Legislative Updates

For most AATC members, mathematics means addition and subtraction (e.g., revenue minus expense equals net operating income; budget variances;...

As a multifamily owner/operator, the past two years have been fiscally, physically, and emotionally draining. The old line about a crisis-building...

Government budgets typically involve billions and/or trillions of dollars! Legendary Illinois United States Senator Everett Dirksen allegedly...

Have you ever wondered why there are 435 members of Congress? Seems like a random, arbitrary number. Almost 100 years ago, Congress passed the...

We are all learning to navigate the new business reality forced upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year and a half, it still feels weird to...

There are three kinds of people in the world: those that get math and those that don’t. There are only 10 kinds of people in the world:...

Remember “Snowmaggedon”? Snowmaggedon, are you kidding me? It is August in the Lone Star state, so it is hot. How hot is it? It is...

As our residents and we slowly adjust to the current turbulent economic and social environment, it reminds me of the tremendous resources available...

We are halfway through our year-long look at Advocacy by the Numbers. Last month, we looked at the twenty-somethings: school districts within...

As WAK Property Management President, I am focused on two customer bases: external (current and future residents) and internal (employees, owners,...

Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby depicts the excesses of America in the “roaring” 1920s. Last century’s roaring...

As our companies, our industry, and our residents slowly begin to emerge from the personal and economic impacts of the COVID pandemic, supply and...