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10 Simple Ideas for Keeping Your Apartment Community Leased…
It’s tough to keep a 35 year old property looking great and leased up. But that’s exactly what the property manager for one of our apartment clients in Orlando has been able to do. I’ve been...
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A lesson on hard work… from Michael Jordan
Here’s a neat quote from Michael Jordan… I think it can apply to just about anyone in any line of work… Maybe it’s my fault. Maybe I led you to believe it was easy when it wasn’t. Maybe made you think...
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20 Ideas for Ensuring a Smooth Student Housing Turn
I recently had the privilege of leading a group brainstorming discussion on the topic of student housing turn with managers in the Gainesville apartment market. I’m a marketing guy, so the extent of...
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9 Ways to Increase Green Efforts at Your Apartment Community
Whether the motivation is to “save the planet” or to “save some money,” going Green can pay off some pretty cool dividends. Apartment managers, with the captive audience of hundreds of residents, have...
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9 Digital Tools for a More Productive Office
If you’re looking for ways to make your apartment community’s office more productive, you might want to take a look at some of the free or nearly free digital productivity tools that our staff at the...
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Out of the box resident retention idea: crazy, brilliant, or simply generous?
A Los Angeles landlord gave his residents a particularly generous – and costly – holiday gift: He took $70 off the cost of their December’s rent payment. The story was picked up and reported by a...
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5 Tips for Leasing Agents
A few days ago I attended an amazing class taught by the Apartment Association of Greater Orlando’s very own, Desiree Star. Sitting in a room full of leasing agents, ranging from newbies to seasoned...
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Learning To Become A Leader
Today I took a class at The Apartment Association of Greater Orlando titled Unleashing the Leader Within. Bob Parsons, a Leadership and Management Consultant, taught the class and did a great job of...
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So You’re Saying Conflict is a…Good Thing?
A class photo with Sue Weston after the “Conflict Management” seminar in Tallahassee, FL. I have a confession. I hate conflict. Whether it is between me and a co-worker or a life-long friend, I often...
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Negotiating Doesn’t Have to be Scary!
Sue Weston teaches a seminar on negotiating tactics in Tallahassee. Do you consider yourself a good negotiator? I will be honest…I definitely don’t consider myself a negotiator! At all. I mean, yes, I...
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