Airbnb and the Short Term Rental Industry As Airbnb prepares for a likely IPO this year, a good number of property investors and property managers still disregard the burgeoning short term rental market's potential. Airbnb is moving the short term rental market and while it's been criticized for that, it's actually welcoming in new competition…

Investors Eyeing Student Housing in 2019 The key stories of 2017 and 2018 had to be rising interest rates and housing prices. And when rates rose quickly, real estate investors backed out of the housing markets. One of those housing markets vacated temporarily was student housing. This is a multi-billion dollar rental income market and…

Renting Continues to Be More Affordable Than Buying Smart property investors keep their eye on the road ahead for signs that their asset values and rental income might be in danger. Looks like investors can relax. According to a recent study, the outlook seems positive for rental demand along with slowly rising asset values and…

2019 Key Year for New Construction Recent housing market data tells us home buying is well down this winter. Yet for the multifamily sector, 2019 is a big year. For rental property owners and property managers, the high growth in construction projects means plenty of opportunity, and a changing marketplace. Due to low affordability most…

Tenants Love Tech Amenities Want to increase resident retention, grow rents and revenue, make residents happy, and increase the appeal of your properties? Some cool, new amenities might be the way to do it, but which new amenities create the best ROI for rental property managers? When tenants think of places they don't want to…

How The Rental Market is Changing When Airbnb announced recently that it was getting into the homebuilding sector, we got a hint of the future of rental housing. Change will come from all directions and short term rental market demand is bringing change to both commercial and residential property management. And Realtors, property managers, builders,…