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It’s Going to Take Years for Maintenance Techs to Return. Be Patient!

It’s Going to Take Years for Maintenance Techs to Return. Be Patient!

“You don’t have a choice!” That’s what was said to me the first time I left the property management industry. I was a veteran maintenance tech and had been with the company for 8 years. Yet, I was still being talked to like a dog. What was the infraction you…

10 REASONS WHY YOU CAN’T FIND OR KEEP GOOD MAINTENANCE TECHS

10 REASONS WHY YOU CAN’T FIND OR KEEP GOOD MAINTENANCE TECHS

 “Why can’t I find good help?” The complaint I see online and hear over and over. I know it doesn’t seem like it, but there are a lot of great technicians out there. I know this for a fact because I talk with them in person and online every week.…

THE MAINTENANCE MAN MYTH

THE MAINTENANCE MAN MYTH

Ah yes. The lowly maintenance man that doesn’t know anything. Usually a shady, filthy looking, lazy, Jerry-rigging hack that fixes very little in between his naps. Am I right? Nope. Actually dead wrong! I’m not sure when this happened, but there seems to be a stigma tied to the maintenance…