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Homar Santiago Sad but true
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Nancy Alex Yikes!
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Lilah Poltz Yikes indeed!
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We have predominantly Spanish communities, and looking for recommendations on apps/ tools you all use to translate for prospects/residents for those of us who are not bilingual?

Joelis Barandica-Rodriguez Here are a couple of suggestions for you: iTranslate: iTranslate is a user-friendly translation app that offers text and voice translation, as well as website translation and a dictionary feature
SayHi: SayHi is a translation app that allows users to speak or type in one language and have it translated into another. It supports Spanish and many other languages.
Babylon Translator: Babylon offers text and voice translation, as well as a dictionary and language learning features. It can be useful for quick translations in various contexts.
Papago: Papago is a translation app developed by Naver, which provides accurate translations between multiple languages, including Spanish. It also offers features like text recognition and conversation mode.
DeepL: DeepL is known for its high-quality translations and offers text translation between various languages, including Spanish. It's particularly useful for translating longer texts.
Hope that helps
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Miles Scruggs This puts you in a bit of a corner. Now the translation being correct is your responsibility. Also what happens when someone from a local tribe in the Amazon comes in and requests the same service for their language?
We’ve found that most people that have made it this far are incredibly resourceful.
Being helpful is one thing but it can lead to a: no good deed goes unpunished, if you aren’t careful.
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Guest Insider Thatkey. It’s a texting app that you can select any language.
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Guest Insider Thanks for your recommendation!
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Guest Insider wait. Is that an add on feature or standard. I’ve never seen it.
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Guest Insider click on little globe icon under text box and it will do any language.
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Reba Shahan I am thinking this could potentially be a fair housing nightmare.
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Janice Quill I had them bring their own translator. I had them provide identification. I made the translator sign an addendum that they were taking responsibility for ensuring that the prospective resident understood all terms of the lease in its entirety. I had the prospect sign a document that they chose the interpreter and agreed to the lease in its entirety and they take responsibility for their chosen translator. Something like this takes the liability away from your company, and puts the responsibility on the resident.
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Guest Insider Key Texting translates into 49 languages - including Spanish.
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Guest Insider If you want to have a quick chat our team can share how our clients can communicate in all languages. It's a huge separating factor for your communities for sure. [email protected] keytexting.com
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:::LEASE UP QUESTION::: How do you put urgency to submit that app on the guest?? We do a decent job already with things like $99 reduced fees for look and lease, but looking for other unique tactics. We are a luxury building. The homes really sell themselves. Just wanting to do even better!

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Karen Kossow Make sure you are really working with your customers to find the apartment that best fits all of their wants and needs. If you're doing that, although you may have a lot of apartments available, you don't have a lot of apartments that are perfect for each customer.
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Matthew C Starrett Scarcity drives, FOMO, and FOMO drives action. A few ways to tap into that: Highlight your existing leasing success; I.e. Tours have already begun and spaces are filling up fast creates a sense that they could miss out if they aren't quick.

If you have a ton of units or if it's obvious that you aren't going to fill up fast... you can do something similar with the available selection or inventory in a certain building filling up... We ran a campaign along the lines of Apply today -- current inventory is at its largest now, and that won't last long...

To that note you can also play into Limited Availability: for example, add a message on the site such as Only a few apartments left in this building!

Going further down the rabbit hole, campaigns and offers can be another way to create a sense of urgency if they are paired well with a hard end date. I.e. Apply before 05/11/2024 and we'll cover your move-in costs etc etc.

Lastly, add a sense of urgency in CTAs (call to action's) on your...
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Stephanie Anderson yesterday This poll ends on May 13 2024 at 12:00 PM

Friends - I need your expertise. ‼️ Is it onsite or on-site when referring to property management? Hyphen or no hyphen? 🚨 Merriam Webster says on-site should be hyphenated. The Cambridge dictionary includes onsite (without the hyphen) and on-site (hyphenated), while the American Heritage dictionary only lists onsite (no hyphen).

