Author: Sarah Fisher

  • Echo-Boomers’ Booming Impact on Rental

    Property managers must be echo-friendly if they hope to survive in the rental market. According to a recent GlobeSt.com article (whose inspiration and information derives from a panel at the RealShare Apartments Conference in LA), the youngest generation of renters are posed to set standards in the market.

  • Executive Summary: Metrics That Matter Served on a Platter

    In “Metrics That Matter,” an owner and investor shares his perspective on identifying key areas for metrics and visibility to mitigate risk and enhance investor returns. This short video provides an executive summary of the webinar, highlighting Timothy Donahoe’s insights into quantifiable performance metrics.

  • Keeping Some Metrics up Your Sleeve: 5 Questions You Should Ask

    Before you can answer the question, “How is my property performing?” you need to ask a few questions. An understanding of property performance is rooted in operational data that is documented, visible, and accessible. However, collecting and managing this data can often feel like searching for the Holy Grail, and wholly fail.

  • Operational Analytics: Take Measures to Measure

    The best operators are now applying performance metrics to how they operate, and that is their vehicle to taking things to the next level. The game has changed. How should you adjust your thinking and practices to this new reality?

  • Funny Friday- When Magazines are Harder to Use than iPads

    Changes in society are often most clearly manifested in those with the least experience in it. If you want to benchmark how the world has changed, just watch a baby.

  • Upcoming Webinar: Metrics That Matter

    Peter Drucker’s modern management principle says it all: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” With a greater demand for accountability from management teams comes a new emphasis on quantifiable operational performance metrics. Join us as senior real estate investment professional, Timothy Donahoe, shares his perspective on identifying key areas for metrics and…

  • Funny Friday: My BlackBerry Is Not Working!

    Difficulties with BlackBerries have left many frazzled recently, but these Brits turn technology gaffes into laughs. Watch this “fruity” sketch from BBC show “The One Ronnie” where Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield are sure to “produce” some smiles.

  • Tenant Bill of Rights

    In line with our constant pursuit of CRE Best Practices, we have to commend BEI client Kurt Padavano, COO of Advance Realty, for his “Tenants’ Bill of Rights.”

  • Back in BlackBerry: All Service Restored

    As a followup to the previous post on the BlackBerry outage, I’m here to bear good news to all CrackBerry addicts. Your fix is in: service has been fully restored globally. However, it may be slow as the system recovers.

  • The Key Decision Criteria That Really Matter

    The rationale for automating all the operational areas of your business is clear. Less clear: the process for identifying and evaluating property and tenant management systems. This short video identifies the important considerations and questions to include in your criteria checklist.