Multifamily Apartment Acronyms-Can you add to this list?

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I am really not sure who I am writing the blog post for, me or you.  However I thought it would be kind of cool to have a list of multifamily acronyms listed and their long version listed all in one place.  Maybe you will have some of your own to add at the bottom.  [...]

Time Management-Why is there a back burner?

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Be honest with yourself and figure out what your ratio of front burner to back burner projects is.  A few weeks ago I wrote about how technology can be a blessing or a hindrance to our overall time management, but today it’s just about the level of importance we place on projects.
On a daily basis [...]

Top 10 Tasks our Multifamily Maintenance Professionals will do but we probably won’t

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Clean, repair or replace the kitchen garburator.
Replace carpet that has been continually used as a toilet by pets or children.
Remove or clean out a clogged pea trap.
Get in the attic in the middle of the summer to repair HVAC equipment.
Respond to an emergency stove problem on their only day off with their family.
Pick up [...]

Cold Calling, Walking the Vegas Strip and The Bellagio

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Last June my wife and I had the privilege of attending NAA in Las Vegas.  We stayed at the Luxor and decided on one of our evenings to take a walk to the famous Bellagio.  We had heard so much about it.  It is known for its beauty inside and out.  There was so much [...]

Social Media and the Scientific Method

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State the Problem- Why am I using social media?  How will I use it?  What benefits will it bring my company and community?  The purpose of social media is to reach a broader audience and connect with key people that are using these platforms
Form a Hypothesis- I predict that if I research this properly and [...]

Peggy Waskom-The Time is Now

I stumbled across this article a few days ago regarding multifamily education and how much effort property management companies have been devoting to it for some time now. This article was posted in Multifamily Executive back in 2005. Below is a brief quote from the article:
“Two years ago, George Lane, chairman of Lane Co. in [...]

Webinar: Preparing Your 2010 Apartment Marketing Plan with Lisa Trosien (@LisaTrosien)

It’s not too late to sign up for today’s Webinar that is being hosted by Multifamilyinsiders and sponsored by AppFolio.  We are all looking forward to 2010 with great anticipation.  As of yesterday there was close to 600 who signed up for this presentation.  Click here to sign up for today’s presentation at 1pm EST.
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The Possibility of a Multifamily College Degree. #pwsb

Is that something you even fathomed when you started out in this industry?  Can you imagine what our future multifamily professionals will bring to the table?  This is what the Peggy Waskom Career Leadership Fund is all about.  This is why Brian Sutherlin and Julie Doran founded this.  This is why they and all committee [...]

What is GAIEF? Who is Peggy Waskom?

The Georgia Apartment Industry Education Foundation (GAIEF) is a private, non-profit organization that promotes career opportunities within the apartment industry.  The mission of this organization is to attract people to the apartment industry and inform them about its numerous career opportunities.

The Peggy Waskom Career Leadership Fund
Peggy Waskom was committed to advancing the state of the [...]

What Will Your Business be Like in 2010?

What will your business be like in 2010? Will you downsize, stabilize, or
grow?
Written by Mechelle Flowers-

Here are a few tough love insights of successful and unsuccessful
companies.

What happened? We thought things were supposed to be much better now… at least that is what we were promised right? If [...]

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