(PRWEB) June 12, 2010 — Local outdoorsman Aaron Atkins, 35, is confident his new business offers the region’s homeowners perfect solutions for new landscape and maintenance challenges due to the surrounding arid climate where the rolling Sierra valleys transcend the mountain ranges of western Nevada and eastern California.

Atkins, a former Alpine ski coach at the University of Utah, and currently athletic director for the Sugar Bowl Ski Academy in his hometown, Truckee, CA. is the managing partner/owner of IntelliTurf of Sierra, a new affiliate of the Atlanta-based parent IntelliTurf, Inc. national franchise organization.

His aspiring “green” business, Atkins asserted, will offer homeowners up to 60 different styles of in-fill artificial lawn turf technology – basically outdoor carpet products – including custom design and installation of low-maintenance, beautiful lush green lawns, backyards and other outdoor recreational uses.

“Our business territory covers a radius of almost 80 miles with over 1.3 million residents. Weather permitting, people live outside here as much as possible, and our affordable, low-maintenance products will be very attractive to Sierra families,” Atkins said.

In addition to residential lawns and backyards, the IntelliTurf partnership also offers its clients from coast to coast a wide range of other artificial turf uses, including playgrounds for children, bocce and croquet courts, and private putting greens.

Located in Truckee, the middle of Atkins’ territory near the California/ Nevada state line, the IntelliTurf market extends southwest toward Sacramento and north and southeast to Sparks, Reno, Carson City, and South Lake Tahoe in Nevada. The smaller communities between the metropolitan areas in both states are included in the new synthetic turf firm’s marketing plan.

For his part, Atkins emphasized the healthy recreational outdoor lifestyle in the demographic area in which he will build his business as a “major addition to the healthy lifestyles and green movement of the IntelliTurf family.”

Research of the area shows golf courses and retirement communities abound, and residents are “cost- conscious” regarding their homes and properties — backyards in particular. Lawn irrigation and maintenance present annual problems for everyone because of the arid Sierra climate with heavy snowfall each winter until late spring in May, resulting in a short growing season.

The Atkins family, including Aaron’s wife Nina and son Aksel, are enjoying a new IntelliTurf 500 square foot backyard and putting green, which also provides an installed showcase turf product for potential clients to see and experience.

According to Atkins, the cost for installations run $10-14 per square foot, yet yearly maintenance fees to maintain and irrigate the average native rocky soil landscape range from $200 – 500 per year for area homeowners.

“With our program’s future low-maintenance inclusion, it won’t be long before the synthetic turf yard will pay for itself and become a money saver for us as well as other families,” he explained.

IntelliTurf is no stranger to the Sierra region since Founder/President Stan Pennington of Atlanta was retained three years ago by national apartment mega developer A.G. Spanos to build a custom putting green to anchor the property’s rear playground area within its luxury Sacramento apartment complex, Ashton Parc.

Spanos sold Ashton Parc to a New York national company, Sentinel Real Estate, in July, 2008. The putting green is still a popular amenity for the residents of the 168 one and two bedrooms property, according to a Sacramento based Sentinel executive.

“Our people who are golfers especially love the putting green, which is an attractive low-maintenance green amenity in our pool and spa area, accented with flowers along a retaining wall, palm trees and potted plants,” revealed Ashton Parc’s Laurel Gajate, the apartment’s property manager.

According to Rick Wood, Spanos’ Division Manager, California, the synthetic turf putting green as a trendy landscape amenity evolved over the past several years. This low maintenance feature offers more value for your dollar and doesn’t adversely affect operating expenses.

“City planning directors and planning staff are receptive to this type of amenity feature from multi-family developers to balance and offset impacts to their own public parks,” Wood remarked.

A. G. Spanos is presently planning new luxury apartment developments within California.

“Putting greens are definitely on our amenity list because they have become more popular in the upscale rental market,” Wood added.

