Touring a apartment complex for possible acquisition where as you can see having fun is strictly prohibited. We will change that if we buy it!
Everyone meet Benny, a specially trained single source bed bug detecting dog! We bring Benny on site when a resident is 100% convinced they have bed bugs, but they and our in house staff can’t find any. Benny clears the matter up really quickly, if he smells a bed bug egg, casing, or bed bug, he will sit and not move until told to do so. He is called single source because all he does is bed bugs, would be no good for sniffing out marijuana for... Show more
When tested by researchers the dogs had something like a 95% accuracy - but only when the tests were controlled. However the dogs scored lower when they had to seek out bed bugs that were naturally occurring in hotels/apartments. Not to mention, it also depends on the handler and the dog. Results vary too depending on the specific dog and depending on said dog on any given day.
Obviously, humans have a zero percent accuracy in sniffing them out but this method is not foolproof. I would not rely on it. I think they would be of better use to use as prevention and after move outs.
Bed bug treatments should be administered to the entire building, not just an individual unit. Similar to roaches, you have to have aggressive... Show more
A unique plumbing repair in the ceiling by the previous owner found today in our most recent acquisition.
I found this carefully placed nail in a board used to fix a floor joist. Just goes to show you the person driving the nail needs to be just a little smarter hand the nail!
Joys of Sunday morning Property Management: "Hi my neighbor and I share a porch and they have been storing a dead deer on it for like the last 2 weeks. Can you ask them to move it? Oh by the way, here is a picture"
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Property Manager: Stewart what should I do about this resident who didn’t pay for their electric running a extension cord to the outlet on our common meter?
Stewart: Before we get to that, let’s talk about why there is an orange on the floor.
Lets talk cabinets and kitchen design! The first picture is of the absolutely horrible enclosed kitchen that we have in many very large apartments at one of our new acquisitions. The living room and dining room touching the kitchen is very large. The 2nd pictures is after demolition, a blank canvas if you will. The rest of the pictures are rendering and blue prints of our first proposed design. The key is space for a dishwasher and having at... Show more
Apartment sellers: “You should pay a super high price because the property is within walking distance to a grocery store”
Their property:
Stewart: Look, we just don't allow satellite dishes to be installed, they don't look good, and the installers always damage the roof or the brick.
Satellite Dish Installer:
There are 2 things I love, The Office and Property Management Memes, I never thought this day would come, but my life is perfect now.
Stewart: Rich take it easy on the new guy, it’s hard to hire right now, don’t have him do anything to difficult or gross in his first week, we want him to stick around.
Stewart: Rich, how is the new guy? Send me some photos.
Rich:
In Property Management, there are some ground rules, some guiding principles, fair housing and other laws, but the most important thing you need to know going in, is under no circumstances ever open the abandoned parking lot cooler.
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05 Feb
This is not stopping fun but preventing accidents