Units back issues from January 2008:
Calendar.(Calendar)
Jan 01, 2008 ... <Pre> calendar 2008 Student HousingFeb. 19-20DallasFairmont Dallas Conference Hotel Capitol Conference March 9-12Washington, Omni Shoreham D.C. Education ...
Chairman's message: observations from Michael Tompkins.
Jan 01, 2008; ... I ENTER THE NEW YEAR as NAA's Chairman of the Board with a feeling of excitement about the new initiatives we have planned in accordance with our 2010 Vision. We will build even greater pride in our membership and communications, which will increase the value to your membership in the ...
2008 NAA Leardership.
Jan 01, 2008 ... 2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michael Tompkins CAPS, CPM, CCIM Chairman of the Board Julian LeCraw & Company Atlanta, GA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ron Shelton, CAPS ...
In search of the durable 'A'.(Management Insider: News, Tips and Top 10s)
Jan 01, 2008 ... APARTMENT OWNERS who seek the secret to a stable class-A community need not look further than their nearest hotel chain. "Hotels provide a glimpse into apartment amenities of the future," said Robert A. Koch, A.I.A, Fugleberg Koch Architects, Winter Park, Fla., during an education session ...
Top 10 management issues for 2008.(Management Insider: News, Tips and Top 10s)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE 10 MOST PRESSING ISSUES for management in 2008 are derived from a survey conducted by J. Turner Research in October 2007 that was sent to approximately 6,000 apartment executives and onsite managers with 341 respondents. Those surveyed were asked to list their three most pressing ...
Expense report crackdown: typical business trip cost to increase by 6 percent.(Management Insider: News, Tips and Top 10s)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE AVERAGE COST of a domestic business trip in countries around the world will rise 6 percent to about $1,110, according to the American Express 2008 Global Business Travel Forecast, released recently. Costs include airfare, hotel and car rental rates. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Rental Housing Association Honors Dolben.(Management Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Deane H. Dolben, CAPS, 2004 NAA Chairman, was awarded the 2007 Rental Housing Association President's Award for Industry Excellence Nov. 15 at the InterContinental ...
Alliance Residential Company.(Movers and Shakers)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Alliance Residential Company appointed Jack Paauw City Partner for the Pacific Northwest Division. Paauw serves as the ...
JPI.(Movers and Shakers)
Jan 01, 2008 ... JPI named Christine Schoellhorn Vice President Business Development. She is responsible ...
American Furniture Rentals.(Movers and Shakers)
Jan 01, 2008 ... American Furniture Rentals promoted Jesse Jenkins to Sales Manager in its North Carolina ...
Fore Property Company.(Movers and Shakers)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Fore Property Company named Brad Miller National Partner. Based out of the company's corporate office in ...
Internacional Realty Group of Companies.(Movers and Shakers)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Internacional Realty Group of Companies, a multifamily investment, development and management firm, hired J. Ronald Miller as Executive ...
The Morgan Group.(Movers and Shakers)
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Morgan Group named Lonnie Spraberry Executive Vice President-Construction. He ...
Pacific West Management.(Movers and Shakers)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Pacific West Management hired Harry Hooker as Regional Manager responsible for property management operations in Houston ...
Q&A Call Centers.(Management Insider)(Excerpt)(Conference notes)
Jan 01, 2008 ... APARTMENT INDUSTRY CEOS addressed many critical management topics during the 2007 NAA Education Conference & Exposition in June. Following is an excerpt of that discussion, led by moderator Deane Dolben, CAPS, of The Dolben Company. Q: Are any of you using call centers? Do they ...
NAA consulting economist retires.(Management Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... NAA THANKS Robert J. Sheehan for 25 years of thorough and valuable economic consulting, including 17 ...
PPR partners with Axiometrics.(Management Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... PROPERTY & PORTFOLIO RESEARCH INC. (PPR), an independent provider of commercial real estate research, portfolio strategy and risk management advisory services, and Axiometrics, an independent real estate research and analytics firm specializing in fundamental research and competitive ...
Salt Lake City home to record-setting transaction.(Management Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... APARTMENT REALTY ADVISORS confirms that last quarter, it facilitated the biggest sale of multi-family housing in Utah's history. The transaction included two communities: the 624-unit Fairway Apartments and the 591-unit Springs of Country Woods. Both communities are in Salt Lake City and ...
Puget sound development surge expected in 2009.(Management Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION of Puget Sound in Washington appears poised for another big round of development, which the area traditionally sees approximately once a decade. Local, regional and national multifamily housing developers have projects in various stages of planning ...