IntelliTurf founder Pennington and Atkins are quick to agree in addition to no maintenance, IntelliTurf’s line of products can be and are used year-round without being affected by local weather conditions wherever they are installed. “We have seen more and more interest in our superior playground surface in the multi-housing market, and even more in lifestyle amenities like bocce ball and croquet courts from our senior housing clients,” Pennington concluded.

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(PRWEB) May 4, 2010 — Dignitas today announced that it has opened a limited window for membership into its exclusive multi-family office. The window will remain open for 90 days and allows the firm and invitees to explore the benefits of the multi-family office service model.

Dignitas has been acknowledged as a leader in democratizing the family office model by offering a custom blend of boutique wealth management services alongside coordination of legal, tax, and lifestyle matters to families that have between $3 - $30 million in total net worth. The Dignitas model includes oversight of cash, stocks, and bonds; as well as illiquid investments such as real estate, family businesses; and alternative investments such as art and classic cars.

Dignitas’ membership model is capped at 100 families to allow all of the firm’s resources to be concentrated on the unique needs of member families. Families are typically introduced to the firm via its deep professional network of advisors. The firm also targets successful executive and entrepreneurial families based on a series of catalyst events and fit.

“We wanted to be very deliberate in designing a process for families that centers around education and communication rather than sales and portfolios. Joining a family office is fundamentally different than changing brokers or advisors. It is intimate, personal, and quite empowering for families looking for a fresh direction in how they receive advice and coordinate their personal affairs,” said Nicholas Delgado, co-founder and Chief Wealth Officer of Dignitas.

One of the more intriguing aspects of Dignitas’ approach is its extensive use of behavioral finance in everything from how portfolios are managed to how clients are communicated with. The firm uses communication and behavioral exercises to ensure an optimal learning environment for member families.

“We have modeled our client experience to be in line with the finest luxury experiences around the world. We’ve studied global models from the most exclusive spas in Italy to concierge healthcare in the States. If communication and access are central to a quality experience, then why don’t more firms invest time listening to clients rather than selling products. We are committed to the art and science of our relationships; they’re the greatest assets of the firm,” said Haydee Caldero, Principal of Dignitas.

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Phoenix, AZ (Vocus) April 28, 2010 — Topaz Pointe Apartment Homes is another find addition to the growing portfolio of affordable multifamily housing in Phoenix for The NRP Group LLC. Topaz Pointe will provide 68 two and three-bedroom units located at 2130 Broadway Road, Phoenix, AZ and leasing is expected to begin mid-summer 2010.

“These functional and spacious apartment homes are destined to be the neighborhood of choice for many Phoenix residents who are seeking affordable housing. Our goal is to create a sense of community that will develop positive neighborly spirit through an awareness of common needs, and enhance individual support systems and increase awareness of local programs and services,” said Jeff Condit, Regional Vice President, The NRP Group LLC. “This gated community is designed to provide maximum comfort and superb amenities for working families.”

Topaz Pointe residents will enjoy the following amenities:
• Clubhouse with Community Room
• Swimming Pool
• Fitness Center
• Resident Computer Center with Internet Access
• Full Perimeter Fencing and Controlled Access Gate
• Playground
• Planned Activities and Social Services
• Private Patio or Balcony
• Cable TV and High-Speed Internet Ready
• Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher, Range, Disposal, and Refrigerator with Ice Maker

The property is located approximately 5 miles south of downtown Phoenix with easy access to Interstates 10 and 17. Retail, grocery, medical and all assigned schools are within close proximity to Topaz Pointe.

For more information, visit www.TopazPointe.com , or contact Mishelle Caruso, Regional Property Manager at 602-412-5728.

www.nrpgroup.com [The NRP Group LLC: Developer, Builder and Management Company:
The NRP Group is a full-service developer, general contractor, and property manager providing a broad range of services. From start to finish, every project The NRP Group takes on is carefully contemplated and executed to maximize investment return, cost efficiency, productivity and satisfaction. The NRP Group has been recognized as NAHB’s 2009 Multifamily Development Firm of the Year and has been ranked number one in the Top 50 Affordable Housing Developers for 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Affordable Housing Finance.

