23rd Annual TRENDS is “THE” Largest Northwest Rental Housing Management and Ownership Education Conference and Trade Show.
December 11th at the Washington State Convention Center, Seattle
7:00 am to 4:30 pm.
TRENDS is the premier annual education conference and trade show for Northwest rental housing ownership, management and maintenance. TRENDS the largest one-day rental housing management/ownership conference and trade show on the West Coast. TRENDS is a national award-winning event.

KING/SNOHOMISH RENTS: $996 per Unit $1.18 per Foot
The average rent for the third quarter, excluding utility costs, rose to $996.
This is a remarkable 3% quarterly increase. Rents had been increasing at an average of slightly less than 2% per quarter in the previous three quarters.

A landlord’s right to gain access to a rental property is an important tool often ignored by the resident.

U.S. House Passes Legislation Extending the Energy-Efficient Commercial Building Tax Deduction

We all know multifamily property owners are business people driven by the bottom line, and you are unlikely to adopt new technologies in your communities without a tangible benefit to your books. The practice of submetering, or transferring variable utility costs to individual residents, is a proven, reliable and cost-effective way to increase profitability and encourage conservation at multifamily communities.

Going smoke free is good for business. It helps reduce maintenance costs, caters to the majority of tenants and may help you negotiate lower insurance rates.

Whether you have several vacancies and upcoming notices to lease or you are down to that last "net to rent," you must still qualify your prospects in order to ultimately secure the rental.
How you remember and record the needs and preferences of your callers and visitors, is just as important as obtaining the information in the first place. Following is a question that came up recently during a training session on the topic of guest cards:

We have our fall general meeting schedule in place, and I hope everyone marks their calendars for a great line-up of speakers.