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Welcome to Property Management Brainstorm, the ultimate podcast for property managers, PropTech ventures, and real estate investors! Join industry expert Bob Preston as he brings you the latest trends, best practices, and invaluable guidance in the world of property management. Whether you're just starting or thriving in the business, Property Management Brainstorm is your go-to destination for all things property management. Please click the "more" button in our episodes below to view the episode notes, listen through the website audio player or the video link, and follow along with the whole episode transcript.

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Episode 50: The Best of Brainstorm 2020, Our Top Guest Conversations From Last Year's Episodes!

We are proud to kick off 2021 with the “Best of Brainstorm”, snippets from our top guests of 2020. Topics Covered[3:48] Episode 42 featured Andrew Smallwood of Second Nature, who knows a lot too about why air quality is so important in rental properties. [5:35] In Episode 44, our guest was Citizen Home Solutions, featur...

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Happy Holidays From Property Management Brainstorm!

Hello Brainstormers! We are taking some time off from production during the holiday season but will be back with our normal Property Management Brainstorm programming in January 2021. Until then, happy holidays and we look forward to having you back with us in the new year! This episode is always available for listening, sharing, o...

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Thursday, December 17, 2020

Five Minute Friday #49: What Are You Afraid Of?

On this Five Minute Friday, Bob discusses facing fears in our property management businesses as we head into 2021. Simply put, the issues we fear the most are the ones we most need to discuss and resolve! Are there areas of your business that need attention which you’ve been avoiding during the pandemic? What better time to focus on...

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Friday, December 4, 2020

Five Minute Friday #48: Relationship Management

On today's FMF, Bob Preston speaks about the importance of relationship management in every business. Most of us would agree that Property Management is a “relationship business”. Imagine the number of people your team interfaces with daily in making your business successful: property owners, tenants, vendors, prospective ...

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Five Minute Friday #47: Happy Thanksgiving From Property Management Brainstorm!

In this time of gratitude, I wanted to say thank you to all of our listeners who tune in for Property Management Brainstorm. Counting you among our listeners is something for which we are especially grateful! This has been a trying year on all of us in property management, so, I’m also wishing you the gift of faith and hope as we g...

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Five Minute Friday #46: What the Heck is Normal Wear and Tear?

What the heck is normal (or ordinary) wear and tear? This term is used in many of our states where we practice property management and is often the cause of misinterpretation, conflict, and disputes. In today's Five Minute Friday, Bob describes his "common sense" rule as it applies to determining what is normal wear and tear...

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Episode 49: Process Automation in Property Management, Featuring Heather Park of RentBridge

Bob has been addressing "process" in the past few episodes, speaking to why it is so important in property management. But what if many of those processes could be “automated”? The concept is to let technology handle your repetitive tasks. Might this allow your property management business to work smarter, not harder...

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Five Minute Friday #45: Automation in Property Management - How Much is Too Much?

Today's Five Minute Friday poses a hypothetical questions. There is no right or wrong answer, only personal preference of how you think a property management company should be run. A lot of companies have come into our property management space offering technical solutions based on automation and artificial intelligence. The concept i...

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

Five Minute Friday #44: Embracing Change, Announcing the CALNARPM Annual Conference, March 11-12, 2021

Exciting news! The Calilfornia State Chapter of NARPM® (CALNARPM) has announced its theme and the dates of its annual conference. This will be a virtual conference, titled "Embracing Change", to be held March 11-12, 2021. Embracing change is something all property managers have had to do during COVID-19 and may n...

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Episode 48: Property Management Bookkeeping, Featuring Taylor Hou of APM Help

Real estate brokers and property managers receive what are known as “trust funds” in the normal course of doing business. These are typically deposits and payments received and held on behalf of others, thereby creating a fiduciary responsibility to the funds owners. In our business as property managers, we must handle and acc...

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