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Marie Head has been appointed deputy assistant secretary of multifamily housing programs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Tuesday, filling a post left vacant when Carol Galante became the acting Federal Housing Administration (FHA) commissioner in July.
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The Comunidades Group's Moe Vela Jr. heads to the White House as director of administration for the office of Vice President Joe Biden.
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, a new Web site that immediately verifies rental history, launched yesterday at the NMHC Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, Calif.
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When times are tough, employees turn to their managers for advice, guidance, and fresh, new strategies. Here, five industry leaders share their latest breakthroughs in four categories. These ideas can help you improve communication, inspire by example, and hone in on new strategies across a variety...
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Forrest White, director of asset engineering for Alliance Residential Co., has a tight budget for the rehab projects he oversees at the Phoenix-based multifamily developer and third-party manager. A stickler for detail, he keeps a close eye on costs, reviewing line-by-line expenditures for the 10...
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Doris Koo has always been people-focused, from her school days as a sociology student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to her service at the Seattle Housing Authority to her work as executive vice president, strategic programs at Enterprise Community Partners. Now that focus has catapulted...
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Until recently, a set of filing cabinets in the corporate offices of Atlanta-based Post Properties took up five cubicles' worth of workspace. The cabinets held copies of invoices from vendors who deliver goods and services to Post's 62 apartment communities, consisting of 21,872 apartment units, in...
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At 23, Lacy Lynch's career is already on the fast track: She's training manager for Sares-Regis Group's multifamily property management division, where she has worked for a year an a half. Her job, she says, allows her to express her individuality and creativity. It puts her on a career path that...
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If Leonard Wood had left Trammell Crow to start an ice cream stand, Donna Hawkins says she would've followed him. And Wood's longtime executive assistant obviously isn't alone. When Wood resigned from Trammell Crow in 1998 to launch Wood Partners, roughly 60 Trammell Crow employees, including...
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Every player on the team is important, and it's the manager's job to ensure they perform to the best of their abilities. At Pinnacle Realty Management Co., Stan Harrelson, 48, makes sure his team is equipped with the resources and training necessary to get the job done right.