Since it’s founding in September 1995 by Alan F. Scott, T. Richard Bailey and J. David Heller, the company has experienced continual growth in the fields of single-family, multi-family and senior housing, as well as commercial and retail properties. In all, more than 13,500 multi-family and single-family housing units have been built with another 2,275+ planned in 2010.

In 2003, the owners formed NRP Management, which by year-end 2010 will manage nearly 70 properties encompassing over 7,500 market rate and tax credit family and senior apartment properties in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Indiana, New Mexico and Arizona.

The NRP Group, LLC has offices in Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Phoenix, AZ; Raleigh, North Carolina; for more information, call (216) 475-8900 or visit www.nrpgroup.com.

Contact: Diane Christy
Phone: 216.475.8900
Fax: 216.475.0700
E-mail: dchristy (at) NRPGroup (dot) com

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 5, 2010 — The Rainmaker Group, the world leader in automated revenue management software and services to the multifamily housing industry for total property profitability, today announced it appointed Larry Bellack as vice president of multifamily sales. Bellack will be responsible for expanding the client base of Rainmaker’s LRO™ multifamily revenue optimization system, which maximizes revenue from apartment lease rents. He will also work to ensure that Rainmaker’s users receive the greatest revenue benefit from their LRO implementations.

Bellack previously held executive sales positions with RealPage, Inc., Azuma Leasing and Sears. Larry has more than 20 years of experience in the multifamily industry. He is the former Chairman of the National Suppliers Council (NSC) and active in the National Multi Housing Council. Bellack assumed his position on March 1 and is based in The Rainmaker Group’s Boca Raton, Florida office.

“Larry’s extensive industry background and leadership experience with the NSC make him a valuable asset to Rainmaker and its LRO users,” said Bruce Barfield, president of The Rainmaker Group. “We are confident he will provide the highest level of professional service of to Rainmaker’s multifamily clients and prospects.”

“The Rainmaker Group’s reputation for integrity and ease of use of its LRO system to increase lease rents were important factors in my decision to join the company,” said Bellack. “My years of professional service to the multifamily industry have always resulted in financial benefits for my clients and the companies I have worked for. I expect to extend this track record with Rainmaker.” Larry may be reached at LBellack(at)LetItRain(com)com and 561-756-7430.

Optimized lease rates based on facts and forecasts
Rainmaker’s LRO multifamily revenue optimization system maximizes revenue from apartment lease rents and provides operators with pricing discipline based on proven analytical processes. The LRO system develops optimized pricing recommendations for dozens of multifamily unit types based on multiple factors that influence rate setting, including:
• Competitive influences and historical demand
• Current and historical lease activity
• Traffic, lease duration
• Renewal pace
• Move-in dates and other metrics.
LRO also produces accurate enterprise-wide demand forecasts by measuring and analyzing key historical and current market metrics and performing calculations necessary for occupancy predictions across dozens of unit types, offering dynamically updated rate recommendations as market conditions change.

About Rainmaker Group
The Rainmaker Group is a software and services company that provides the LRO profit optimization solution that enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. LRO is used by more than 60 percent of the companies deploying revenue management systems in the industry and, uniquely, LRO’s lease/rent revenue optimization success has been verified by independent third party consulting firms. For more than nine years LRO has delivered optimized leasing rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Laramar Group, Home Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Carmel Partners and other leading multifamily housing companies.

