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Holiday Safety Tips for Residents: Trees, Lighting, Candles

While decorating helps add to the beauty of the holidays, it also brings an increased risk of fire hazards. Apartment communities and their residents can benefit from the following decorating tips...

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A Lesson in How the Work Gets Done

I hope this finds all of you healthy, safe and in the midst of happy holiday celebrations with family and friends. By the time you settle in to read my scribblings with a cup of eggnog or other festive...

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Up In the Air

Five years ago I heard about this thing called Airbnb. I was staying in San Diego for a few days by myself after a work conference and decided to try it out. I arrived at my Airbnb, my host showed me...

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My RPM Story – Lisa

My best friend encouraged me to work in residential property management (RPM), and now I have a lucrative career!As an RPM Careers ambassador, I want to inspire others to join this exciting...

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Industry Scores Victories, But More Work Remains

Happy New Year!

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“My RPM Story” – Jada

Working in banking gave me customer service and analytical skills, but I wanted a career with a stronger connection to the community. That desire to help people led me to residential property...

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Born This Way

My Dad is a high school English teacher, which means he corrected my grammar from the moment I began speaking. Not at all annoying! While I didn’t appreciate the dinner-time lessons on possessive...

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Won’t You Be Someone Else’s Neighbor

My best friend and I lived together for five years. During that time, her boyfriend lived with us for about 8 months. After they broke up, he stayed for another month.The Vatican is currently reviewing...

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Capitol Conference Advocacy Hits Critical Apartment Concerns

Apartment Industry Advocates,

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I Raised You Better

My parents and I visited my brother in Florida at the end of his freshman year in college. When we arrived, it became very clear that nothing had been cleaned since September. And by cleaned, I mean...

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iAddicted

November marked my post-modern birth. I bought my first smartphone.After years of holding steadfast to my tried and true flip phone—insisting that I had a better quality of life and was more connected...

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He Sees You When You're Sleeping

My best friend owns a Roomba—one of those horrifying robot vacuums that come to life in the middle of the night while you’re “safely” tucked into bed. I’m not into it. Sure, the tiny machine can get in...

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NAA Capitol Conference Sets New Records, Kicks Off Advocacy 365

Apartment Industry Advocates,

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Je Ne Understand

I went to Europe last summer for the first time since I studied abroad nine years ago. In those nine years, I lost all foreign language competency. This became apparent as soon as I picked up our...

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Where the Wild Things Are

Every year my friends and I hike in at least one new National Park. It’s a real nightmare for my mother, who imagines the various ways in which I’ll be mauled by an animal and doesn’t want to “know...

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On Your Mark, Get Set... SUMMER!

Summer is a coming… in some places around the country it seems as if it’s already here. The maintenance staff is already busy away the ice melt and snow shovels and getting ready for the summer rush....

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Hollywood On the Hill

I couldn’t pick a Senator out of a line-up, but I could spot Julia Roberts’ niece in a crowded Chipotle. What can I say—I’m a bad Washingtonian. I’ve never been a particularly politically minded...

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Bad Apple

The trunk of my car functions as a combination storage unit / Dumpster. Still, nothing could prepare me for last week, when I was searching for a pair of heels and pulled out a tote bag from my best...

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Criminal Background Checks Under Scrutiny

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“My RPM Story” – Daniel

After four years in the U.S. Navy, I had to make a choice — study medicine or study law. As it turns out, residential property management (RPM) chose me.When I graduated from high school in 2003, I...

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