It’s that time again! The turning of the calendar to a new year brings both the opportunity to reflect on the last 12 months and the chance to begin planning for the next dozen. Before you jump to the ol’ stand-bys of “eat healthier” and “spend less time on social media,” we offer this ready-made…
Have you ever wondered what your city will look like 50 years from now? Maybe it’s full of high-speed trains, hydroponic greenhouses on every corner, even people in personal jetpacks and VR goggles. One city in Japan has taken a step into the future albeit sans jetpacks. Omitama, located an hour northeast of Tokyo, underwent…
Summer’s hot vacation rental market shows no signs of cooling off in the coming holiday season. In fact, a report from Guesty, a property management software provider, shows November and December 2021 reservation volume in the US is 377% higher than November and December 2020, and already 91% higher than pre-COVID November and December 2019….
Sergey Shukhat, who runs Zona Capital, LLC, refers to himself as “a stock market refugee.” Growing up in the Bay area, he saw the influx of large corporations and thought he had a future investing in the stock market. But the burst of the dot-com bubble in the mid-90s and the 2007-08 financial crisis made…
Smart locks have made access management easier than ever. Everyone from vacation rental owners to multi-family operators to businesses of all sizes are turning to these new modern gadgets to make access easy and boost security. But there are places where smart locks just don’t fill the bill. Enter wired access control systems. What is…
While there’s always talk about what millennials and other young generations want as consumers, multi-family operators are increasingly shifting their sights to older demographics, specifically Baby Boomers, when it comes to attracting prospective residents. A recent survey by Freddie Mac reports that a whopping five million Baby Boomers plan to rent their next home. This flies in the…