The Rainmaker Group
Bruce Barfield, president
5755 North Point Parkway, Suite 77
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: 678-578-5777
Email: sales(at)LetItRain(dot)com
http://www.LetItRain.com/?Campaign=PRWebBellackMar42010

Larry Bellack, vice president of multifamily sales
Email: Lbellack(at)LetItRain(dot)com
Phone: 561-756-7430

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 17, 2010 — The Rainmaker Group, a leader in automated revenue management software and services to the multifamily housing and hotel gaming industries for total property profitability, announced it attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV).

As a Gold Certified Partner, The Rainmaker Group demonstrated its expertise and proven capabilities with Microsoft technologies that meet customers’ needs in the hospitality, gaming, multifamily housing and related industries. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a comprehensive set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the markets they serve.

Bruce Barfield, president of The Rainmaker Group, said, “For more than 10 years Rainmaker has delivered state of the art profit optimization solutions that utilize Microsoft’s technology to increase revenue for its multifamily, gaming, and hospitality clients. Our expertise and relationship with Microsoft is a tremendous benefit to companies that rely on Rainmaker’s solutions.”

“Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities,” said Allison Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. “They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies. Today, Microsoft recognizes The Rainmaker Group as a new Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.”

Rainmaker optimized multifamily lease rates
Rainmaker provides the LRO™ multifamily profit optimization solution that enables housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. LRO is the leading revenue maximization tool used by the multifamily industry; it is employed to set rents for nearly one million apartments daily. Rainmaker’s LRO system develops optimized pricing recommendations for a large number of unit types based on hundreds of factors that influence rate setting, including traffic and lease duration, move-in dates, competitive influences and other metrics. The system also produces enterprise-wide demand forecasts by measuring and analyzing historical and current market metrics and performing calculations necessary for occupancy predictions that are dynamically updated as market conditions change.

Rainmaker profit optimization solutions
The Rainmaker Group’s solutions for hospitality include the revolution Product Suite that maximizes revenue for casino hotels and property groups. revolution is the only revenue management system that considers Total Customer Value, which encompasses hotel revenues, as well as revenue from gaming, food and beverage, spa, and other significant sources of customer value for determining optimal pricing and availability conditions.

To view The Rainmaker Group’s partner listing please visit the Microsoft® Solution Finder.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.

About Rainmaker Group
The Rainmaker Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner software and services company that provides the LRO profit optimization solution that enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. LRO is used by more than 60 percent of the companies deploying revenue management systems in the industry and, uniquely, LRO’s lease/rent revenue optimization success has been verified by independent third-party consulting firms. For more than seven years LRO has delivered optimized leasing rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Laramar Group, Home Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Carmel Partners and other leading multifamily housing companies.

The Rainmaker Group also provides profit optimization for gaming hospitality and other industries. Rainmaker consults about, implements, and supports the revolution Product Suite, which maximizes total guest profitability for operators of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises. The company enables clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable revenue sources through revenue management implementations. The Rainmaker Group helps casino hotels increase profitability through the accurate, instantaneous ability to determine the minimum acceptable value of each guest. This increases client profitability by securing the most profitable customers and developing more effective business processes. Hospitality clients include Wynn Las Vegas, Harrah’s Entertainment, Omni Hotels, MGM MIRAGE, Trump Entertainment Resorts and other leading hotel companies.

Contacts:

The Rainmaker Group
Bruce Barfield, president
5755 North Point Parkway, Suite 77
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: 678-578-5777
Email: sales(at)letitrain(dot)com
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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 11, 2010 — The Rainmaker Group, a leader in automated revenue management software and services to the multifamily housing industry for total property profitability, announced the release of an interface between its widely installed LRO revenue management system and AMSI’s eSite property management system. The availability of this interface allows the opportunity for simplified optimized lease rate pricing across AMSI’s installed base of 13,000 communities. Today, Rainmaker’s LRO system is optimizing revenues for over half a million multifamily housing units and delivering rent lifts of 3 to 5 percent for many of the largest companies and REITs.

