Industry Knowledge, Real Estate Building Insurance

What kind of premium increases are you seeing for 2015?
Which insurance coverage are you increasing for this year? Which coverages are you removing?

Industry Knowledge, Real Estate Building Insurance: http://tinyurl.com/ohnchho

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Patricia McLoughlin

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Rental Furniture Companies and Referral Fees

Regarding rental furniture companies—which ones are you most impressed with? Do you accept their referral fees?
Do you furnish a model for your leasing teams to tour? What would be one touring/leasing tip you could share here?

Industry Knowledge, Rental Furniture
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Doris Schweppe
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Value of UK housing up 57% in last decade

Strong/positive trends, yes?
Value of UK housing up 57% in last decade, new research shows, http://tinyurl.com/k7xz5jy
What kind of trends are you forecasting for 2015?

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Doris Schweppe
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Industry Knowledge, Rent Collection & Debt Recovery

Which industry rent collection vendors/supplies are you most impressed with? Which companies are best at debt recovery?
How good is your team with rent collections? Can you share a tip on the url below?

Industry Knowledge, Rent Collection & Debt Recovery
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Doris Schweppe
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Property overseas still proving popular with British buyers

Interesting to see where UK buyers are making purchases/investments, yes?
Property overseas still proving popular with British buyers: http://tinyurl.com/qaezeog
Does this match the trends you are seeing?

To learn more about property management trends in the UK, surf below:
Industry Knowledge, UK PM Leaders: http://tinyurl.com/lvpl6zw

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Doris Schweppe
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CEO Webcast Series – Powerful Property Management Employee Policy Manuals

With a focus on the importance of employee policy manuals that are accurate, up-to-date and include the forms, checklists and legal documents that mirror industry best-practices…below is a recent property management webcast you will enjoy—and learn from.

And the webcast below…ties right into training best-practices~and our PowerHour nationwide team of trainers that will help you and your PM team.

CEO Webcast Series – Powerful Property Management Employee Policy Manuals

This webcast includes 60 minutes of a captivating & informative discussion focused on the differences between policies and procedures, the legal liability when employee policy manuals are not up-to-date, best-practices for how to implement employee policy manuals and the ever-changing laws related to managing employees within your property management company. This informative discussion will help you learn about the trends and best-practices that leading property management companies are utilizing to insure their employee policy manuals are current, relevant and up-to-date.

Webcast Discussion Highlights

A. Why do property management companies need employee policy manuals?

B. What is the difference between policies and procedures?

C. What are the legal liabilities of not having the correct employee policy manuals in place?

D. How do you keep your employee policy manuals up-to-date and current?

E. What are industry best practices for new or revised employee policy manuals?

To read more about employee policy manuals—and best-practices, surf the url below:
http://www.powerhour.com/propertymanagement/employeepolicymanuals.html

To learn more about this topic and to read the news, trends and ideas being shared by property management leaders…join the discussion thread below~with 95+ posts.

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Surf the url below for our CEO Series of free property management educational webcasts related to industry products, services and emerging trends & technology,
http://powerhour.com/propertymanagement/thoughtleadership.html

To see the master list of all Industry Knowledge discussions within this group and all 20 LinkedIn groups to join, surf below:
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Industry Knowledge, Employee Policy & Procedure Manuals

What changes did you make this year in your employee policy and procedure manuals? Did you have any employee legal action in 2014?

For 2015, what will be the most important change/shift you make in your employee policies?

Industry Knowledge, Employee Policy & Procedure Manuals: http://tinyurl.com/ob4l4h9

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Patricia McLoughlin

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21 Items That Will Make Your Tiny Apartment Feel Bigger

Love the smart ideas shared in the article below~
21  Items Make Tiny Apartments Feel Bigger, http://tinyurl.com/o4jmqvs

Creative, yes? Any to add—that work for you?

The Coach…and your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Ernest
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Industry Knowledge, PM Hiring Managers & Recruiting Success

This year, what kind of hiring/recruiting success have you found?
For 2015—are you budgeting for new growth/hires?