Guest Insider I always type it out with no hyphen. Purely out of laziness and because my computer doesn’t underline in red squiggly lines
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Guest Insider I always type it out with no hyphen. Purely out of laziness and because my computer doesn’t underline in red squiggly lines
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Guest Insider I think the industry has widely adopted onsite.
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Kara Bonzheim Kinda like multi family and multifamily. I would say no hyphen. Onsite
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Guest Insider I was just about to say I’m still trying to figure out multifamily. 
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Guest Insider Real Page uses “On-Site” for their platform. Not to be confused with “OneSite”.
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Guest Insider I like it hyphenated
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Guest Insider I think it is on-site before the noun and on site in all other cases.
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Mark Tanguay It depends on if you are using it as a adjective, adverb, or prepositional phrase. I am doing on-site work. The work is an onsite task. I am working on site.
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Khara House (Shoves her word nerd specs a little higher on her nose...)
On-site is the preferred use when being used as an adjective or adverb before a noun, as is off-site. On site or off site are preferred use after a noun or pronoun when used as a location phrase versus referring directly to the noun.
Onsite is accepted more these days in American English as hyphen use fades, but offsite is less accepted in the dehyphenization "movement."
Technically onsite or on-site are both correct, but on-site is still, for now, the preferred grammatical term.
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Guest Insider Guess it's all about you audiences are the on -site or onsite?
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According to Forbes, 83% of companies that believe customer satisfaction is vital to doing business experience a growth in revenue. In fact, brands that prioritize providing a top-tier customer experience see 5.7 times more revenue than those that do not. Multifamily operators also know the true value of resident satisfaction and its impact on retention and attracting new renters. Although it is impossible to please all residents all of the time, ...

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Needing to hire a floating leasing consultant. Before the hire is done, I’d like to iron out the schedule and bonus structure. How does you company handle bonus structure for floaters?

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One of the biggest benefits of apartment living is maintaining a resident's apartment.  Residents don't have to try to find a contractor, don't have to wade through reviews, don't have to price shop, and don't even have to alter their schedule to be there while their problem is fixed.  But do we do a great job of showcasing that value beyond saying, "we provide maintenance"? Tony Sousa recently wrote, "Maintenance is your ...

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Who needs structural stability...

Who needs structural stability...
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Recommendation: Does anyone have an app they recommend for tracking mileage? Any feedback,, pros/cons is appreciated.


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Chris Vargas I’ve been using Driversnote to automatically log my mileage and their Teams product provides an easy way to collect and approve employee mileage. www.driversnote.com/for-teams
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Lori Fronimos I use mileage IQ. Just get in and go. At the end of the month I get a report I can print off and send over with my expenses. I can set it to auto classify drives between places or between times to automatically be classified as a business drive.
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Rusty McNeely thank you
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Sarah Yadira Hong Concur- can track both mileage and expenses
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Rusty McNeely I am not able of locate Omni the App Store
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Rusty McNeely This is all great thank you!
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Rusty McNeely Hurdlr was another recommendation.. those of us looking
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Does managing your multifamily property's inventory and fixed assets feel like a constant battle? You're not alone. Unnecessary purchases, lost warranty information, and inaccurate data can significantly impact your efficiency, bottom line and budget planning.The High Cost of DisorganizationDisorganized fixed asset management can create big time and money wasting issues. Imagine this: a maintenance technician orders a new refrigerator for a vacan ...

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1. No one is taking advantage of SMS after inquiry. I was called many times but not texted once. And very few have an opt-in to text on the inquiry page. With text being the #1 method of communication, this was unusual.2. No one is taking advantage of email automation. Send the text confirmation and then follow up with a more robust email. Email is the perfect place to push the differentiators and include content. Let them know through email. 3. ...

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A pet-friendly approach is commendable and does wonders for an apartment community. It makes the property more appealing to a wider pool of renters and gives residents a chance to connect through their pets. It also means more wear and tear. Pets not only are present in designated pet areas—they'll also regularly traverse a property's other outdoor spaces and common areas. Naturally, they also spend many hours within the apartment home in which ...

