The new notice requirements of Colorado’s Warranty of Habitability (effective August 2, 2019) require a landlord to type, long before making repairs. The requirements are specific and time sensitive. They will doom the reasonable, but inexperienced landlord to losing the dispute, regardless... Continue Reading
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Your Ally to Increase Brand Awareness and Sell Your Product By Adriana Anderson The most important content marketing trend in 2019 is video. According to Business Insider, over one million minutes of video are shared per second and over 80% of content consumed on the Internet is video. Visual... Continue Reading
Starry, Inc., a technology and internet service member of AAMD has entered into a partnership with the Denver Housing Authority (DHA). They now provide low-cost internet access for DHA’s affordable and public housing portfolio. More than 600 households at VIDA in West Denver and Connole... Continue Reading
By Emily Klipp When it’s time to start promoting your next event on Facebook it can often be difficult to get timing and coordination down for flawless execution. According to Wish Pond, on average, there are 4.75 billion items shared by Facebook users each day, so it can be easy for your... Continue Reading
With 2019 coming to an end, we’re taking a look into one of the most influential marketing platforms of the last decade – Social Media. According to the Pew Research Center1, 69 percent of all U.S. adults now use at least one social media platform and this number growing... Continue Reading
If you’re a mid-sized property manager or apartment owner, you probably employ more than a 100 leasing agents. Combined, they probably communicate with more than a thousand prospects a day. According to our internal data, 42 percent of those communications are about scheduling tours or... Continue Reading
Last summer I went to Africa with my seventeen-year-old son. We did some humanitarian work for a couple weeks in Ghana and then flew to Tanzania and hiked Mount Kilimanjaro. Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the Seven Summits. The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents.... Continue Reading
The record-breaking amount of new apartment construction in the last several years has yielded exactly what economists would predict: rent growth has fallen from double digit highs earlier this decade to below the rate of inflation over the last 12 months. You read that right: average rents are... Continue Reading
The Colorado General Assembly passed multiple landlord tenant bills this session. Two of these Bills (The Warranty of Habitability or “WHB” and the Bed Bug Bill or “BBB”) create significant ongoing communication requirements for landlords. The WHB is effective August 2,... Continue Reading
FAST FACTS WITH SCOTT Born & Raised: Front range of Colorado with ties to Chicago Education Background: Inner city kid graduating from East High School attended both University of Northern Colorado and the University of Colorado in Boulder Family / Pets: Two cats (Dreamsicle and Mr. Tuffy),... Continue Reading
As of January 1, 2019, if a Section 8 voucher holder is a good candidate, most Denver Landlords will be required to accept the voucher and cooperate with the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) rules, HUD regulations, inspections and policies. Many Landlords do not accept Section 8 voucher holders, as... Continue Reading
Overall, most tenants are good. They carry out the prime directive by paying their rent on time, and don't bother other folks, including your on-site team. However, if you have been in the rental industry long enough, you almost certainly and unfortunately have encountered the chronic complaining... Continue Reading