Boxing an Empty Coat: 2024’s Rental Plateau and Utility Cost Hikes
It’s a good time to be a renter. It’s a bad time to be a home buyer. And it’s a…strange time to own or manage rental properties. Every January, we at Conservice build a snapshot of the rental industry and…
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Future-Forward in 2024: Key Trends Reshaping Manufactured Housing
2024: The year manufactured homes rolls past ‘business as usual,’ parking right at the intersection of innovation and resilience. Here, amidst economic roller coasters, the industry stands as a near recession-proof class. The sector is now at the forefront of…
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Revolutionizing Energy Efficiency: The Power of HVAC Automation
When we consider the costs to run our homes and offices, energy bills invariably come to mind. The concern is well-founded, as Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems account for nearly half of a building’s energy usage, according to…
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Making Seasons Bright: A Property Manager’s Guide to a Festive and Safe Holiday
All is calm, all is bright. So let’s keep it that way. The holiday season is upon us! It’s a time for joy, celebration, and creating warm memories with family and friends. But as the winter chill sets in and…
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The ESG/ROI Connection: Create Value for Real Estate through Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiatives
ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is reshaping the landscape of real estate investment, proving that smart business strategies align profit with planetary well-being. Despite facing criticisms for its perceived political leanings and questions about its direct impact on stock performance,…
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Wisdom En Masse: Analyzing the NAA Pulse Survey
What happens when more than two thousand property management professionals share their insights, experiences, goals, and anxieties in one focused census? You get the NAA Pulse Survey. At the end of August, National Apartment Association (NAA, a multifamily industry pillar for…
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Riding the Wave of Change: How Demographic Shifts Reshape Multifamily Housing
The only constant is change. Ride the wave of change or…find yourself beneath it. As a business navigating choppy waters, understanding and adapting to change is not just a smart strategy – it’s a necessity. This is especially true in…
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Revitalizing Urban Landscapes: The Rise of Green Roofs and Living Walls
In a world that increasingly demands sustainable practices, property managers stand at the crossroads of expectation and innovation. This article marks the beginning of a series unraveling the layered benefits of retrofits, starting with the multifaceted advantages of green roofs…
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Smart is Smarter – Why it Might be Time to Make Your Multifamily Property a Smart Building
Apartment communities might just outsmart your phone—the future isn’t on the horizon, it’s at your doorstep. The rise of artificial intelligence and automation technology is not confined merely to industries and workspaces. It has seamlessly found its way into our…
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Multifamily Housing Trends
Real estate is always evolving due to the needs of the market and the creation and integration of new technologies. One specific trend is the growing demand for multifamily homes built to rent, especially among millennials. Multi-family trends will continue…
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ENERGY STAR NextGen Certification: What’s New & How Conservice Can Help
The wait is over—well, almost! The EPA has officially announced the launch of ENERGY STAR NextGen certification, a new tier designed to recognize the nation’s most energy-efficient, low-emissions buildings. Applications open on February 24, 2025, giving properties just a few months to prepare for…
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Your BPS Blueprint: A Guide to Emerging Building Performance Standards
You hear “greenhouse gas emissions” and you think…what? “Cars,” certainly. “Industry,” probably. “Agriculture” generally, and “cows” tragically. It might surprise you, then, to find out that a major portion of our nation’s contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions come from…
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Winning the Big Utilities Game
The Big Game fervor is mounting across America. Fans make meticulous plans for their game-day feasts – wings, nachos, or perhaps a mix of both – and don colors to root for their favorite team. Living rooms turn into arenas,…
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Why Vacant Cost Recovery is Important
Communities often bill their residents for various utility charges like water, sewer, and trash. However, there are two utilities that residents are typically required to set up in their own name with the local utility provider: electric and gas. What…
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What’s the Importance of Sustainability for Multifamily
It doesn’t take a keen eye to see that the focus on sustainability is growing increasingly more relevant every day. You could even say the green initiative has moved in, unpacked its bags, and is here to stay. You hear…
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What is ESG? Understanding the Acronym
So what is ESG (Environment, Social, Governance)? And why should property managers and owners invest in long-term ESG strategies? Cole Courson breaks down how ESG metrics provide insight into everything from environmental responsibility and community impact to corporate governance practices,…
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Utility Rate Audits: Because Assumptions Aren’t a Strategy
Making assumptions about massive amounts of cumulative dollars year-over-year is never a good idea. Yet every year, real estate owners all over the country are making the costly assumption that their utility rates are fair, accurate, and as low as they…
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The Unbelievable Scope of Utilities | Utilities Management for the Real Estate Industry
Step into any building. Flip the switch. Turn on the tap. Crank the heater or run the AC. Watch that building come to life. Buildings are living organisms. They possess their own form of lifeblood that sustains their existence and…
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The Insidious Hole You Might Dig for Yourself: Utilities in Build-to-Rent Properties
Some think it’s the underrated investment strategy of the future. Others in the industry insist it’s a crazed phase doomed to settle into a niche offering. But wherever you land on the will-they-won’t-they of build-to-rent (BTR) investments, they’re growing. From mainstage topics…
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