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Nov 25
2009

Top 10 Things To Be Thankful For When You're A Property Manager

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Posted by: Morgan Oney on Nov 25, 2009 01:00

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As we approach Thanksgiving and we ponder on what we have to be thankful for this year, I'm sure we're all thinking of our friends, our family, our health, etc. But with this crazy industry we work in, one where there's never a dull moment, there's a whole different meaning to the term "thankful." Here are the top 10 things you have to be thankful for this season when you're a property manager....

*disclaimer...this is meant to be humorous :)


10. Be thankful that you're fully staffed and that they've all passed their drug screenings and background checks!

9. Be thankful that the police haven't been called to your property in over a month!

8. Be thankful that your regional manager is on vacation and you haven't heard from him ALL week!

7. Be thankful that the resident you evicted a few weeks ago actually left on his own without having to get the Sheriff involved!

6. Be thankful you're leased at 95% and your competitor is only leased at 93%!

5. Be thankful you got 5 leases this week...and not a single one was declined!

4. Be thankful you haven't had any vendors calling your property this week trying to collect on that invoice that your corporate office "forgot" to pay!

3. Be thankful that the H1N1 flu hasn't hit your office and none of your employees have called out sick!

2. Be thankful that half of your residents are out of town for the holidays and you don't have to listen to their whining about who's being loud, who's parked in the wrong parking space and who's leaving their trash outside of their door.

And the number 1 thing you have to be thankful for when you're a property manager this Thankgsiving.....

1. Be thankful that your maintenance tech on call didn't get drunk on Thanksgiving and can still respond to the emergency calls!

 

Morgan Oney, CAM

www.triangleapartmentconnection.blogspot.com A blog for property management pros on the front lines! :)


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written by Anne Marie Stephenson, November 25, 2009
Add just 1 more "Thankful" item: Be Thankful You Have A Job! smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Trevor Henson, November 25, 2009
To add on onto Anne's above: Be thankful our Owner's haven't been foreclosed on! smilies/wink.gif
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written by Tara Smiley, November 25, 2009
I'm just thankful my regional is still willing to return my calls, emails, airhorn alarms and everything else I throw her way!
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