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As 2022 gathers momentum, five important trends have emerged that are changing how we are executing, improving and finding value in utility management for rental housing.
Owners, operators and investors across the country are watching the increasingly complex utility market and shifting industry factors to identify new opportunities and update their strategies for […]
The recent lockdowns drew a hard and fast line through the business of property management—especially across financial functions. Companies with manual and semi-manual processes faced challenges as financial reporting deadlines came due and staff were suddenly working from home with little or no advanced warning or preparation. Billing, AR and other daily functions […]
Drones have created quite a buzz. Visual inspections are just one of many field advantages UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) deliver. Drones mean greater operational efficiency and new streams of data for property owners, managers and maintenance teams. A drone can be sent into remote locations and hard-to-access places without ladders, scaffolding or harnesses. […]
John Elfreth Watkins wrote an article in 1900 for The Ladies’ Home Journal entitled, “What may happen in the next hundred years.” The son of a civil engineer and train enthusiast, Watkins, Jr. likely inherited his appreciation of networks and their import into the future. Formed by family and imagination, Watkins presciently predicted […]