“The new interface enables AMSI’s user-base of over a million units to more easily optimize rates and revenue by automating the LRO rate optimization solution,” said Tammy Farley, principal of The Rainmaker Group. “The new AMSI interface extends LRO’s availability to multifamily operators from three to 300 communities as well as to the largest REITS.”

Automatic, optimized rate recommendations
The new interface enables LRO to provide optimized rent and lease terms to eSite users through a Web service exchange of community and market data between the two systems. LRO analyzes hundreds of variables that influence price, demand, and supply. LRO leverages complex statistics and mathematics and produces straightforward business actions for community managers.

Maximize profitability of every lease
“Improving the bottom line is the ultimate measure of success when adopting new technology, and that is precisely what the new interface will deliver to us as a result of our partnership with The Rainmaker Group,” said George Landgrebe, AMSI’s General Manager. “With LRO interfaced to eSite, AMSI customers can now leverage daily analysis of spending trends in their markets to maximize the profitability of each leasing day and every lease they close.”

Two AMSI customers are currently utilizing the interface and other installations are scheduled in the coming months. The next phase of the interface, including the ability to view lease-rate suggestions directly within eSite, is currently under development.

Optimized rates based on facts and forecasts
The LRO system develops optimized pricing recommendations for dozens of unit types based on hundreds of factors that influence rate setting, including:
• Competitive influences and historical demand
• Current and historical lease activity
• Traffic, lease duration
• Move-in dates and other metrics.
The system also produces enterprise-wide demand forecasts by measuring and analyzing a large number of historical and current market metrics and performing calculations necessary for occupancy predictions across dozens of unit types, offering dynamically updated rate recommendations as market conditions change.

About Rainmaker Group
The Rainmaker Group is a software and services company that provides the LRO profit optimization solution that enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. LRO is used by more than 60 percent of the companies deploying revenue management systems in the industry and, uniquely, LRO’s lease/rent revenue optimization success has been verified by independent third-party consulting firms. For more than seven years LRO has delivered optimized leasing rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Laramar Group, Home Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Carmel Partners and other leading multifamily housing companies.

About AMSI , an Infor Company
AMSI is part of Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market customers. AMSI’s Property Management suite is a benchmark for excellence in multi-family property management software. Serving more than 13,000 properties across the U.S. for the last two decades, AMSI provides easy to use, Web-based applications that help customers achieve the best return on their technology investment and turn the daily challenges of property management into opportunity for increased revenue, streamlined operations and enhanced resident satisfaction.

The Rainmaker Group
Tammy Farley, principal
5755 North Point Parkway, Suite 77
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: 678-578-5777
Email: sales(at)letitrain(dot)com
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AMSI, an Infor Company
George Landgrebe
401 East Jackson Street, Suite 1500
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813-383-1290
Email: George.Landgrebe(at)amsi(dot)com
amsi.com/property-management.php

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Softscribe Inc.
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“No city has gone unscathed in the last 18 to 20 months,” said New York developer Don Monti, who focuses on downtown revitalization.

But he said he believed that financing for rental properties was available to “aggressive” developers, “since rental is the last market to go and the first to come back.”

When demand shrinks, as it has over the course of the current recession, there is a danger that too many units will be built. Rising unemployment remains the main cause of vacancies in the Philadelphia region.

At the end of the third quarter, the metro Philadelphia apartment-vacancy rate was 6.2 percent, compared with 4.1 percent a year earlier, according to the real estate consulting firm Delta Associates.

Thirty-four hundred more units are to be completed in the next 36 months, and that may help boost the vacancy rate, Delta’s report said.

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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 21, 2009 — The Rainmaker Group, the world leader in automated revenue management software and services to the multifamily housing industry for total property profitability, announced seven operators recently selected the LRO lease rent options system. The new implementations across a wide range of communities send a clear message that the industry is increasing its reliance on rent optimization technology in the current economic climate. Rainmaker’s LRO is the most widely installed multifamily housing revenue management system with a total of 29 companies using the system to optimize lease-rents.

