Finding a Property Manager: Interview Questions for a Property Manager
Here are interview questions for finding a property manager you should be asking whether you are hiring a new property manager or thinking about getting one for the first time. We will be asking the following questions
0:00 Intro
00:37 Plan to fill our vacant units
02:24 Do you bend the rules
03:38 What would you change
05:57 How much should I pay for a property manager
06:23 Most challenging lease so far
07:25 Staff and systems
08:28 How do they find you
Talia Ronnfeldt
talia@premierpropertymngt.com
www.rentcafe.com
premierpropertymngt.com
TheUglyMotel.com
Hey
guys, it's Paul. What they're going motel. And today I'm here with Taylor and she's a property manager out of Columbus, Nebraska, her property management company. They manage all of Nebraska, but specifically Columbus is where their main headquarters are at. And we're just going to talk over a couple of questions that make sense for you to ask your property manager.
I'll give you an idea of, of a starting point to figure out if you have one that can handle your project, or if you have one, that's just trying to collect a check from you. So here we go, five really intrusive questions and we'll see how our property manager is able to answer them. Thanks again for taking this time to talk with us.
Thanks for having me. So first question, um, we currently have a hundred percent vacant. It's basically a new build has been remodeled, um, property. Um, And it's halfway through November of 2021. So usually not a great time to put something on the market, but how will you try to fill those spots? How, how will you try to get that property?
We utilize many platforms. I have a career property, man, Facebook page, where I advertise vacant units that we have available. We have our software system that broadcast on over a hundred different property websites. It reaches nearly every single person. They can do a simple Google search properties available in Lincoln.
It's going to give them several options to view the properties that you have available. Advertising and you can never have too much advertising. So we really like to utilize that. We also have an in-house marketing company really, that we work with. They have a drone that they are able to take to the property.
Then they can do a live video to show people what the neighborhoods looks like. Say somebody moving here out of state and they don't want to make a trip down just to go and explore the community around where they would be living. Our drone footage has that, that capabilities of doing that, providing.
All of what you need to see without having to physically be there. When you have a professional company doing your photo. People really seem to appreciate that they realized the time you took the money, you spent to do those things. So then they really see these people are they're the real deal. They take their business serious and they really want people to see that they take care of what they need to take care of.
Yeah. Professional photos too, whether you're selling the property, whether you're renting it out, whether you're just trying to show the before and after. Spend the extra couple of hundred bucks, just to make sure that it shows what you want it to show. The big question that I think says a lot towards how ethical your property manager is.
Have you ever had to bend the rules to a piece of customer
