columns
10 hiGhER GROUNd Juggling Act: Maintain diligence
when managing projects and properties
12 MARkETiNG sOLUTiONs Stay On Message:
Focus marketing efforts by knowing your target audience
14 GREEN sCENE Dialing For Dollars: Controlling
thermostats and temperatures produces low-cost energy
savings
departments
6 iNdUsTRY NEws & NOTEs Foreclosure filings
up a record 81 percent in 2008; Commercial developers
seek bailout; Survey indicates drop in apartment demand;
New sustainability standard approved for multifamily
properties
16 iN sEssiON IREM Members prepare for the 2009
Capitol Hill Visit Day; Stimulus proposals take aim at climate change; 2009 Legislative outlook: taxes and energy
conservation
18 FAMOUs PROPERTiEs
Jewel of the Desert: Distinct history and architecture
make the Biltmore Resort an icon in Arizona
20 REGiONAL OUTLOOk Tropical Opportunities:
Hawaii still a bright spot despite overall economic downturn
47 GAdGETs Spotlight on PDAs
48 iNsidE iREM AMO spotlight on Transwestern
Denver; 2010 national officers and RVPs nominated; Know
your IREM Code of Professional Ethics, JPM articles translated for international members
57 iREM FOUNdATiON NEws Real Estate
Management Center succeeds at Saint Augustine’s College
58 NEw PROdUCTs Product information about beam
smoke detectors, hydrogen sulfide gas sensors, cabinet
task lights and electric meter bars
59 Ad iNdEx
60 CAN YOU TOP This? Spirited Away
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