Workflow Planning for Property Managers
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Workflow Planning for Property Managers

Commercial and Retail property managers are very busy people most of the time.  The greater the number of buildings that they manage and tenants that are contained in those buildings, the busier things are. Planning your workflow is a good idea. Through all that activity and pressure, the best property managers will have a daily…

Top Commercial Building Security Trends for 2022
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Top Commercial Building Security Trends for 2022

When you’re managing a commercial building for a client or own commercial real estate, one of the factors that are always top of mind is security. Although you may not be responsible for day-to-day security operations, it’s essential that you are aware of the latest trends in security so that you can provide advice and…

Optimized Business Systems for Commercial Property Management

Optimized Business Systems for Commercial Property Management

It is a fact that commercial and retail property managers are extremely busy on most working days just finding the time to do ordinary things with properties, clients, landlords and tenants.  It is easy to get ‘swamped’ with distractions and diversions in property management.  Most property managers will know exactly what I am saying here…

How to Increase Your Influence in Commercial Property Management

How to Increase Your Influence in Commercial Property Management

There is plenty of competition in commercial and retail property management in most locations. It is a preferred part of the property industry for many brokerages. The cash flow from the property management fees provides stability to brokerage activities and business building. So what can you do there? How can you win the property management…

The Turning Point of Success in Commercial Property Management

The Turning Point of Success in Commercial Property Management

If you are managing a commercial or retail property, you need some strategies to control things and particularly so with tenants, rental income, leases, vacancies, maintenance, and arrears.  The deeper you go within each topic, the more complex and active the issues. So, what is the turning point in property management control?  To answer the…

Learning to Listen Effectively in Commercial Property Management

Learning to Listen Effectively in Commercial Property Management

Most commercial property management clients have different points of focus and priorities when it comes to their managed buildings and their investment plans.  Every property manager should take time to understand the client, the property, the tenancy mix, and the prevailing market conditions.  That is where listening and interpretation becomes so important.   There are…

The Performance Secrets of Commercial Property Management

The Performance Secrets of Commercial Property Management

In commercial property management, if the individual manager you employ is struggling in knowledge, performance, and or client service, you will soon have a portfolio problem of one type or another.  You can lose business and fees.   Usually the affected client will soon become unhappy, timeliness will be lacking, errors will be made, and…

Commercial Property Management – How to Ask the Right Questions in a Handover

Commercial Property Management – How to Ask the Right Questions in a Handover

When you are taking on a new retail, office, or industrial property for management, make sure you have a good set of deliberate questions to work through and help you identify the performance issues within the property.  Get to the bottom of the issues relating to income, tenancy mix, maintenance, risk, documentation, and occupancy.  Where…

Systems to Follow to Improve Commercial Property Management Business

Systems to Follow to Improve Commercial Property Management Business

In commercial property management you can easily get ‘swamped’ by daily issues and events.  Every day you can be busy day doing things that really don’t matter in the scheme of things.  Yes, I know that you have client and property issues to attend to, but the real focus here should be on selective control. …