Tips on how to be a property manager your clients will be thankful for.

As hard as it is to believe,  the holidays are upon us once again. And while they may not have returned to a pre-pandemic normal,  things have vastly improved from this time last year. People are getting together with family, friends, and larger groups outside their “bubble,” and while this is certainly wonderful news,  it also means a lot more work and stress.  Here are some tips on how to be a property manager your clients will be thankful for.    While you’re always responsible for safeguarding your client’s property, extra diligence is needed during the holiday season.  There is nothing worse than arriving at your home to find that water damage or a break-in has occurred, and the same holds true of a stained rug or broken vase after a party. Certainly, your clients don’t want to hear…

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Did you know there are project management platforms tailored for estate managers?

There has never been a better time to be an estate manager. In the past one of your greatest challenges would have been figuring out how to be in several places at once; now, thanks to a host of online tools such as tenant portals and virtual tours, it is possible to handle most, if not all, of your responsibilities remotely. There are also project management platforms that help you bring renovations or special events held on the property to completion, again without having to be a constant physical presence. However, while these tools have made things exponentially easier, you still must be able to integrate daily and monthly tasks with long-term goals like making the property more efficient and profitable. Enter all-in-one solutions such as EstateSpace, that allow you to balance regular workflows with the bigger picture, whether…

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Using technology to create balance across your estate.

Whenever a new piece of technology is introduced, there are always people who, at first, refuse to use it. They find it intrusive and may even feel they will be losing something else (i.e. human connection) in the process.  It’s easy to imagine the pushback when telephones first became available in the home – “Who wants to hear all that ringing?”  These holdouts changed their tune, however, when they realized they could get news from loved ones across the country in minutes, rather than waiting for a letter. Nowadays, we can’t conceive of waiting at home for a call or not being able to text when we’re running late.   Indeed, the ability to run our lives from our devices has become integral to keeping the world moving. If we think covid made daily life tough, imagine what it…

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