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Our Recent Episodes
Waste Management Trends: Key Insights for Your 2025 Trash
The waste management landscape in multifamily housing is changing—rapidly. And I expect the trend to continue in 2025. Residents expect more, regulations are tightening, and costs are climbing. The good news? Smart waste strategies will help you stay ahead of the curve. Here’s what to expect this year and how to prepare.
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.
Counting the Costs: How Location DRASTICALLY Shapes Utility Bills
Owning a rental property is a lot like driving a car—what you pay depends on where you’re going. Where you own matters. The climate, local infrastructure, and even the rules of the energy market shape your bills, often in ways you can’t predict.
Thriving Under Rent Caps: Strategies for Property Owners
Rent stabilization measures vary, but the core idea remains: to address the housing crisis by creating predictable and manageable rent increases for residents. Like any legislation, rent control has its pros and cons.
Understanding Bulk Wifi: Resident and Property Benefits for the Multifamily Industry
Reliable internet hasn’t been a “nice to have” amenity for a long time, and as the resident demand for speed and consistency has risen (right alongside the ongoing rent plateau and higher than average vacancy rates), an emerging expectation has made its way into the hearts and minds of renters all over the country: move-in ready wifi.
The Unbelievable Scope of Utilities | Utilities Management for the Real Estate Industry
Buildings are living organisms. Utilities, roiling along in the background, are the lifeblood that keep our buildings alive and transform them into functional spaces. And the scope of utility operations needed to power life in the United States alone is pretty unbelievable.
What You’ll Hear
Every episode focuses on a real issue property operators are facing right now, with context and insight from people who work with utilities every day.
- Industry trends affecting housing operators
- Regulatory and compliance developments
- Infrastructure and utility management considerations
- Cost management strategies
- Operational insights from experienced professionals
- Perspectives from industry leaders and subject matter experts
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