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A Proactive Approach to Stopping Harassment Before It Starts

Rental Housing Journal

” Every employee, from leasing agents to maintenance workers, and every contractor who interacts with residents needs proper training on: What constitutes illegal harassment under the Fair Housing Act. Sign Up For Our Weekly Newsletter And Get Rental Property And Apartment News And Helpful, Useful Content Each Week.

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Strengthening Policies, Procedures, and Written Communication in Property Management

Rental Housing Journal

About the author: In 2005, The Fair Housing Institute was founded as a company with one goal: to provide educational and entertaining fair-housing compliance training at an affordable price at the click of a button. Sign Up For Our Weekly Newsletter And Get Rental Property And Apartment News And Helpful, Useful Content Each Week.

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A Caution on AI: The Possibility of Fair-Housing Violations in Communication and Payments

Rental Housing Journal

The Evolution of Communication in Property Management AI-powered chatbots and automated messaging systems are becoming the norm, helping property teams respond to resident inquiries, process maintenance requests, and even screen rental applications.

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Navigating Unreasonable Accommodation Requests

Rental Housing Journal

Administrative strain: A resident asks for a 24/7 on-call maintenance service to accommodate their needs. About the author: In 2005, The Fair Housing Institute was founded as a company with one goal: to provide educational and entertaining fair-housing compliance training at an affordable price at the click of a button.

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Rent Control - A Solution? by Gaston Reboredo CCIM CPM

Florida Property Management

million housing units were added to the market between 2005 and 2015, the vast majority of those homes were designed to accommodate only the smallest and wealthiest portion of the rental population. The Pros and Cons of Rent Control Policies Research by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) found that although 6.7

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Best Passive Real Estate Investments: The Lazy Investor’s Guide

SparkRental

I’ve owned dozens of rental properties since 2005. Fractional Ownership of Apartment Complexes What’s better than fractional ownership in a single-family rental property? An ownership share in a 200-unit apartment community. The vacancy rate typically remains pretty constant, as do maintenance costs. Not at all.