For your #121 live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy Open-Mic, on Tuesday, July 21st—we are going to be covering the key points below with our members and property management industry leaders: #1. A hiring Selection Summary [see attached]. Let’s discuss how to use this powerful tool when adding new hires to your property management team. #2. […]

For your #119 live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy Open-Mic, on Tuesday, July 7th—we are going to be covering the key points below with our members and property management industry leaders: #1. The art and science of sales, selling and mastering your business development craft focused on gaining my new clients for your property management company […]

Tied to point #4 of 9… How many total points are measured and scored on a corporate housing website, when comparing your website to industry best practices? ___ What is your website score, today? ___ When looking at your website main/home page, what are the most important key words/phrases that are seen by Google? ___ […]

In 2014, what did you learn about vendor screening and compliance? How did it go? What percent of your current vendors do you require credentialing? For 2015, what are your plans for the way you are doing vendor compliance? What criteria will you use to determine if the shifts/changes are working as planned? What kind […]

In 2014, what kind of focus did you give to your telco needs/services? How did it go? What kind of feedback did you receive from rental housing residents as a result? For 2015, what are your plans for telco? What criteria will you use to determine if the shifts/changes are working as planned? What kind […]

Loved reading this apartment rental housing news… Apartment Rent Growth Continues Hot Streak, http://tinyurl.com/q949yyc Great trends, yes? How do these stats, match what you are seeing in your local market? You will find more property management industry posts here, https://twitter.com/hashtag/propertymanagementcoach Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator Patricia McLoughlin  Come follow us on Twitter. Furnished Apartment News & Industry […]

In 2014, what percent of your residents were tied to seniors in need of rental housing? Any stories to share about renting to seniors? Was rent paid on time? Did you evict some/any/many? For 2015, what kind of shifts/changes are you making tied to those in need of senior housing? Will you rent to more […]

During the PowerHour educational webinar below, focused on furnished/serviced apartments—the following key points/areas are covered: #1. What are your corporate housing KPIs [key performance indicators]? Why are they key for you to have/monitor as the leader of your company? #2. What are the most important KPIs to measure/track from a leadership point of view? #3. […]

During the PowerHour educational webinar below, focused on furnished/serviced apartments—the following key points/areas are covered: #1. Why is budget season…your single most important time of year to be selling your temporary housing company and related services plus your furnished/serviced housing options? #2. What are the facts about budget selling season versus fiction? #3. How can […]

In 2014, did you complete any large roofing projects? How did they go? Are you pleased with the results? Were they completed on-time and within budget? For 2015, what kind of roofing RFPs are you planning? What criteria will you use to determine which company wins the bid? What have you learned about pro-active roof […]

I would like to invite you to join a free thought-leadership MultifamilyBiz.com PowerHour webcast on Wednesday, May 13th at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time—with a focus on *Is Your Property Management House in Order?*. This is our 238th industry educational webcast since 1995. The Coach…and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator Ernest PowerHour, LLC — since 1995, […]

In 2014, did you take on any large pool projects and/or re-models? How did they go? Are you pleased with the results? Were the pool projects completed at/under budget? For 2015, what kind of pool services/equipment RFPs are you planning? What criteria will you use to determine which pool vendor/supplier will win the contract? From […]

In 2014, did you complete any large playground equipment projects? How did it go? Are you pleased with the results? Was the project completed on-time and within budget? For 2015, what kind of large RFPs for playground equipment are you planning? What criteria will you use to select the winner? From your point of view, […]

In 2014, did you take on any large-scale paint/painting projects? How did it go? Any insight to share about the kind of paint products you used—and why you selected them? For 2015, what kind of paint/painting RFPs do you have planned? What will be key for how you finalize the RFP winner? From your point […]

In 2014, did you join one of the industry purchasing/buying groups? Did it meet your expectations? What surprised you most? For 2015, what kind of large buying/purchasing are you doing to lower your purchasing price points? Which purchasing area do you expect to see the most savings? From your point of view, which industry purchasing/buying […]

In 2014, did you add new onsite storage capacity/facilities? How did your rental housing residents respond? Is most of your storage space now full/occupied? For 2015, how are you marketing your onsite storage capacity? How is it impacting your closing of more rental leases? Is it generating the kind of ancillary income you were expecting/projecting? […]

We are working with ultra-high net worth individuals and family offices that have a desire to purchase quality real estate assets across asset classes in large and medium markets in the United States and Canada.  Our cash buyers are adding to their existing portfolios in the following asset classes: #1. Apartments: Washington DC Metro and […]

In 2014, what kind of training did you give to your maintenance teams? Did it make the impact you most wanted? For 2015, what focus on maintenance and repairs are you planning? How closely are your maintenance teams tied to resident retention? Does their compensation reflect this? Related to your maintenance teams, what question would […]

In 2014, what large-scale lease-ups did you complete? Did your lease-ups go as planned? Did they stay on budget? For 2015, what shifts/changes are you planning for your spring/summer lease-ups? What additional leasing/sales training are you giving to those on your lease-up teams? Related to lease-up teams and successful new building lease-ups, what question would […]