Patrick Antrim, CEO and Founder of Multifamily Leadership, prompts Jamin Harkness to talk about what he went through transitioning his business to remote work and building a winning company culture. Harkness is the Executive Vice President of The Management Group (TMG), a company that’s ranked three times on the Best Places to Work Multifamily® list. “It was a…
Pete Kelly is the CEO of Apartment Life, a faith-based nonprofit serving the Multifamily industry for over two decades building community. That company helped with the Loneliness Epidemic. “About a year ago, the insurance company Cigna came out with a study that found that 60% of Americans would describe themselves as being lonely. If you’re an apartment owner…
Brady Nolan says his company is here to build something special and transformative, that can be innovative and solve big problems. “We are really playing around the rent payments experience. In the United States, rent is a $700 billion payments industry. It’s the largest single payments industry in the world. So on a macro level, I’m excited,…
365 Connect has been exclusively serving the Multifamily industry since 2003, with marketing, leasing, digital applications, portals, payments, and an array of related products. “We pride ourselves as innovators in the space,” said Kirby. Kirby says there’s been a gradual change in demographics in the workforce. Generation Z, people born (between 1997 and 2012) is starting to have a…
Jessica Fern says she wants to start her discussion by talking about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and another less-well known term called Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). ADHD in the Workplace “I think when you say ADHD, you automatically have a picture in your head of what that looks like, which is probably a random bee buzzing all over the…
Sheri Druckman, the Vice President of SRG Residential, says it’s an exciting time for Multifamily in legislation. People are going to congress, trying to promote housing initiatives. The main ones are rental assistance, eviction moratorium, and housing affordability, which are part of the American Rescue Plan. Legislative Impact on Apartment Housing At the start of the pandemic, California put an…
Having a vibrant community means having connectivity among your residents. The company Sugar was named on the concept of borrowing a cup of sugar – something that involves friendly interaction, a conversation and building of trust that can bring you closer, and a shared moment that enhances friendships. Nothing will make people renew a lease like feeling part of a…
In May of 2018, Stellar Residential was invited to participate in a project. Initially, that was intended for their contributions in property management, but that changed. They started getting involved with the selection process with the architect and design team, then the general contractors. Dale Phillips created a comprehensive marketing plan with a “Vision Session” where the team brainstormed…
Audra Lamoon and Scott Sheppard joined the conference from the United Kingdom to discuss emotional intelligence. Sheppard has worked in customer service, the airline industry, and the cruise industry, and the hotel industry. He says he’s traveled to five dozen different countries through his work in the travel industry, learning about how different cultures and communities experience things differently. …