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EPM: BD & Growth
You have to spend money to make money: Penelope Valentine
Advising your clients on how to maximise their rent is a key component to any great property manager’s role. Sometimes this means they need to spend some money, and it can be a difficult conversation. Here are some tips on how to do that in a way where everyone’s a winner. Start as you mean to go on As…
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EPM: BD & Growth
How persuasive is your listing presentation?
At the beginning of the year I joined Toastmasters. With the growth of Rent360 I am having to present to advisory boards, investors and so on; I wanted to be able to think faster on my feet and be comfortable getting up and speaking clearly and convincingly, whether it be in front of one or 500 people. Recently I had to…
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Grace under Pressure: How You Can Keep Cool
There is a long-standing joke that property managers never take a lunch break. Each morning they hit their desk running and in a blink of an eye it’s 5.30pm. Here are my top five tips for property managers who are faced with common pressures of the job. PRESSURE 1: MINIMAL SUPPORT AND MENTORING: Property managers can feel isolated when the…
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Increase Your Productivity with a Single Focus: Penelope Valentine
Multitasking and following never-ending to-do lists might pose the biggest obstacles to being productive and achieving your goals. Property management is complex in that there are so many moving parts. You may always start the day with the best intentions to get so much done, but at the end you check your to-do list and it’s hardly shrunk. In fact,…
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