RealPage-Yardi Lawsuits Show the Folly of Focussing Only on Revenue
For years, real estate companies have been using technology to help them maximize the revenue of their properties. Many multifamily landlords use software created by…
Blaming Software for Rising Rents Ignores the Larger Problems
Several law firms in Seattle are vying for control of a couple of antitrust lawsuits against property management software company RealPage and some large multifamily…
Inside RealPage’s Mounting Legal Troubles
Since its founding in 1998, RealPage has grown into a formidable real estate data analytics and software company. It was acquired in 2020 by private…
The Man Behind the RealPage Lawsuit
When you become an editor of a publication, you get lots of unsolicited emails for possible article ideas. Most of these are blatantly self-serving and,…
The Lawsuit That Could Change PropTech
Last week I wrote about a ProPublica article that accused RealPage’s price tool YieldStar of creating what was effectively a pricing cartel thanks to its…
Pricing Software Is Taking the Blame For America’s Unaffordable Rents
One of the most important decisions landlords can make is what price they should charge for their space.