Multifamily companies implementing and pilot testing Rainmaker LRO include:
• Apogee New Dawn
• BH Management Services, Inc.
• Centennial Holdings
• Continental Properties
• The JBG Companies
• Korman Residential
• Weidner Investment Services

Lease-Rent Optimization Not Just for High-Demand Times
“Rainmaker has proven that LRO is a valuable tool for optimizing rents in both up and down economies,” said Bruce Barfield, president of The Rainmaker Group. “This is the second down market for many LRO users, and operators today continue to have confidence that automated pricing software produces optimal prices based on all the variables under review.” Barfield underlined that state-of-the-art lease-rent optimization technology is essential to optimize revenue in every economic climate. “As we implement LRO for new clients, our team provides a wide range of valuable insights gained from over eight years of experience installing multifamily revenue management. This is Rainmaker’s area of specialization, and it enables our users, and the industry, to be more successful.”

Rainmaker’s LRO optimizes pricing for over 500,000 multifamily housing units and delivers rent lifts of 3 to 5 percent for many of the largest companies.

A True Revenue-Optimized Model
“LRO is a true ‘revenue-optimized’ model focused more on maximizing rental income rather than just occupancy,” said Steve Donohue, president for BH Management Services, Inc. “We did an evaluation of the other provider and determined that its model generated more occupancy but didn’t generate the rent growth we would have expected, thus the reason for BH choosing LRO as our preferred provider for yield management.”

A Better Handle on Rates and Demand Forecasts
The LRO system develops optimized pricing recommendations for dozens of unit types based on hundreds of factors that influence rate setting, including:
• Competitive influences and historical demand
• Current and historical lease activity
• Guest cards, lease duration
• Move-in dates and other metrics

The system also produces accurate enterprise-wide demand forecasts by measuring and analyzing thousands of historical and current market metrics and performing calculations necessary for occupancy predictions and across dozens of unit types, offering dynamically updated rate recommendations as market conditions change.

About Rainmaker Group:
The Rainmaker Group is a software and services company that provides the LRO profit optimization solution that enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. LRO is used by more than 60 percent of the companies deploying revenue management systems in the industry and, uniquely, LRO’s lease/rent revenue optimization success has been verified by independent third party consulting firms. For more than seven years LRO has delivered optimized leasing rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Laramar Group, Home Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Carmel Partners and other leading multifamily housing companies.

The Rainmaker Group also provides revenue management for more than 80,000 rooms in the gaming hospitality industry. Rainmaker implements and supports the revolution product suite, which maximizes total property profitability for operators of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises. The company enables clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable revenue sources through revenue management implementations. The Rainmaker Group helps casino hotels increase profitability through the accurate, instantaneous ability to determine the minimum acceptable value of each guest. This increases client profitability by securing the most profitable customers and developing more effective business processes. Hospitality clients include Boyd Gaming, Harrah’s Entertainment, Omni Hotels, MGM MIRAGE, Trump Entertainment Resorts and other leading hotel companies.

The Rainmaker Group
Bruce Barfield, President
5755 North Point Parkway
Suite 77
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: 678-578-5777
Email: sales(at)letitrain.com
http://www.letitrain.com/?Campaign=PRWebnewlrojul212009

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Softscribe Inc.
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Atlanta, GA (Vocus) February 18, 2009 — The Rainmaker Group, the world leader in automated revenue management software and services to the multifamily housing and gaming hospitality industries for total property profitability, announced that Windsor Communities implemented the revolution LRO multifamily housing revenue optimization system to optimize lease rents at 40 communities with approximately 10,000 units. Windsor, affiliated with The General Investment & Development Companies of Boston Massachusetts, pilot tested the LRO system extensively prior to its decision.