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::IDEAS PLEASE::: We have a large hospital nearby that has 100s of new employees moving to town. I’m trying to target these newcomers to let them know of our 4 weeks free special and $250 gift card specific for them as a preferred employer special. I’ve reached out to recruiting for the hospital and they’ve not been very interested in assisting. Trying to think of other ways to get the word out to these medical professionals coming from out of... Show more

Guest Insider Social media posts tagging the hospital, do you have any residents that work there ? If yes reach out to them and offer a referral. Try to drop off flyers to a desk worker who sits at entry to hospital and offer gift cards or something if they send people (bring treats).
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Guest Insider Also make sure the hospital is listed in your ils so if they search your property will come up
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Guest Insider Aloe utilize google to see if there is an orientation date or dates and have little goodie bags in hand with flyers and pass them out outside .. you may get kicked out lol
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Guest Insider Sponsor a lunch in exchange to leave marketing collateral and a chance to speak to them to go over your property.
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Guest Insider You could also add geofencing and target the hospital.
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Guest Insider Sponsor one of the new hire orientation, provide the bagels, coffee etc. Create speciall incentive just for hospital employees.
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Tracy Hall Look for Facebook pages for the Hospital, employees of the hospital, and New to: (Hospital, town, city area, etc) and follow those pages and post specials on those pages. Does the Hospital have a "NextDoor" page?
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Leah Love Geofencing ads
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Roxanne Argana just fyi there are restriction around targeting hospitals but I’m sure you can find places that nurses would eat, grab coffee, snacks etc (on their breaks)
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Guest Insider Ask who’s doing their orientations or residency organizer.
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Lesli Frazier OG: Flyer the hospital parking lot
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Guest Insider Many of the nursing staff are coming through the National Traveling Nurses companies Google traveling nurses). Most housing decision’s are made prior to arrival. Most traveling nurses use companies that help them find housing in advance, so target the companies
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Leah Love I’d also look into furnishing a unit and using Furnished Finder. I rented my furnished house in days with a waitlist because I’m so close to a bunch of hospitals.
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Guest Insider furnished finder is am excellent idea! So many staff members come in and wait to relocate families until school ends OR wait until they learn the area.
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Megan Goodmundson Find an employee or two or three and ask them to be your partner. Ask them to bring cards with info & Qr code and leave them all around wherever they can. Lounges break rooms nurses stations. Of course compensate them in some way.
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Tara Anthony LinkedIn ads, geofencing, PPC/Google search
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Guest Insider Hotels and extended stays. Bring the desk agents some goodies and ask them to share your marketing materials with hospital staff stays. They know who's looking for housing.
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Guest Insider Do they allow you to offer your incentives on their intranet?
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Katie Rigsby Sell it to recruiting as a benefit of working with their facility. They can use it as a tool to attract new hires but you have to sell it to them that way.
*You might also reach out to current residents who work there and make them "ambassadors".
*Reach out to HR/benefits as well and offer to provide breakfast or lunch in exchange for 10 minutes of speaking time at their next open enrollment meeting. This is a time when benefits are being discussed and you can sell yourself as an added benefit.
*deliver donuts or milkshakes or whatever to a different department each week and leave a flyer. I used to deliver blizzards and they LOVED them!!
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I have a resident requesting an accommodation due to disability to be present while scheduled maintenance is performed. She claims it is discrimination if we do not accommodate this. She has been informed that maintenance is scheduled for her building between 9 AM and 12 PM on Thursday but she would like it done earlier while she is home.

