I have a gorgeous clubhouse! The sheer beauty of the places I have been able to work at is one of my favorite things about residential property management. Before I started in this field, I worked a variety of odd jobs in college and right after college. I worked in ugly cubicles. 🙃 I'm budgeted for two clubhouse cleans a month but I stress clean 😆. I have been able to keep it to one time a month and I really need it for things I am not capable o ...

If I had to pick one area in all of property management that matters more than anything else, one thing I treasure and take with me, it's my vendor list.You might think that the vendors are under the jurisdiction of the maintenance supervisor. You are only partly correct.If you are a property manager, every affordable, quality-driven, reliable vendor you establish is gold embedded into your contact list.Establish the relationship, pay them fairly ...

Whenever I take on a new property, I have a mental list of things to tackle. Then I start and have training so for days the list just grows and grows!As a new manager, you need to learn every job you manage in the office and it starts with leasing. I should be able to fully step into a leasing role at any given time.I am a fan of training binders and, if I don't have one when I go into a new property, I make them when allowed.My goal is simple. M ...