Driving Success: The Booming Growth of the Express Car Wash Industry
The car wash industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, propelled by increasing vehicle ownership, urbanization, and…
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Real8 Group posts blog items on industry news, events, hiring and recruiting, professional development, and the workplace.
Unlocking Success: The Role of Compensation in Overcoming Hiring Challenges
In the dynamic landscape of real estate, finding and hiring skilled candidates has become increasingly…
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The Ultimate Guide: Dressing for Success in Video Interviews
In the digital age, the traditional face-to-face interview has transformed into a virtual experience, allowing…
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Executive Talent Acquisition
At Real8 Group, our mission is clear: to connect exceptional talent with extraordinary opportunities. To…
The High Cost of a Bad Hire: Why Companies Can’t Afford Mistakes
Hiring the right talent is critical to a company's success in the competitive business world.…
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A Culture of Learning and Growth
At the heart of Real8 Group is a commitment to nurturing a culture of continuous…
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The 7 Key Traits of Successful Real Estate Executives
As the real estate industry continues to evolve and grow, the role of executives within…
10 Frequently Asked Questions About Real Estate Recruiting Firms
What is a real estate recruiting firm? A real estate recruiting firm is a company…
7 Questions to Ask a Recruiting Firm Before You Hire Them
Hiring a recruiting firm can be a major decision for any company. Whether you are…
Acing Your Self-Storage Job Interview: Ways to Prepare and Make a Positive Impression
When it comes to job-hunting, great experience and a solid résumé will get your foot…
How to Manage Your New Hire Expectations
Your business spends considerable resources on hiring new employees. It takes time, money, and energy…
4 Recruiting Tactics to Obtain the Right Talent
The novel coronavirus has impacted companies and employers in staggering ways. According to the latest…
Impress Your Boss with Productivity During Coronavirus Social Distancing
Many real estate professionals have been thrown into a completely new work environment — working…
Working Remotely with Positions to Fill – Now What?
The year started, for many of us, with dreams, goals and plans for growth. Our…
Avoid These 6 Resume Mistakes
Studies show that the average recruiter or hiring manager spends 6 seconds reading a resume. With only…
5 Ways to Engage with Remote Employees
It’s no secret that more companies are facilitating remote work. Whether it’s a few days…
How to Address Poor Performance
If you’re a manager for any substantial length of time, you’re going to run into…
How to Work with a Recruiter
You know you need a recruiter for your next big hire. But maybe you’ve never…
How to Build Trust in Your Workplace
Building Trust in Your Workplace In his book “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing…
How to Know if You Need a Recruiter
It isn’t always easy for companies to recognize when they need a recruiter to help…
How to Maintain Open Communication in the Workplace
Good communication is a cornerstone of successful businesses. Team members collaborate with one another, and…
Coaching vs. Counseling
A manager plays many roles: authority figure, trainer, mentor, advocate, coach, counselor, etc. The roles…
The Importance of Consistency in Human Resources
“But that’s not fair!” You thought you were done encountering this argument when you graduated…
4 Ways a Recruiter Can Help You
Entrepreneurs and business leaders are used to doing things for themselves. Why pay someone to…
3 Work Productivity Hacks to Implement Today
Sometimes it feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day. You find yourself busy…
What Do Millennials Want in a Job?
Many stereotypes exist about millennials, particularly when it comes to how they work. Some employers…
5 Job Application Mistakes That Ruin Your Chance of Getting Hired
When job applicants compete for the best jobs, employers receive dozens — sometimes even hundreds…
How to Help Employees Find Meaning in Their Work
If you ask people on the verge of retirement about themselves, the first thing they’ll…
10 Easy Ways to Recognize Employees
Recognition is a critical component to job satisfaction. People can only pat themselves on the…
The Airbnb of Swimming Pools
NATIONAL NEWS GNC to close 900 stores. The nutrition retailer has about 4,100 locations in the…
How to Give Employees Autonomy
How to Give Employees Autonomy When you hire an employee, you bring aboard that person’s…
How to Incentivize Your Employees without Money
People like to think that if the boss gave them a huge raise they’d work…
Where Should We Park?
NATIONAL NEWS Watch out Walmart and Target…Amazon Prime Day is coming. Amazon is mixing it up…
6 Tips to Hold a Productive Meeting
Have you ever sat down for work to look at your calendar and then realize…
Bring the Beach to You
MULTIFAMILY NEWS Homes are getting smarter. According to data from Statista, in 2019, more than 33% of…
5 Tips for Managing a Remote Team
The workforce is changing. Over 70% of white-collar professionals work remote at least once a…
6 Ways to Build a Dynamite Team
You need people to get things done. If a task requires more than one person…
What are the Most Expensive Office Markets?
MULTIFAMILY NEWS New York passes a major overhaul on rent laws leaving the real estate…
Startup Using Uber for Flipping Properties
MULTIFAMILY NEWS Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges is on the rise. According to a Yardi Matrix…
You Can Now Pay Rent Online
MULTIFAMILY NEWS Robert Morgan of Morgan Management, one of the largest multifamily owners in the country…
What is Hot-Desking and is it Productive?
