Category Archives: Advanced/Expert

You Get What You Pay For: The Other Side of a “Poor Man’s” RevMan

By Joe Bousquin | May 17, 2011

Editor’s note: Our recent article on VaultWare’s Market Comp’s offering, which the company is proferring as a “poor man’s RevMan solution elicited some interesting response from our readers. Chief among them was MF RevMan guru Donald Davidoff, who’s been plying the apartment pricing trade for as long as anyone. He sent us the following comments. [...]

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The MFR.com Interview: Waterton Residential’s Barney Pullam

By Joe Bousquin | March 22, 2011

With the spring lease up season upon us, MFR.com was lucky enough to huddle with Waterton Residential’s Barney Pullam. With 15,000 units in markets from Washington, D.C. to Southern California, and the core of his portfolio in Chicago, he’s got a balanced, diversified view on what’s happening with rents now, and how revenue management tools [...]

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The MF RevMan Question Heard Round the Web

By Joe Bousquin | March 14, 2011

Every once in a while, an Internet post takes on a life of its own. Think of Ted Williams, the golden-voiced former radio broadcaster who caught our attention on YouTube, or 10-year-old Maria Aragon, the Lady Gaga fan who achieved at least fleeting fame with her rendition of the singer’s “Born This Way.” Well, while [...]

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As 2011 Unfolds, RevMan Adopters Abound

By Joe Bousquin | February 21, 2011

It’s hard to imagine a better scenario in the apartment business than the one that’s lining up right now. With the initial wave of 80 million Gen Yers getting ready to rent their first apartments, the national zeitgeist has also shifted decidedly away from homeownership. Mid-career Americans who didn’t get in before – or have [...]