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Guest Insider Consult your company’s lawyer. How does the accommodation relate to her disability? You can reschedule maintenance in the unit for another day that resident can be present during bussiness hours. In my understanding it is not a reasonable accommodation if you have to pay overtime and have maintenance/vendors work after or before hours to accommodate a request as you would be incurring costs associated with the accommodation.
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Guest Insider Also is it routine maintenance? Preventative maintenance? A mandatory inspection? Or emergency maintenance? All of that should be taking place according to your lease agreement terms.
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Guest Insider preventative.
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Guest Insider I would reschedule it to a day during business hours in which resident can be present.
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Guest Insider We have residents fill out a reasonable accommodation form
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Christi Anderson what state? have them complete a request for accommodation.
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Guest Insider Louisiana
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Kathy Vance Definitely involve legal counsel and inform leadership before saying no.
What time is she wanting them to be there? If 8 or 8:30 and they start at 9 it doesn’t seem to be that unreasonable to adjust one maintenance team member’s schedule for that one day.
However, how does such a request directly relate to her disability? Her disability doesn’t automatically mean all requests must be accommodated. There needs to. Be a direct link to her needs. This is a tricky question so get advice on how to ask without prying into her actual disability.
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Jordan Else Can you not just work to do it when she’s home? I don’t understand why you would need a lawyer for any of this - just accommodate her.
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Guest Insider we have never received any documentation regarding a disability. She was demanding it be done today.
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Jordan Else  does it really matter though? She wants to be home when you’re there - just reschedule it so she’s home when you’re there. As property managers we can easily choose to make our life easier by not fighting battles that don’t need to be thought. This feels like one of them.
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Guest Insider  doesn’t it apply that if I make an accommodation for one I’d need to do it for all? I’m not scheduling 120 appointments to change AC filters.
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Guest Insider 20+years experience here- pick your battles. We do inspections every six months, I will have a handful with special requests. Not a big deal. Why not accommodate and stop worrying about how many more requests you will have. You may get a couple more - still no big deal. As a regional- did over 1200+ units and again, only a handful of “requests.” You may have pushed her buttons if they are already claiming disability.
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Guest Insider The key word is “reasonable.” This sounds like an accommodation that reasonable and should be fulfilled.
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Donna Blackman She needs a 504 Reasonable Accommodation form. If her doc completes, you have to comply.
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Guest Insider Technically she would need an approved RA on file. Otherwise, is it not possible to just work with her on this in the meantime?
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Guest Insider Consult your company’s lawyer. How does the accommodation relate to her disability? You can reschedule maintenance in the unit for another day that resident can be present during bussiness hours. In my understanding it is not a reasonable accommodation if you have to pay overtime and have maintenance/vendors work after or before hours to accommodate a request as you would be incurring costs associated with the accommodation.
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Guest Insider Also is it routine maintenance? Preventative maintenance? A mandatory inspection? Or emergency maintenance? All of that should be taking place according to your lease agreement terms.
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Guest Insider preventative.
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Guest Insider I would reschedule it to a day during business hours in which resident can be present.
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Guest Insider We have residents fill out a reasonable accommodation form
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Christi Anderson what state? have them complete a request for accommodation.
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Guest Insider Louisiana
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Kathy Vance Definitely involve legal counsel and inform leadership before saying no.
What time is she wanting them to be there? If 8 or 8:30 and they start at 9 it doesn’t seem to be that unreasonable to adjust one maintenance team member’s schedule for that one day.
However, how does such a request directly relate to her disability? Her disability doesn’t automatically mean all requests must be accommodated. There needs to. Be a direct link to her needs. This is a tricky question so get advice on how to ask without prying into her actual disability.
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Jordan Else Can you not just work to do it when she’s home? I don’t understand why you would need a lawyer for any of this - just accommodate her.
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Guest Insider we have never received any documentation regarding a disability. She was demanding it be done today.
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Jordan Else  does it really matter though? She wants to be home when you’re there - just reschedule it so she’s home when you’re there. As property managers we can easily choose to make our life easier by not fighting battles that don’t need to be thought. This feels like one of them.
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Guest Insider  doesn’t it apply that if I make an accommodation for one I’d need to do it for all? I’m not scheduling 120 appointments to change AC filters.
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Guest Insider 20+years experience here- pick your battles. We do inspections every six months, I will have a handful with special requests. Not a big deal. Why not accommodate and stop worrying about how many more requests you will have. You may get a couple more - still no big deal. As a regional- did over 1200+ units and again, only a handful of “requests.” You may have pushed her buttons if they are already claiming disability.
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Guest Insider The key word is “reasonable.” This sounds like an accommodation that reasonable and should be fulfilled.
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Donna Blackman She needs a 504 Reasonable Accommodation form. If her doc completes, you have to comply.
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Guest Insider Technically she would need an approved RA on file. Otherwise, is it not possible to just work with her on this in the meantime?
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a Guest created a new topic ' Leasing Commission Structure' in the forum. 5 days ago

Hi, Can anyone share what their property managers, leasing agents and maintenance staff make per hour or annually? Please include commission structure and positive review bonus structure as well. I am going to market to find out if our current structure is similar to others.
For reference, we have...

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Brent Williams That starting salary is a bit surprising. Here is a study we did on salaries that might help to some degree: www.multifamilyinsiders.com/apartment-fo...ary-res… (www.multifamilyinsiders.com/apartment-forms/file/4…)
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