Have you heard of hot-desking? It’s been around for a couple of years, but it’s…
Start Your Own Delivery Company with Amazon
MULTIFAMILY NEWS Here are the best and worst performing cities for Real Estate Investment according to…
5 Ways to Avoid a Bad Hire
It’s no secret that a bad hire can cost you a lot of money. On…
Top Multifamily Properties
MULTIFAMILY & TECHNOLOGY NEWS The Online Reputation Assessment released it’s top properties in the U.S.…
What Do Renters Really Want?
MULTIFAMILY & TECHNOLOGY NEWS Marriott versus Airbnb. The hotel behemoth is entering the same space as…
Chick-fil-A Versus Airports
MULTIFAMILY & TECHNOLOGY NEWS The tech industry is seeing growth in some unexpected places. According…
Can Virtual Reality Save Retail?
MULTIFAMILY NEWS If you build it, they will come. Florida and the Southeast markets dominated the…
Delayed Marriages are Helping the Multifamily Industry
MULTIFAMILY NEWS WalletHub just released its most liveable capital cities. Ranking factors include affordability, economic…
Are You Experienced Focus?
MULTIFAMILY NEWS Are you familiar with Fitwel? Fitwel is the world’s leading certification system that optimizes…
Family Focused Apartments
MULTIFAMILY NEWS Last week, we mentioned that co-living spaces are starting to gain some traction. Family-focused apartments could…
Power Nap Anyone?
MULTIFAMILY Denver’s largest multifamily transaction in 2.5 years closed last week. A combined 1,023 units sold for…
Is Austin Running Out of Room?
A $32m dollar penthouse anyone? Hudson Yards prepares for its grand opening next week on the far west…
Amazon Launches Grocery Stores
Office Depot partners with e-commerce giant, Alibaba. The partnership will consist of a co-branded site; alibaba.com/officedepot. The…
Smart Apartments Coming
Here’s a first. Oregon just became the first state to issue statewide rent control. Annual rent increases will…
Cashless Retail?
Boston is Hot Looking to invest in multifamily? Boston might be your spot. With over…
Top Apartment Amenities
What Renters Really Want Apartment Guide did a deep dive into what renters are really looking…
Music-Inspired Amenities?
Rent Versus Buy? A recent RentCafe study shows the fastest-growing rent segment to be: high-income…
Robot Furniture?
Amazon Hub in New York? There were some rumors flying around last week that Amazon…
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Short Term Rentals are Taking Off
Why Hotel? The short-term rental game is gaining some steam. With more properties being developed,…
Loan Limit Increase for Multifamily Mortgages
MULTIFAMILY REAL ESTATE Loan Limit Increase for Multifamily Mortgages In an effort to provide more…
A Banner Year for Multifamily
Multifamily real estate had a great year 2018 marked a banner year for multifamily real estate.…
Do You Micromanage?
Stop Micromanaging When you micromanage your team, you’re essentially saying, “I don’t trust you enough…
How to Onboard an Employee
Fun Fact: Employers lose 17% of their new hires within their first 90 days due…
4 Things to Think About When Hiring
4 Things to Think About When Hiring There’s a lot of work that goes into…
How to Be a Better Listener
Be a Better Listener He/she who speaks first loses, right? Not necessarily. If you find…
What Kind of Manager Are You?
Are You a 10-90 Kind of Manager? We’re not talking about a 1090 tax form.…
How to Impress Your Boss
Want to Impress the Boss? With over 10 years of experience in managing employees, Nicole Rollender…
How to Make Your Team More Productive
3 Steps to Quick Decisions Let’s face it, making decisions on the fly is part…
Does it Matter What You Wear to Work?
Does Dressing for Success Work? That’s a loaded question. Some positions require you wear a…
Hiring, Attracting and Retaining Employees
Hiring, Attracting and Retaining Employees If it were only as simple as typing it out,…
It’s All in the Willpower
It’s All in the Willpower Some say willpower is the single most important habit for individual success.…
How to Handle Leadership Errors
How to Handle Leadership Errors Your position at work may have you making countless decisions…
Conference Room, Now!
LEADERSHIP Meetings on Meetings… How many meetings do you have during an average work week?…
How to Attract, Hire and Retain Employees – Part 1
Attracting, Hiring and Retaining Employees (Part 1) With over 20 years of experience finding candidates,…
Four-Day Work Week?
LEADERSHIP The Road Not Traveled “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader…
Where Do You Sit at work?
CULTURE That’s My Desk Have you heard of hot desking? Imagine going into the office on…
Are You Paranoid?
CULTURE Do You Need to Attract and Engage Millennials? Millennials are often referred to as…
A Walk-On Mentality
LEADERSHIP A Walk-On Mentality 635 days without a win! That all changed last night. Whether…
Obsessive Customer Disorder
MANAGEMENT Amazon’s Secret Sauce Want to know how Jeff Bezos guides his employees in business…
Does Your Company Have a Linchpin?
CULTURE The Linchpin Are more minds really better than one? Or can one person…
So, About Those TPS Reports
CULTURE Horrible Bosses TPS reports aside, chances are you’ve had a bad boss at one…
Do You Pick Up the Tab?
LEADERSHIP Always Pick Up the Tab What does picking up the tab say about you…
6 Reasons to Use a Recruitment Agency
6 Reasons to Use a Recruitment Agency Hiring the best candidates for your company is…
5 Resume Tips for New Job Seekers
Resumes can be a tricky thing. Where do you start? What do you include? How…