The apartment industry has decided to stay calm and move on from the pandemic. Leading executives are ready to enter 2022 on good financial standing, and know that they can overcome nearly anything, according to panelists at an industry conference.

Marcie Williams, President, Rivergate KW Management; Miguel Gutierrez, COO, CAPREIT; and Cindy Fisher, President, Kettler; discussed what they learned the past 18 months and what the coming year holds during National Multifamily Housing Council's OpTech Conference in national Harbor, Md.

"I'm not going to be depressed anymore," Williams said. "There's always going to be challenges and everything is at risk⁠—that's the business we're in. If you survived 2020 and the only complaint you have now is that some of your refrigerators don't match because of supply chain issues, you've made out pretty well."

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