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The Next Big Thing
What is the next big thing? Is there a technology lurking around the corner with the potential to change the way we do everything,...
Technology and service make choosing SBC a smart move
In a company considered the nation's number two local phone outfit behind Verizon Wireless, it might seem easy to get lost in the shuffle....
Reinventing Customer Service
Running water, working heat, timely repair, clean apartments, trimmed lawns and a measure of civility. These were the standards of good service in rental...
NAHB project of the year: Epicenter, Seattle
Award-winning design integrates a development into its surrounding environment and even transcends it, making the property stand out in a captivating way. This year's...
2004 Pillars of the Industry Award Winners
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced the winners of its 2004 Pillars of the Industry Awards. The Pillars Awards, considered the most...
Sell smarter
One look at the apartment industry today quickly tells you this is not your father's business. Aided by widespread adoption of technology and driven...
Trailblazer: Laurie Lustig-Bower
Laurie Lustig-Bower is a driven woman. As a teenager, she submitted 57,000 entry forms to win a horse at a national competition. It took...
Pillars of the Industry Awards
It's official: the basic box is dead. That holdover from the fifties, the flat-roofed, flat-walled rectangular building that passed for multifamily housing for so...
Diversity factoids
WOMEN MORE COMMITTED TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP Women entrepreneurs, 26.6 percent, are more likely than their male counterparts, 17 percent, to stick with their self-employment plan even...
How will the new spending bill impact affordable housing?
As I write this column, the Senate is close to considering the omnibus appropriations bill to fund HUD and other programs for FY 03/04....
The new Sun Valley
Imagine an apartment unit with a view of snow capped mountains and a shimmering mountainside lake. Imagine skiing in and out of your apartment...
Civil rights and wrongs: Fair Housing isn’t always fair
Having once prosecuted fair housing cases for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, I would be the first to tell you...
The changing face of work
Want to maximize your competitive advantage? Access new markets? Groom a competitive workforce? Make smarter decisions? Outperform your competitor and “Do the right thing?”...
Race-based discrimination in housing market rises
In its 2003 report, the NFHA found that 30 percent of all housing discrimination complaints were race-based, followed by disability and familial status, which...
The science of personality: How hiring practices impact employee equality and diversity
Hiring practices are designed to detect individual differences in job applicants. Based upon those differences, a hiring manager selects the best person for the...
