3 Reasons why property management software for construction is the right choice for You.

Overseeing a construction project requires much more than nails and a hammer.  It is a balance of creativity and functionality, and of bringing a client’s dream to fruition while managing expectations around timeline and budget.  Here are some ways in which property management software for construction can optimize performance and keep the client happy while maintaining your sanity.  It Makes Work Flow.  Even smaller design-builds have numerous moving parts, including work schedules and the thousand incremental tasks that get you to each milestone. While any technology is better than none, jumping between different apps increases the risk that details will be lost, leading to unnecessary miscommunications and delays. A singular platform enables you to map out the entire project and access it in its entirety, or particular areas of concern, with a few swipes of your smartphone. Nurtures Relationships.…

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Three Tips for Managing Multiple Properties.

Being a property manager is probably one of the most challenging careers out there. It requires the patience of a saint, the juggling skills of a circus performer, and the stamina of a professional athlete. At the end of the day, however, it is much like any other endeavor: challenges loom larger when we’re overwhelmed, and making some simple changes in our daily routine – and our attitude – can yield amazing results. Here are a few foundational things you can put in place for managing multiple properties that will help you excel at your job and keep your sanity.     Choose Your Partners Carefully. Whether you are part of a larger company or a solopreneur, working for a single principal or many tenants in a high rise, you will need a team of vendors and service providers who…

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Avoiding frustrations in private estate construction.

Ask almost anyone who has managed a construction project and they’ll recount a long list of frustrating events, from permit issues to weather and delivery delays. Oftentimes the villain of this horror story is a contractor who did shoddy work, didn’t complete the job, or had an attitude that made working with them highly unpleasant – sometimes all of the above. Questions about missed deadlines or other problems are met with vague answers or go ignored altogether. This is bad enough when you’re the homeowner and far worse when you’re the property manager and caught between the negligent contractor and an unhappy client(s). You may even find yourself wrangling with the homeowners’ association and prickly neighbors complaining about noise and the backhoe sitting on the front lawn for months. Here are some ways you can nip problems in the…

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