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Business 101: What does your email address say about you? - 12/26/11 07:21 AM
So one of the things that I do in my position is to hire new property managers to work with our firm so as you can imagine when we post a job we get tons of resumes. So I was sent one that appeared to be a pretty qualified person, had a nice resume, well written, no spelling errors (we'll save that for a later blog) and I was sending a reply email to set up a first telephone interview. As soon as I hit the "reply to" button I noticed her email address "onecrazymama@something.net" and I had to pause for … (8 comments)
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Can you be a successful residential property manager working 9-5? - 12/18/11 11:15 AM
Here is the easy answer: Probably not!
Why you say? Unlike commercial property management you need to be able to be flexible to when tenants and prospective tenants are available. Residential tenants normally are busy during the day, so the best time to show properties, inspect units, and gain access to property to perform inspections is normally weekends and evenings. Without being available after normal hours it is going to make your job a bit more difficult.
Could you be successful working 9-5 in residential management? Maybe-but it will be more difficult. Best managers are available nights and weekends, at … (3 comments)
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Business 101: How much money do you lose not answering the phone? - 12/17/11 06:19 AM
Its more and more common these days with all the electronic gadgets that companies and small business people have, like Realtors, that they now rely on technology instead of people to answer their telephones. Why? Ask them and they will tell you that it works better, they can be found 24/7, it is a great lead capturing technique, etc. But the real reason: They don't want to spend the money hiring someone!
But do you really save money or is it cutting off your nose to spite your face? Let me tell you about my friend the roofing company owner. … (14 comments)
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You have to be one or the other-Morning or Night? - 12/16/11 04:42 AM
So are you a morning person or a night owl? I tend to be a morning person as I can get a ton of work done before most people get up. No phones, no distractions like TV, no one to bug you. I just get up and get on the computer that never shuts off and get my blogs done, my clients emailed, my searches done. Then when the paper comes I read for a bit, hop in the shower, and off I go.
Of course I am dead by 8PM! I don't have an issue with it, but I am … (8 comments)
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Condo Management: What's the little complex to do? - 12/15/11 05:12 AM
So in the world on condo management, the large communities normally have a condo office and a full time maintenance staff to handle the duties of maintenance, rent collection, tenant disputes, supervision, etc. What about smaller communities? What do they do?
Well, they normally don't have the money or enough units to have a full time manager so the option for many is to self-manage. Self management is when the board of directors, who are nomally residents of the complex, elect one unlucky person to become president and then they get to manage, normally for free.
That person then normally … (2 comments)
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Tenant Story of the Week: Ghosts? Now what? - 12/10/11 07:33 AM
So now what? Ghosts!
So I have a 2 family and unit 1 was vacating because they found somewhere else to live, and they did not get along with the tenants in unit 2. So the week they moved out the tenants in unit 2, 2 college men who shared a place called and said they wanted to move early because they were not getting along. I said that they needed to honor their lease. So about a week later one of them shot themselves in the apartment and committed suicide. Wait-it gets better!
So a few weeks later I … (4 comments)
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Tenant story of the week! - 12/07/11 05:16 AM
Got a new place in with an anxious owner who wants his places rented about 2 weeks ago, sound like most of yours? So ran a special, had someone take an app, look at the place, and love it! They like the special on the rent, and would like to be in this weekend since they want in before the holiday. Sounds plausible, and my client is in love with the idea, and she seems nice enough-good income, decent dress, decent car.
So I pull her report. Nothing out of the ordinary shows until I hand run the eviction report, which … (4 comments)
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Dennis Swartz
Reynoldsburg,
OH
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