Wanted: New Owners for Fresh PM Company

Here are a few suggestions for finding new clients for your property management business that you may not have used. Give one a try, you may be surprised at the results.

Local County Records

Buy the eviction list from your local county civil records office. Direct mail the owners of the properties and tell them about your services. It’s a good idea to emphasis your tenant screening capabilities. Owners who are in the middle of an eviction are often very receptive.

HOA’s

Foreclosures are as prevalent in the condo sector as they are in the rest of the real estate market. HOA’s are foreclosing on properties and in need of property management providers to manage them. Contact your local associations and let them know you want to work with them.

Google Pay Per Click

Almost everyone starts their search online and the best way to get noticed is to be on the first page of search results. Getting there organically through good SEO on your site can be a struggle and takes hard work.

You can jump to the top of the page with pay per click, or PPC, advertising with Google Adwords.

Whenever a search is done on one of your specified keyword phrases, for example “property management in Los Angeles,” your site is at the top.

You only pay when they click to visit your site and you can adjust the spend budget every month.

This may sound expensive but can be much less than the fees associated with lead generating services. If the PPC ad campaign results in one or two good leads the cost will be covered.

What are your favorite prospecting methods? Do you have any unusual ones to share?

1099-MISC filing Reminders for Property Managers

The END OF THE YEAR is just around the corner...(where does all that time go?)
I wanted to direct your attention - again - to my post from December 2010 to clarify laws and record keeping advice for 2011 1099Misc filings and for upcoming 2012. Let me know what you think about this comprehensive guide. There were many new and complicated changes to the 1099-MISC last year and I think some accounting managers at Property Management companies may just get caught up in a whole lotta nonsense without this guide.

4 Most Common Mistakes in Property Management

http://www.american-apartment-owners-association.org/blog/2011/07/28/the-4-most-common-landlord-legal-mistakes/

Great Article!
...and of course if you read through that and decide you may need help with that, proceed to http://www.karibunch.com/contact_us.html adn let me know how I may help you!!

Sincerely,
Kari

Dodd-Frank Act Requires New Action For Property Managers

http://allthingspropertymanagement.com/2011/07/27/dodd-frank-bill-requires-adverse-action-letters/
A NEW article for Property Managers...
Enjoy!
If you have Buildium or Appfolio - you can get your letter templates together there to send out to applicants who have been declined or require higher deposits because of their credit reports. It's now the Law as of July 21 2011 to send letters to those who are being turned down for a rental, if a credit screening is done.

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• I specialize in business transitions: growth, staff, procedural, software …Hitting the Moving Target is my specialty! Let’s streamline your business procedures to get the most out of your software investment, especially Tenant Pro 7™, Appfolio™ or Buildium™.
• Converting manually to one of these software programs? Moving from Tenant Pro or Quickbooks™ or even paper records to the new web-based Appfolio™ or Buildium™ Software? – Let me help! Highly skilled on all aspects of manual and automated PM software migrations.
• I have a strong accounting/bookkeeping background using standard Cash or Accrual accounting methods. Let’s get those trust accounting balances right! Work out those Security Deposit issues. Avoid errors in paying Owners, vendors. Track Tenants charges and payments correctly.
• Can Assist and Advise on Disaster Recovery – I can help re-create accurate accounting records after computer meltdown, personnel loss, or office fire?
• Enthusiastic, Insightful Training tailored for you and your employees! Training provided on-site and/or online on all Monthly Processes including Tenant / Lease recurring charges / Late Fees / Tenant Payment receipts / accounts payables / all reports / bank reconciliation / Section 8 & HUD / Multiple Management fees/Work Orders/Maintenance Billing
• Will work with all additional add-on products like CAM, Utility Billing and the e-Pay Plus module which enables tenants to pay rents online with TP7. Also assist with ACH setup.
• I can perform all Tenant Pro 7 software installations (Standalone or Client/Server), set up all pc’s at your location on-site or via Secure GOTO Assist™ or LogMeIn™ pc connections remotely.
• Have over 18 years of computer software consulting experience and 7+ years of bookkeeping, Project and Document Management experience. Additional experiences in teaching/training a variety of software solutions and documentation management and property management.
• Formerly employed at Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions (Formerly known as Property Automation) as Application Analyst and Mentor from 2006-2008. Responsibilities consisted of Level 3 Technical Support, Software Testing, Development and training all customers on all new versions of Tenant Pro software. I am a former Property Manager in the Storage Rental Industry.

Will travel anywhere in the world…
Rates vary from $50-100 per hour for online work.
Onsite $500-800 per day plus travel expenses. Site visits negotiable, depends on # Units and type of job.
Initial setup projects, and data-entry available/month-end/year-end/bank reconciliation services.
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