Industry Knowledge, PM Hiring Managers & Recruiting Success
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Patricia McLoughlin

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PowerHour Leadership Academy Tuesday, October 14th Key Points

For our live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy members, on Tuesday, October 14th—we are going to be covering the key points below:

#1. More no’s = more yes’s when focused on business development and gaining more property management clients? Is a no—really a no? How do we get back to yes?

#2. What are the 16 key areas to include in every presentation—when meeting with a prospective new client who wants to engage your property management services? For this week…we are going to cover #1-16. [see attached]

#3. Bonus sales point…from the book, SmartMatch Alliances ==>> Please read pages 17-29.

Please listen to the audio leadership newsletter that is sent each Monday~as prep.

We’re looking forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday—for our live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy Open-Mic, with a continued focus on G.R.A.C.E. [Growing Revenue & Controlling Expenses].

Your PowerHour Leadership Academy Coaches,
Ernest  and  John

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Join Wednesday Webcast, Twitter Tips & Techniques

I would like to invite you to join a free thought-leadership MultifamilyBiz.com PowerHour webcast on Wednesday, October 15th at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/New York time—with a focus on *Twitter Tips and Techniques To Gain & Engage Followers*.

This is our 229th industry educational webcast since 1995.

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Patricia McLoughlin

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During this 60-minute webcast we will be discussing the points below plus fielding your specific questions:

#1. What are the latest trends in social media that you need to be aware of?

#2. Tweet, Retweet, Hashtag – are you an active part of the Twitter community?

#3. What are the best methods for creating your marketing messages on Twitter?

#4. What are the overall benefits of maintaining a strong presence on Twitter?

Registration Information
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When: Wednesday, October 15th.

Please note, the above MultifamilyBiz.com PowerHour starts at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/New York/Toronto time, which is

.2:00 p.m. Central/Dallas/Winnipeg time
.1:00 p.m. Mountain/Denver/Calgary time
.12:00 p.m. Pacific/San Francisco/Vancouver time
.8:00 p.m. GMT/London time

Fee: No charge

To register, please go to this page:

http://www.multifamilybiz.com/Webcasts/69/Twitter_Tips_and_Techniques_To_Gain__Engage_Followers

Recording is available after the MultifamilyBiz.com PowerHour but you must register for this webcast to receive it.

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Industry Knowledge, Outreach Marketing

Which part of your outreach marketing has been the most successful?

Which part—has failed or not worked as planned?

Industry Knowledge, Outreach Marketing
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Your Website SEO/SEM?

Some SEO/SEM questions to consider:

#1. How is your SEO/SEM working? What kind of results are you seeing on your monthly SEO/SEM reports? What shifts have you made—tied to the most recent changes in the Google Algorithms?

#2. Compared to your direct market competitors—what is your monthly visibility score/ranking? Is your visibility score/ranking the top/best each month, compared to the rest in your city/market?

#3. Do you get a monthly telephone tracking report? How many inbound calls/leads are you receiving each month? How do the trends compare to the same month last year?

#4. When you review your monthly Google Analytics report, what does it tell you about your SEO/SEM?

To arrange a day/time to discuss your SEO/SEM website success—surf here, http://www.powerhourseo.com/propertymanagement

Smartly done SEO + SEM marketing will give you and your team an endless stream of inbound leads and new business opportunities.

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Ernest

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PowerHour Leadership Academy Tuesday, September 16th Key Points

For our live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy members, on Tuesday, September 16th—we are going to be covering the key points below:

#1. I make my own _______. I am a leasing professional and industry leader because I work _______ & _______ than the rest. If it’s to _______ it’s up to _______. What I _______ is what _______.

#2. As a leasing leader here are the stats I measure:

a. My daily success with measuring my _______
b. My daily success with measuring my _______
c. My weekly success with my ratio of…
d. My weekly success with my ratio of…
e. My weekly success with my number of…
f. My monthly percentage of _______
g. My monthly report that is focused on my _______
h. This month I learned _______

#3. What are the 24 leadership skills that will help you and your property management company—win, with a focus on coaching/guiding your internal team plus partnering closely with your external vendors/suppliers. For this week…we are going to cover #2.