Shawn Mahoney, CIO of Windsor Communities, said, “Using state-of-the-art lease rent optimization technology is part of Windsor Communities’ effort to increase investor profitability. We evaluated LRO’s effectiveness with ’same store’ pilot tests where six communities set lease rents using LRO, and six control communities used our managers’ existing method for rate setting. The results were compelling enough for us to implement LRO across 40 communities.” Windsor began rolling out revolution LRO in 4Q’08 and will have over 10,000 units using the system when its implementation is completed.

“Windsor will realize two benefit streams from LRO,” Mahoney said. “The first is that LRO gives optimized price recommendations faster than our community managers usually price. And second, it provides an automated, standardized, and replicable process for each community and market for renewing lease rates and setting prices. It is the right tool for pricing.” Mahoney noted that Windsor’s community managers quickly adapted to rate setting with revolution LRO. “Once our teams were familiar with LRO they realized it gave them one more tool to increase their competitiveness.” Windsor Communities is accessing the LRO system via the Internet with secure system hosting provided by Rainmaker at its SunGard network facility.

Bruce Barfield, president of The Rainmaker Group, said, “Windsor Communities is doing a great job of leveraging LRO’s advanced rate optimization technology to help them sell their properties with more confidence based on a clear picture of what their comps and markets are doing. When managers rely on automated lease rent recommendations they are free to focus attention on selling their communities more effectively.”

The revolution LRO system develops optimized pricing recommendations for dozens of unit types based on hundreds of factors that influence rate setting, including:
• Competitive influences and historical demand,
• Current and historical lease activity,
• Guest cards, lease duration,
• Move-in dates and other metrics.

Rainmaker’s revolution LRO is the most widely installed multifamily revenue management system. It optimizes pricing for over 500,000 units and is delivering lease rent lifts of 3 to 5 percent for many of the largest companies.

About GID Investment Advisers LLC
The General Investment & Development Companies (GID) (www.generalinvestment.com),
founded in 1960, are privately-held, diversified companies with substantial interests in both residential apartment and other commercial real estate throughout the United States. GID is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and its various affiliates operate nationwide. Over its 48-year history, GID has developed and acquired apartment, condominium, office, research & development and industrial properties. Today, GID and its affiliates’ portfolios are invested in 17 states including over 11,000 apartment homes in 41 properties, 914,705 square feet of suburban office space in 6 office buildings and 3.0 million square feet of flex industrial space in fourteen business parks. Over the years, GID has developed and/or acquired over 40,000 apartment homes.

About Rainmaker Group
The Rainmaker Group is a software and services company that provides the revolution LRO profit optimization solution that enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. revolution LRO is used by more than 60 percent of the companies deploying revenue management systems in the industry and, uniquely, LRO’s lease/rent revenue optimization success has been verified by independent third party consulting firms. For more than six years revolution LRO has delivered optimized leasing rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Laramar Group, Home Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Carmel Partners and other leading multifamily housing companies.

The Rainmaker Group also provides revenue management for more than half a million units in the gaming hospitality industry. Rainmaker implements and supports the revolution product suite, which maximizes total property profitability for operators of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises. The company enables clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable revenue sources through revenue management implementations. The Rainmaker Group helps casino hotels increase profitability through the accurate, instantaneous ability to determine the minimum acceptable value of each guest. This increases client profitability by securing the most profitable customers and developing more effective business processes. Hospitality clients include Boyd Gaming, Harrah’s Entertainment, Omni Hotels, MGM MIRAGE, Trump Entertainment Resorts and other leading hotel companies.

The Rainmaker Group
Bruce Barfield, President
5755 North Point Parkway
Suite 77
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Phone: 678-578-5777
Email: sales(at)letitrain(dot)com
http://www.letitrain.com/?Campaign=PRWebWindsorFeb182009

GID Investment Advisers LLC
Shawn Mahoney
GID Investment Advisers LLC
125 High St.
High St. Tower, 27th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-973-9680
http://generalinvestment.com/
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Softscribe Inc.
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