Journal of Property Management

Traditionally, all kind of business have outsourced specific non-core activities to third-party providers to leverage additional expertise, decrease long-range costs, or increase internal efficiencies. By allowing a provider to handle all or some of...

Green buildings--they've been talked about for years, debated, even rejected, but has the time now come to embrace them? Leaders of green technologies are saying the concept is no longer an oddity, and skeptics in the real estate industry may be ready...

When the troubled Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) partnered with the Habitat Company to create a residential community that married higher end condominiums with homes for public housing residents, the plan seemed a vision for the future. However, making...

Individual participation is the heart of any voluntary organization. Whether we are raising money for our favorite charity or giving up our Saturdays to coach Little League, our willingness to spend time and energy on a project shows our commitment...

There are approximately 42 million Americans living in common interest developments (CIDs) today representing approximately 15 percent of all U.S. housing CIDs are gorwing at a staggering rate. In the 1970s there were 10,000 CIDs according to the Community...

What images do the words "service" call to mind? Waiters handing icy drinks from silver trays; a helping hand to carry that heavy package or run that errand, or a welcoming staff that meets your every need instantly, even before you ask? This sort...

How boring--more prosperity, stable occupancies, rising rents; that is what 2000 looks like to most real estate experts. "We're still in a sweet spot in the economy. I've been optimistic for a decade, and I still see reason for optimism. Yet the risk...