Watts Happenings: News & Blog

Chip was quoted recently in the New York Time's regarding the technological transitions some buildings will be making, or maybe not, as the pandemic resides.  In a contact-less world, a building's OS will play a bigger part in security, health status, and building ef...

As a father of a Marine, Chip was honored to spend time with the U.S. Marine Toys for Tot Foundation in late December during the recent Institute of Real Estate Management® (IREM) Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 Holiday Celebration and Chapter Awards Night. Full Articl...

Have you heard? People outside of Birmingham enjoy what this city has to offer.So much so that one of the worlds most elite travel magazines listed Birmingham, Alabama as one of the top places to travel in the world for 2022. INTHEWORLD!    https://www.cntrave...

It's Turkey for Tenants Day here at Watts Realty! All Eligible tenants who have been renting with us for 10 years or more should have received a letter in the mail last week. Make sure you bring that letter with you to claim your beautiful bird. Happy Thanksgiving f...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate.)  Adaption of sustainable building practices will make industrial property managers’ jobs easier.  “Inclusive and sustainable development.” That&rsquo...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate.) Accredited Management Organization certification can help build trust in your firm among building owners and investors.This month, the Institute of Real Estate Management c...

When students graduate from a new kind of school in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 20 or 21, they could end up owning a house.The program, called Build UP (Urban Prosperity) Birmingham, is unlike any other school in the country. Low-income ninth-graders enter to earn a high s...

Friends and followers, after almost 14 years of service to the State of Alabama, Bill Watts retired from the Alabama Real Estate Commission as of this past week.  Bill has served since 2007 and has been appointed by three different governors...a bipartisan Senate feat very f...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate.)PhilippBirmes/PexelsThe 700,000-square-foot AT&T City Center, here in the urban core of Birmingham, AL, is being converted to a massive mixed-use complex of residential, offi...

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate—formerly National Real Estate Investor.)https://www.wealthmanagement.com/property-management/how-property-managers-have-approach-risk-new-normal One of the essential mandates for...