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SoftwareAdvice.com Survey: How Are Property Managers Using Technology?

Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by Aimee Miller.

SoftwareAdvice.com recently sent out a survey to learn more about how property managers are using technology in their business.
A few interesting highlights:
1. Almost half of the companies surveyed grew their business last year – either growing by increased revenue or more units. This is great to hear in a struggling market! But how did they [...]

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Keeping up with the Jones’s: Compare Away!

Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 by Aimee Miller.

Here are three sites I’ve found that help property managers compare things that are worth comparing:

Average rental rates
This is a helpful tool from RentBits (link). It lets you compare rents for apartments and houses in many geographic areas. It has an easy interface and you can see both the average and median prices over the [...]

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5 Steps to Get More from Your Online Marketing (Aug. 26 Webinar Recap)

Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by Aimee Miller.

Our webinar on Wednesday 8/26 (5 Steps to Get More from Your Online Marketing) was a great success!  Thanks to Brent for co-hosting this event and to Mike Whaling from 30Lines for being so knowledgeable and fun to listen to. Here is the entire recorded webinar including the audio.
Mike did such a great job – [...]

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Get More Done, In Less Time. Step Three – Use Google Docs

Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by Albert Oaten.

This is the third of a three part series on how you can move to free, web-based Google tools and find more time in your busy day. In part one we went over how to set up and use Gmail. In part two we covered how to use Google Calendar to manage your office schedules.
Week [...]

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Get More Done, In Less Time. Step Two – Use Google Calendar

Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Albert Oaten.

In our first of three Google articles, we covered how property managers can benefit from using Gmail. For our second article, we’re going to show you how to set up and use Google Calendars so you can work more efficiently and free up some valuable time.
Week 2 – Get going on the calendars: Google Calendars [...]

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Use Local Search to Increase Traffic to Your Property Management Website

Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by Jonathan Brownfield.

Chances are, if you’re in the property management business then you’ve advertised your business in the local phone book.
The problem is, people are flooding to online search to find businesses and services, all but assuring the printed telephone directory the same fate as the Long Jawed Mastodon. The good news is that you can adapt [...]

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Get More Done, In Less Time. Step One – Use Gmail

Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Albert Oaten.

Here are some videos we’ve created to help you get started using free collaboration tools from Google. These will help you find ways to work better, faster and get more done (it is truly possible!).
The great thing about these collaboration tools from Google is that they are free and web-based so you don’t need to [...]

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Web-Based Tools for Property Managers – Increase Productivity and Save Some Cash

Posted on 13. Jun, 2009 by Aimee Miller.

How can you grow your business this year without growing your staff?
In a recent poll conducted during an AppFolio webinar we asked property managers if they were planning to add more properties this year and if they were planning to increase their staff to accommodate an increased workload. The majority said they are planning to [...]

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