Category Archives: REITs

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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Growing Up RevMan: An Accidental History

It’s always easier to see the big picture from 30,000 feet. For those of you looking for some great background on RevMan technology and how it evolved before making its entrance into multifamily, check out this interesting and easy-to-read article co-authored by RevMan guru Robert G. Cross. Cross, of course, is author of Revenue Management: Hard [...]

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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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Taking Stock: Firms Using RM

The following represents what we believe to be the most comprehensive accounting of multifamily firms using revenue management ever compiled. Not all of these firms are at the same point in the adoption curve. Some are multi-year veterans who long-ago rolled RevMan out to their entire portfolio. Others may still be in pilots, with just one or two properties [...]

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