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Incremental rent, one night at a time

If you’re like me, every once in a while, you open one of the email newsletters that lands in your inbox to find something of unparalleled value. If you’re also lucky like me, and have the likes of Steve Lefkovits sending you those emails, you take notice that much more. Aside from the fact that Steve [...]

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Conference Lands Rev Man Guru Bob Cross

We’ve been telling you about the apartment industry’s first-ever RevMan conference for a while.  And we just told you a coupla weeks ago that if you haven’t perused Revenue Management: Hard Core Tactics for Market Domination, it’s a mandatory add to your summer reading list. Now, the inaugural Revenue Management Conference has announced that Bob [...]

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

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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UDR Pushes Online Renewals to 80 Percent

After making news last summer for bridging the gap between multifamily marketing and revenue management, Highlands Ranch, Colo.-based UDR has passed another milestone by using technology to rent apartments. Since it started offering the option last July, more than 80 percent of residents who chose to renew leases with the REIT did so online. Tom [...]

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