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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…

Ideas On How to Make On-Call Less Stressful So Good Maintenance Technicians Will Stay

Ideas On How to Make On-Call Less Stressful So Good Maintenance Technicians Will Stay

Okay folks, I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that there’s a shortage of maintenance technicians. I’ve also noticed that when you try to discuss new ideas to make the industry better, there’s people out there who scold you and verbally attack you for doing it. So, you’d better just suck…

How To Get Into Property Management

How To Get Into Property Management

    While reading through some online forums, I’ve seen people say that the apartment industry is like a “secret society” that’s hard to break into. And now that I really think about it, it is! I had to know somebody that was already in the business to get a…

How To Deal With a Goodbye Talker In Property Management

How To Deal With a Goodbye Talker In Property Management

  Ah, yes. Goodbye talkers. People that I frequently run into on a daily basis as an apartment maintenance technician for a property management company. Why didn’t Seinfeld do an episode about goodbye talkers? He covered the close talker, which is one of my favorite episodes.  If you’re not familiar…