President's proposal 'not a Panacea'.(Management Insider)
Jan 01, 2008; ... "THE SCOPE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PROPOSAL speaks to the magnitude of the housing downturn, the extent to which it is undermining confidence in the resilience of the broader economy and the electorate's increasing focus on these issues leading up to next November's election. While policy ...
FCC prohibits cable providers' 'exclusivity clauses.(Political Insider: Capitol Beat)
Jan 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) announced Oct. 31 a unanimous decision that retroactively bans the enforcement of "building exclusivity" clauses (i.e., exclusive building access agreements) between apartment properties and most video service ...
Monthly rant: what not to use in your community ads.(Marketing Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS about having a blog (www.apartmentmarketingblog.com) is being able to share opinions, sort of like the Rants and Raves sections on the Craigslist Web site. This is a rant--a rant against all those "Olde Towne" and "Courtyards" communities. What I mean is ...
Top 10 words that should be on every community's on-hold message.(Marketing Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... 10. Appreciate. You are thankful that they called, so tell them! 9. Referral. You have a resident referral program, right? 8. Renovated. You're always improving something. People want to know about it. 7. Party! Who doesn't love resident activities? ...
Student housing provider benefits from online rent payment policy.(Generation Y)
Jan 01, 2008 ... AS A STUDENT HOUSING PROVIDER for Washington State University, Coug Housing manages 125 apartment residences with more than 400 student residents. In October 2007, it implemented an online rent payment program. Accounts Manager Tricia Ritter estimates that 50 percent of her residents ...
What's in an [apartment] name?(Marketing Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... According to RealFacts' database of more than 12,000 apartment communities, the most popular thing to name a community after is a park. Source: RealFacts is a research organization and database publisher, based in Novato, Calif., ...
Divorce leads to increased energy, water consumption.(Marketing Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... AS DIVORCE RATES CONTINUE TO RISE, so do their effects on the environment. According to a recent study by two Michigan State University researchers, divorced households in the United States, including apartments, spent 46 percent more per person on electricity and 56 percent more on water ...
Do's and don't's.(Marketing Insider)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Tired of seeing the same old "do's and don't's" signage scattered throughout the leasing office? The example pictured puts it all together in--how can I say it--an artistic way. Plus, it makes sure ...
UtilityTrakR Facilitates E-Bills to Residents.(New Product)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Starnik Systems introduces enhanced e-bill features to its UtilityTrakR software. Residents can opt to receive their bills electronically, either as an addition to or as a replacement of traditional paper bills. They also have the ...
For Rent Media Solutions offers residents text-messaged directions.(New Product)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Dial Directions recently partnered with For Rent Media Solutions, a leading resource for searching apartments. Apartment seekers can receive text messages with turn-by-turn directions to apartments nationwide by calling Dial Directions' free. voice-activated service advertised in their ...
90-second Book Review: stay ahead in the repair game.(Maintenance Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... IF YOUR OUTSOURCED CONTRACTOR tells you that it will cost $500 extra to deal with an electrical-wiring flaw he has discovered behind your walls while renovating the kitchen, will you have the expertise to prove that he is exaggerating or the desire to provoke a guy with a nail gun who is ...
Thank you to our maintenance mania sponsors.(Maintenance Insider)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (NAA), together with presenting sponsor HD Supply, is conducting Maintenance Mania events at local apartment associations. These competitions give maintenance professionals the opportunity to compete and earn honors as the nation's top maintenance ...
When is the time to replace windows.(Maintenance Insider)
Jan 01, 2008; ... INSTALLING NEW VINYL REPLACEMENT WINDOWS reduces utility Costs and noise from the outside, while increasing property value and curb appeal. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Window suppliers say that some windows on the market today are almost twice as efficient as windows ...
SmartKey speeds re-keying process.(New Product)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Kwikset's Smart Key allows owners to re-key their locks in less than 30 seconds, without removing the lock from the door. This is accomplished with the SmartKey[TM] tool, a proprietary tool provided for re-keying, recently released by Kwikset. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Top 10 appliances in U.S. households.(Maintenance Insider: Appliances)
Jan 01, 2008 ... MAJOR APPLIANCE SATURATION LEVELS in the United States indicate the following statistics, which were gathered from companies producing these products. Figures represent the percentage of U.S. households, including apartments, with one type of the indicated appliance, and do not reflect ...
Front-Load vs. Top-Load.(Comparison)
Jan 01, 2008 ... SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXIST between front-load washers and top-loadwashers that should be considered when making a purchase or installation decision. Although the more advanced design of a front-load washer means a higher purchase cost, the product significantly reduces post-purchase ...
