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Time to Go Deeper on Multifamily Fraud

It's Time to Go Deeper on Multifamily Fraud

A little over a year ago, I recorded a series of interviews with the leaders of technology companies helping our industry address the growing problem of fraud.The interviews developed a couple of themes emerging from the most recent 20for20 Annual Survey. Fraud had jumped to the top of many executives' priorities, and there seemed to be an unusually large number of software vendors helping to address the problem.

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When Tech Gets in the way of Centralization

When Multifamily Tech Gets in the way of Centralization

Two major themes seem to be coming up lately in multifamily technology and operations. One is centralization—the dominant idea in how companies are restructuring work. The other is tech bloat—the growing problem of companies buying too much technology without fully accounting for the associated costs. As with so many big topics in multifamily, the two ideas are starting to converge.

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AppFolio FUTURE 2024 Keynote

The Best Multifamily AI Presentation I've Seen all Year

The last major multifamily technology event of the year took place last week in San Diego. And with it, AppFolio FURURE appears to have established itself as a major fixture on the industry's event calendar.

A couple of things stood out: with double the attendance of last year's event, this show is now on par—for attendance and content—with the largest user conferences in our industry. More impressively, FUTURE presented the broadest and most cohesive vision I have seen of how AI may change property management.  

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RETTC - OPTECH 2024 in Review

RETTC to the Promised Land: NMHC OPTECH 2024 in Review

NMHC OPTECH 2024 is in the books, and what an event it was. As we noted last week, this year's was another record-setting crowd. As always, the event seemed to fly by. There is much to unpack, so this article will share thoughts on the launch of RETTC (pronounced "ret-see"), key technology themes that stood out, and finally, some reflections on the future of this excellent event.

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Posts about:

Multifamily Technology Trends

Time to Go Deeper on Multifamily Fraud

It's Time to Go Deeper on Multifamily Fraud

A little over a year ago, I recorded a series of interviews with the leaders of technology companies helping our industry address the growing problem of fraud.The interviews developed a couple of themes emerging from the most recent 20for20 Annual Survey. Fraud had jumped to the top of many executives' priorities, and there seemed to be an unusually large number of software vendors helping to address the problem.

Continue Reading
When Tech Gets in the way of Centralization

When Multifamily Tech Gets in the way of Centralization

Two major themes seem to be coming up lately in multifamily technology and operations. One is centralization—the dominant idea in how companies are restructuring work. The other is tech bloat—the growing problem of companies buying too much technology without fully accounting for the associated costs. As with so many big topics in multifamily, the two ideas are starting to converge.

Continue Reading
AppFolio FUTURE 2024 Keynote

The Best Multifamily AI Presentation I've Seen all Year

The last major multifamily technology event of the year took place last week in San Diego. And with it, AppFolio FURURE appears to have established itself as a major fixture on the industry's event calendar.

A couple of things stood out: with double the attendance of last year's event, this show is now on par—for attendance and content—with the largest user conferences in our industry. More impressively, FUTURE presented the broadest and most cohesive vision I have seen of how AI may change property management.  

Continue Reading
RETTC - OPTECH 2024 in Review

RETTC to the Promised Land: NMHC OPTECH 2024 in Review

NMHC OPTECH 2024 is in the books, and what an event it was. As we noted last week, this year's was another record-setting crowd. As always, the event seemed to fly by. There is much to unpack, so this article will share thoughts on the launch of RETTC (pronounced "ret-see"), key technology themes that stood out, and finally, some reflections on the future of this excellent event.

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