by Joe Stampone | Feb 19, 2019 | Development, Innovation
G’day. How ya goin’? I spent the past two weeks exploring Australia. It’s an incredible place filled with modern cities, unique animals, beautiful landscape, great coffee, and welcoming people. As I like to do, I wanted to share some of my observations (I did... 
by Joe Stampone | Nov 18, 2018 | Asset Management, Development, Innovation, Multifamily, Technology, Value-Add
Historically, class B/C garden-style apartment communities have been typified by dated 70’s/80’s architecture, uninspiring interior design, lackluster landscaping, and boring commodity amenities. Recently, the divide between class A and class B/C apartment communities... 
by vqux4 | Jul 26, 2018 | Asset Management, Career, Development, Entrepreneurship, Multifamily
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been deep in a new value-add multifamily transaction. Acquiring real estate is cumbersome, complex, and opaque, yet we continue to complacently accept this reality. Part of the issue is that acquiring real estate is very fragmented,... 
by Joe Stampone | May 2, 2018 | Asset Management, Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology, Value-Add
We recently embarked on a project aimed at improving the online marketing process for all our multifamily properties. The intent was to greatly improve our web presence, access deeper analytics, build a multifamily brand, and control the process from the... 
by Joe Stampone | Oct 16, 2016 | Career, Development, Entrepreneurship, Multifamily, Value-Add
‘Real estate is an entrepreneurial business’ is a phrase I throw around a lot on this site. It’s true, but what does it even mean? It’s a combination of two things; first, many real estate professionals get into the business to ultimately become entrepreneurs.... 
by Joe Stampone | Aug 6, 2016 | Development, Market News
Growing up, I spent every summer on the Jersey Shore. My parents have a house on Sunset Lake in Wildwood Crest, the last exit off the Parkway before hitting Cape May. I’d spend my weekends between baseball and soccer games, ‘down the shore’, fishing, boating, doing...