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by Christopher Dean Denver-metro rents decreased for the first time in nearly three years. Average rents fell from $1,371 to $1,368 during the third quarter according to the Denver Metro Area Apartment Vacancy and Rent Report released today. Apartment rents rarely decrease during... Continue Reading

The Apartment Association of Metro Denver has earned a 2016 ASAE Power of A Silver Award for it's New Talent Initiative, which focused on promoting careers in the apartment industry to young professionals in Metro Denver. ASAE honored AAMD for the success of the initiative, which resulted in over... Continue Reading

by NAA/NMHC The Labor Department issued its final rule on May 18 that lifts the overtime pay threshold from $23,660 to $47,476 – impacting an estimated 4.2 million workers nationwide. Effective Dec. 1, executive, administrative and professional employees who are paid by the hour, or earn... Continue Reading

by Betty Knecht Ed Schell, CAS, will be honored at the NAA Education Conference this month with the CAS Designee of the Year award. Ed has a resume of achievement in the multifamily industry and within his company that are definitely worthy of recognition. Ed has performed at a high level... Continue Reading

Brooke Chesnut will be presenting multiple presentations at the 2016 Education Conference. by Brooke Chesnut The demographics of today’s workforce are changing rapidly. What happened in May 2015 was historic: for the first time in history the population of the Baby Boomer generation was... Continue Reading

We’ve all heard, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” You are perceived as likeable or unlikeable by others in mere seconds. A positive first impression is very important in the multifamily industry- our customers, current and future, judge us by our curb... Continue Reading

A robust Denver metro area apartment market is good news for job seekers as the Apartment Association of Metro Denver (AAMD) promotes an aggressive recruitment initiative to fill employment opportunities within the apartment living industry. Those efforts are coming to a crescendo with open... Continue Reading

What Maintenance Staff Should and Should Not Do by Debbie Wilson Maintenance staff are hardworking, skilled members of a Housing providers staff. However, many times, the maintenance staff members are not afforded the training and Fair Housing classes that office staff receive on an annual... Continue Reading

by Chris Abernathy and Amy Gillaspie As the Maintenance Olympics draws near, we thought it would be important to spotlight the importance of our maintenance teams to the success of our communities, specifically in the area of resident retention. Our maintenance teams are on the front lines and... Continue Reading

by Carol Levey I am a community manager with a team of seven. I enjoy my assignment which I’ve had for about a year but I’m finding that my maintenance guys don’t feel part of the team. They do a good job but I’ve been at properties where everyone works together and this is... Continue Reading

Estimated 6,000 families positively impacted since 1991 Since 1991, the Apartment Association of Metro Denver has partnered with Family Homestead, a Denver charity that assists struggling families in transitioning out of homelessness. Over the 25 years the Apartment Association of Metro Denver... Continue Reading

Former Denver Bronco Terrell Davis will be the Keynote Speaker at our Education Conference and Trade Show on May 25! Terrell Davis helped lead the Broncos to two Super Bowls in 1998 (in which he was named Super Bowl XXXII MVP) and 1999. Davis' signature "Mile High Salute" and intensity on the... Continue Reading