As a consultant to the apartment industry, I am asked a LOT, “What’s fair leasing agent compensation? Is their a leasing commission structure you would recommend?” There is no easy or short answer to this question, so let’s take a round about way of discuss it, and then my next article will zoom RIGHT into [...]
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New to the Apartment Industry/Job/Career? 4 Stages to an Epiphany!
Are you new to the apartment industry? New to your employer? New career? New promotion? On a new project? There are 4 stages that every NEWBIE goes through before becoming comfortable in the new position. When I first started at Dominium Management Services several years ago, I was lucky enough to take a class called “Managing for [...]
RENT SODA Welcomes Jim Baumgartner!
It’s July, and RENT SODA is shaking it up once again – with groundbreaking news: (drum roll please!) WELCOME JIM BAUMGARTNER to team RENT SODA! With the addition of Jim, we are adding more texture to the RENT SODA landscape through rich experience & ideas. Our end result will remain the same: striving to help [...]
GET OUT of HERE! How To GET IT When You’re In A Rut
It can be hard to always be ON. It can be hard to GET IT all the time. Whether that means being CREATIVE, ENERGETIC, FRESH, SUNNY, SOCIAL, PATIENT, or POSITIVE. When you go to the same office (apartment complex/corporate office/etc.) everyday, talk to the same people every day, or drink the same kool-aid every day, you can [...]
Good Customer Service is Dead! Where is the LOVE?
You read it right -GOOD Customer Service is DEAD. Where is the LOVE? (Video: Black Eyed Peas — Where is the Love?) This is actually good news — If you are one of the few apartment communities that consistently provides good customer service, you are WAY ahead of the game. Even if you THINK you’re doing [...]
Lack of Motivation? Leasing Stalled? How to Change Your Tune
All this talk about a depression, soft market and price drops. OH MY! Not to mention pay freezes, working twice as hard for half as much traffic, it’s not a wonder that there is a lack of motivation out there. How do we change this and re-invigorate our teams, win leases, and enjoy our jobs [...]
Being Shy About Business Won’t Win Leases – How to Take Your Competition OUT!
Everyone knows – being shy about business – especially leasing, won’t win you any leases. Have fears or doubts? Your prospects can smell it a mile away -and so can your competion. So what WILL win you leases? This is a picture of me in 2nd grade. I had just transferred to a new school. I was [...]
Apartment Jobs: From Resume to Job Offer: How to get the CALL!
I LOVE American Idol. At the audition stage in the game, when the judges are trying to find the best talent in each city, in 10 seonds or less, they can tell whether someone MIGHT have what it takes to “Be The NEXT American Idol.” In some ways, American Idol is very similar to the [...]
What Kind of Job are YOU Looking For? Anything Less Than the Best is a Felony!
Apartment Jobs: Phone screens & job interviews have 1 purpose: to screen candidates OUT. Yes, you read it right. It’s to screen YOU out. Of course your interviewer is trying to find the perfect candidate for their job opening, but with hundreds of resumes per job listing, the #1 priority of a recruiter/interviewer is to [...]
Personnel/Personal Development: Do You Have a Plan?
When it come to personnel development – do you have a plan? How about PERSONAL development – do you have a plan? Success comes from within. For an organization to be successful, in order for your apartment project to be successful, the success must come from within. At the very heart of each project, at [...]