Do you or your property managers spend a significant amount of time handling packages? If so, you’re not alone. According to a study from the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC),…
Ben PutanoAugust 8, 2020
Are you building a smart apartment community? If so, you’re probably spending a lot of time thinking about thermostats. The vast and ever-growing smart thermostat market can be tough to…
Ben PutanoApril 26, 2019
Smart apartment operating systems—also called smart management platforms—are critical to the success of every smart multifamily community. We looked at the value of smart operating systems in a recent article,…
Ben PutanoMarch 29, 2019
Nick Reddell has a tough job – enter smart student living. As the Housing Corporation President for the University of Kansas’s Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Reddell is the landlord, property…
Ben PutanoMarch 22, 2019
Luxury communities are often on the leading edge of multifamily trends, so are smart appliances the next battleground in the apartment amenity wars? Residents at The Fairways of Ironhorse can…
Ben PutanoMarch 8, 2019
Smart devices reigned supreme at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, from toilets and fragrance dispensers to autonomous vehicles and slightly creepy child robots. Out of 31 product categories, smart home…
Ben PutanoJanuary 16, 2019
Freelancing is no longer a niche profession. A 2017 study by Upwork and the Freelancers Union found that there are over 57 million freelancers in the United States– more than a…
Ben PutanoJanuary 11, 2019