From a System of Record to a System of Action by Carole VanSickle Ellis The concept of property management has been documented as long ago as 3,000 B.C., when Mesopotamian priests employed specialized property overseers to manage the day-to-day operations of agrarian estates while the priests were...
The Gateway City is Losing Population, but the “Refuge Market” Remains Strong by Carole VanSickle Ellis St. Louis, Missouri, is experiencing a certain troubling downtrend, but that does not seem to be having a negative effect on the Gateway City’s real estate market. This past March, the median...
An Ecosystem of Service Solutions by Andy Bates Property technology, often referred to as “Proptech,” is taking the real estate industry by storm. Market researchers like Fortune Business Insights valued proptech at over $40 billion at the close of 2025 with the overall market expected to grow to...
Reveals Advantages for Today’s Investors by Amy Daniel While today’s homebuyers are stressed out, time strapped and overspending, investors continue to take a more measured approach. They’re waiting, watching and positioning themselves for what’s next. ServiceLink recently unveiled its 2026 State...
AI is Becoming Part of What Investors Underwrite by Reshma Block Institutional Single-Family Rental (SFR) only became viable because technology made scattered-site housing manageable at scale. For more than a decade, that capability served as the industry’s most important competitive moat,...
And Why It Matters by Amy Kame The NPLA Private Lending Market Report is something this industry has needed for a long time. Private lending has matured into an institutionalized asset class, and it deserves market intelligence that reflects that. Every month, in partnership with SFR Analytics and...
The Baltimore Situation Should Worry Every Lender by Tony Pistilli By now, most people in the industry have seen the reporting on the Baltimore foreclosure crisis: Hundreds of properties allegedly bought at distressed prices, loaded with liens and deferred maintenance, and then appraised and...
A Calmer Hurricane Forecast Is Not a Storm Response Strategy by Blake Adams, SeekNow NOAA released its 2026 Atlantic hurricane outlook on May 21, predicting a below-normal season: eight to 14 named storms, three to six hurricanes, and one to three major hurricanes, with a 55% chance of...
The Renter Is Leaving by Connie Lee During April-May 2026, we ran 195 mystery shops on leasing teams across the United States. We submitted real inquiries, tracked every response, and logged exactly what happened next. Here is what I can tell you: every single property sent back a reply; not one...
