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Make more TIME make more MONEY!

 

If you are building a property management company, you know that it takes a lot of time, and money.  So how do you Make more time and make more money? 

Well it's simple. Duplicate yourself for less money, and create multiple sources of income doing what your already doing.

Sounds easy, right? 

You can't be every where at once.

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Remember you have to save your owners money, and still make a good living. The sources of income are not all coming from the owner.

The idea, and the need for multiple income sources is one of the most important thing to do with property management.  You can't survive on management fees alone. Common sources of income that are easy to create are, app fees, maintenance income, Management fees, NSF, late fees, just to name a few. You need to have as many sources of income as possible.  Last time I counted we had over 16.

 

We have a full time maintenance staff, 24/7 just like most other companies. This alone has made us money, and saved us time. The best part is all the maintenance we do is cheaper than our owners could get it done for, and its a source of income for our company. I think brining on a maintenance team saved us more time than any thing, time to focus on current and new owners.

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Our company is really just starting, we opened doors less than a year ago, and by duplicating ourselves, and adding sources of income we are growing very fast. The only problem with growing fast, is the staff has to grow with the amount of properties. The best part is when you can hire a maintenance guy for $4,000 a month, and he creates over $6,000 in income. What if you don;t have that much maintenance, well he can do side jobs, or he can do anything else to help around the office. If we can do at least 80 billable hours of maintenance, then he has earned his pay, and he has about 80 hours a month that he can do other money making activities.

 

I hope everyone is creating sources of income, and saving property owners money!

Make more TIME make more MONEY!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by

BJ McKellar

RPM DC Metro

http://realpropertymanagmentdc.com

202-269-0303

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Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

BJ * property management is DEFINITELY a growth industry * Times are bad, owners need us and when times are good, they buy investment property and need us!!!

Feb 04, 2010 11:33 AM
Robert Machado
HomePointe Property Management, CRMC - Sacramento, CA
CPM MPM - Property Manager and Property Management

Good points.  Having a maintenance division is a new business and the effort requried should not be taken lightly.  Be sure to obtain needed licenses and insurance. 

Feb 04, 2010 04:33 PM
BJ McKellar
Real Property Management Metro MD/DC - Washington, DC

Wallace- that has got to be the best part of what we do.

Robert- License and insurance are a must!

Thanks

Feb 05, 2010 11:57 PM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

BJ * never stop marketing....don't get bogged down in the renting and repairs that you stop marketing your management services * blogging, website, referrals from Realtors, positioning yourself in your market * I'm at home IN THE SNOW refining my farm area mailing labels for my Feb mail out * I'll mail out about 300 3-panel brochures to owners OUT OF THE AREA who have nice rental homes where I ALREADY have homes under management!!!

Feb 06, 2010 02:09 AM
BJ McKellar
Real Property Management Metro MD/DC - Washington, DC

Wallace- You are amazing.  I'll be honest, I always quote your blog to people in the office.  I learn a lot from your info you share.

What company do you recommend for address for the non owner occupied properties?

We created a brochure that is the 3 panel, and really nice, but have not mailed them yet.  I'll be honest, we are busy with the leads we get from lead distributors, but would much rather have 1 lead in an area we want than 10 in areas we don't want, or might want!

Again thanks for you wisdom! 

Feb 06, 2010 03:04 AM
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd. - Charlottesville, VA
LandlordWhisperer

BJ * I can print off labels from our tax assessor's records * I print on plane paper, highlight the absentee owners and then make my own labels. I put ADDRESS SERVICES REQUESTED under my return address and USPS gives me updated addresses for $.50 which I change on my labels

Feb 06, 2010 04:53 AM