The big bailout: how federal mortgage policy affects the apartment industry.(Cover story)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Amid mounting mortgage loan delinquencies and a potential avalanche of home foreclosures, the Bush administration recently introduced its plan to aid mortgage borrowers in distress. By now, it is clear that the details of the plan do not quite live up to the hype. Roughly 1.8 ...
Subprime soundbites.
Jan 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] "The President's new policy would have made more sense if it had been tied to an acknowledgement that American public policy these past years pushing homeownership on everyone was at least in part responsible for the mess we're facing." Tom ...
2008 Economic outlook: recession-free, but uncertain: the continued downturn of the for-sale housing market and high oil prices set the stage for slowed economic growth through Q3 2008.(Industry overview)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Economic growth will continue in 2008, extending the recession-free period to 30 consecutive quarters. But questions remain about the level of growth and changes in trends in several important variables. Malignancy from the subprime mortgage financial shock has been moderate to ...
Tricks of the trade: take the mystery out of maintenance and repair with simple, do-it-yourself instructions to solve these three in-unit problems.(Independent Rental Owner)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Following is the first installment of a continuing series that will appear in UNITS magazine. It reveals techniques and provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform common apartment maintenance tasks and repairs. This series will tackle topical problems in the apartment industry ...
Don't get burned by the SEER 13 change: the installation, retrofitting and maintenance of SEER 13 HVAC units can be challenging to any technician.
Jan 01, 2008; ... The federally mandated change from seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) 10 to a minimum of SEER 13 heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems that was implemented in January 2006 has presented quite a few problems for the maintenance industry. The differences ...
FAQs about R-410a: the move is on to replace R-22 systems with new, Freon-free R-410a.
Jan 01, 2008; ... In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bans the use of Freon HVAC refrigerant HCFC-22 (R-22) in newly built equipment, which will create devastating problems for the apartment industry for many reasons. The manufacturers will not be making evaporators or condensers that "drop ...
Buying time, saving money: by eliminating the paper chase and having standardized product selection in purchasing, AvalonBay is able to turn apartments more effectively.
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It takes a lot longer to fix a leaky, toilet when the maintenance technician is roaming the aisles of a hardware store looking for the right part. The process isn't any faster if the technician is waiting for a purchase-order request to be approved by ...
What' s out and what's in.
Jan 01, 2008; ... <Pre> OutIn "Now Leasing" Advertisement banners on banners and signs social networking sites "State-of-the-Art" anything"Green" anything Snail-mail follow-up cards E-mail or ...
Pluggeg into college life.
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Known for their senses of individuality, expectations of immediacy and cravings for the latest in cutting-edge technology, today's college students are always connected and always moving. Growing up with computers and the Internet, these students are ...
NAA members Convene at 2007 Assembly of delegates.
Jan 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2008 Executive Committee members (from left) Secretary Jerry Wilkinson, The Wilkinson Group Inc.; Treasurer Mike Gorman, Edward Rose Co.; Vice Chairman Marc Rosenwasser Meadow Wood Property Co.; and Chairman-Elect Ron Shelton, Amalgamated Management Corp., ...
NAAEI new designates: presented November 2007.
Jan 01, 2008 ... <Pre> Certified Apartment Managers (CAM) Anthony Belmares, CAM Belmares PropertiesHouston, Texas Maria Binford, CAM Maple Trail Apts. Pasadena, Texas and Townhomes Rita Canning, CAM Vasona Mgmt. Inc. Hayward, Calif ....
The NAA network: affiliate directory.(Directory)
Jan 01, 2008 ... ALABAMA * Alabama Apt. Association 205/424-3175 * Apt. Association of North Alabama 256/539-2998 * Birmingham Apt. Association 205/424-3175 * Mobile Bay Area Apt. Association 251/604-9267 ...
National Supplier's Council: directory.(Directory)
Jan 01, 2008 ... ANCILLARY INCOME NWP Services Corporation Amanda Christensen, Industry Relations Manager Mike Radice, President 22 Executive Park, Suite 200 Irvine, CA 92614 949/253-2500; Fax: 949/253-3338 ...
10 things that make me happy in my career.(End Points: Robin Hinchliffe Cincinnati, Ohio)
Jan 01, 2008 ... 1. Making a difference. "This career gives me the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives. Providing them with the opportunity to live in affordable housing is wonderful." 2. Teaching others. "I teach classes at the Greater Cincinnati Northern ...