RealPage and J Turner Research Reveals Measurable Impact of Online Reputation on Apartment Property Performance

April 14 Webcast to Present Results and Tips on How to Improve Property Online Reputation

RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ: RP), a leading global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry, in conjunction with J Turner Research, an online reputation management firm exclusively serving the multifamily industry, announced the results of a nearly three-year, first-of-its-kind study that reveals the measurable impact of online reputation on multifamily rental property outperformance.

According to the report, on average, properties witnessed a 3-basis-points (BPS) premium to market returns for each point a community improved its Online Reputation Assessment (ORA™) score, a metric to measure and benchmark the online reputation of multifamily properties. The ORA™ statistical model by J Turner Research, designed for property management companies, aggregates and analyzes online ratings and reviews of over 120,000 properties in the U.S. across 20+ review sites and internet listing services (ILS), with more than 10 million reviews.

The study reviewed historical financial and operational metrics from RealPage combined with 34 months of ORA™ data of nearly 6,000 properties across class A, B and C assets in every decade since the 1900s, spanning affordable and conventional apartments of all sizes from fewer than 100 units to over 4,000 units in the U.S. market. Researchers identified a correlation between key variables such as raw ORA™ scores, change in ORA™ score…

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