#4. Bonus sales point…from the book, SmartMatch Alliances ==>> Please read pages 7-12.

Please listen to the audio leadership newsletter that is sent each Thursday~as prep.

We’re looking forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday—for our live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy Open-Mic, with a continued focus on G.R.A.C.E. [Growing Revenue & Controlling Expenses].powerhour leadership academy

Your PowerHour Leadership Academy Coaches,
Ernest  and  John

How did your lease-up teams perform this summer?

How did your lease-up teams perform this summer? What kind of ongoing training are you doing—to keep them sharp?

Industry Knowledge, Lease-Up Teams lllinkedin
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Patricia McLoughlin

Industry Knowledge, HOA Property Management

What HOA property management trends are you seeing? What are the toughest challenges when working with HOA Board of Directors?

Industry Knowledge, HOA Property Management
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Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Doris Schweppe

Industry Knowledge, Fitness Equipment

What kind of fitness equipment are you buying for your multifamily apartment communities? Which industry vendors/suppliers are you most impressed with?

Industry Knowledge, Fitness Equipment 
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Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Doris Schweppe

Invite, Property Management Training Directors LinkedIn Group

If you are a Training Director for your property management company…please surf the url below and join us.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=3426128&trk=anet_ug_grppro

We welcome property management Training Directors who work for companies that own/run/manage rental apartments, REITs, senior housing, student housing, affordable apartments, commercial real estate, industrial real estate, and single-family rental homes/condos.

The goal of this group is to facilitate connections between property management Training Directors, to help you improve your professional development/skills and to serve as a learning resource for the property management sector.

This LinkedIn group helps the property management industry and Training Directors collaborate, share, mentor, and strategize when it comes to issues, challenges and opportunities.

Our 19 LinkedIn groups are growing by 5000+ new leaders every 30 days…because all discussions are carefully moderated, no commercial messages are permitted and spammers are removed—immediately.

Please forward/share the url below with those on your team…so they can learn about all 19 of our property management LinkedIn groups with 95,000+ leaders and our Best 106 Industry Knowledge discussion threads that focus on industry emerging trends/technology, products, services and suppliers/vendors,

http://www.powerhour.com/propertymanagement/linkedingroups.html

Based on group size…we’re #180 of 1,972,039 worldwide LinkedIn groups with 95,000+ members who are part of our 19 LinkedIn groups.

Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
Doris Schweppe

For the list of the Best 106 Property Management Industry Knowledge discussions with 14,250+ posts/comments already made, surf here: http://www.powerhour.com/propertymanagement/linkedingroups.html#ik

===>>>The fastest way to raise your success within our LinkedIn group is to make a post on one of the discussion threads on the url above—that will be seen by 34,540,000+ property management leaders/readers/members over the next 365 days~

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PowerHour Leadership Academy Tuesday, July 29th Key Points

For our live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy members, on Tuesday, July 29th—we are going to be covering the key points below: 

#1. Acquisitions—the 10X strategy for growing your property management company. Structuring the acquisition—what are your options? Where are the hidden gems?

#2. Related to acquisitions, what are the 6 key acquisition strategies you can leverage now/today and gain a competitive advantage?

#3. What are the 18 best ways to develop great new prospects for those in need of your property management services and to expand your successful business development? For this week…we are going to cover #4.

#4. Bonus sales point…negotiating strategy #39 ==>> Withdrawing an offer.

Please listen to the audio leadership newsletter that is sent each Thursday~as prep.

We’re looking forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday—for our live weekly PowerHour Leadership Academy Open-Mic, with a continued focus on G.R.A.C.E. [Growing Revenue & Controlling Expenses].powerhour leadership academy

Your PowerHour Leadership Academy Coaches,
Ernest  and  John

Industry Knowledge, Electronic Rent Payments

How is your ERP working? What kind of feedback do you get from your current residents?

Industry Knowledge, Electronic Rent Payments
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Your LinkedIn group owner/moderator
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