Tag Archives: “rental rates”

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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Growing Up RevMan: An Accidental History

By Joe Bousquin | May 11, 2011

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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The Poor Man’s RevMan? Meet Market Comps

By Joe Bousquin | April 19, 2011

Think RevMan is just for the big guys? Think again. There’s a new tool out that can help do the pricing for you – sort of – for a fraction of the cost of a full-blown revenue management system. Dubbed Market Comps, it’s the latest offering from the real-time availability experts at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based VautWare, [...]

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Taking Stock: Firms Using RM

By Joe Bousquin | April 5, 2011

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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