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Estimation & sizing · Reasonable assumptions

A 280-unit apartment building opens in a metro of one million people. Estimate a reasonable monthly absorption rate and how long it takes to reach 95% occupancy.

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Anchor on demand: a metro of one million holds roughly 400,000 households, with around a third renting — call it 130,000 renter households.

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