their dog, he left and may have thought they had key. After about an hour of them calling they texted him. He texts them back and says we have permission to give key. I see...Key release’s are supposed to be simple. Yardi has an opt in for text communication which he is listed as yes. A friend comes in and needs a key. Knows resident by name, unit and phone #. We called resident twice and emailed. They called him, told us when they went to walk their dog, he left and may have thought they had key. After about an hour of them calling they texted him. He texts them back and says we have permission to give key. I see this and reveries the number with ours. They said they needed to get their things. They had the fob and we gave key. 15 minutes later we see them leave with their carry on luggage.
Next day resident claimed he didn’t know them and we gave his key, and took stuff. As we conversed he admitted having them over and they have been overstaying. That they come to see him and cousin. Cousin has left country for awhile, and that they get on his nerves. Told them to leave. He changed story with me and police about how apartment was left etc. He had the guys name and showed me how many times they called. He said he didn’t answer right away as he was busy.
He said I should have called him more. I asked why he didn’t call us back. He even showed me their calls to him and mine. I verified text to the couple coming from his phone. Thoughts as he wants attorney involved and is blaming us. I wrote a step by step document with what transpired. I’ve yet to receive a picture of TV being hit. Of course he also had an unauthorized pet. neighbors ring cam shows them walking to door and turning knob as if it would be unlocked. Then shows he comes back and uses key. Talks to the residents dog and says “ hey, we are back”. Nothing that received shows them leaving over 4 videos. I know they did as i saw them. Thoughts? Show more

I have a client wanting to reduce fraud. (Isn’t everyone!)
I’ve used Checkpoint ID but had complaints with them manually verifying id’s (they did nothing) and the app not working when scanning id’s. Is there a good alternative?
Thinking of going with Snappt for POI verification. Are they the...

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This is very interesting article, in my opinion. I would imagine that most in this group would tackle things differently than Vienna, but the reality is that there are some very strong alignments, such as understanding that affordability is a supply-driven situation and that we need more development in many markets. For example:𝐴𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡. 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔...This is very interesting article, in my opinion. I would imagine that most in this group would tackle things differently than Vienna, but the reality is that there are some very strong alignments, such as understanding that affordability is a supply-driven situation and that we need more development in many markets. For example:𝐴𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑡. 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑆 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠, 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑆 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑. “𝐼’𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑆 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑,” 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟.


Also, it has a strong focus on multifamily to ease the housing crisis:

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒. 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟-𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒-𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑠. 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙.


Lastly, here is an interesting take on how they approach NIMBYism:

Tℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 20 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. “𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.”


So while the implementation would be different than ours, many goals seem to align with our industry. Rather than let these municipalities try to take over development like Vienna, instead realize that we have some very common overall goals and find ways to create public-private partnerships to achieve these goals in a multifamily industry-friendly way. Show more

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Housing costs and homelessness are on the rise in California. In the Austrian capital, people of all income levels live in subsidised housing – and…