Bootstrappers For Entrepreneurs

David Flores, CEO of PM Solutions Pro, started out as a virtual assistant, or what we call a remote professional, and helped House Match in San Diego document and clarify all their processes and procedures. Now he helps other companies do the same. On this episode, we will talk to him about what he recommends companies do to get organized and how to best utilize virtual staff to get high quality procedures written down quickly so your business can grow.

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Short term rentals are all the rage, but can you scale a short term rental business? During this episode of Property Management Bootstrappers we discuss the ins and outs of managing short term rentals with founder of Better Stay in Washington state, Eva Wu. She explains how to maintain a positive culture with your team, the software and hardware needed to make management go smoothly and how to manage the little things that make a short term rental experience go well. If you are curious about how to make short term rentals part of your portfolio this is a can't miss episode.

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In this episode of Bootstrappers, we discuss best practices with expert Andrea Kelly, for getting the best outcomes and high performance right out of the gate. We tackle how to set up team members for success.

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People often feel overwhelmed at work and immediately think they need an executive assistant. However, our experience at Anequim has shown us that sometimes an extra hand in the operations can be better at helping busy CEOs reduce their workload rather than an Executive Assistant. In this episode we will discuss how to discern what the best role is for your next hire, and what conditions at a company make the executive assistant role most useful. We discuss the best job responsibilities and KPIs make sense for an executive assistant and what personality characteristics to look for when hiring. Also, Jeremy razes Gwenn about a critical mistake she has made with her executive assistant. It's all on this episode of Bootstrappers!

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Some people are really good at committing to goals and achieving them. Brad Larsen, CEO and founder of RentWerx, the Property Management Mastermind Conference, and the Property Management Mastermind podcast is one of those people. In this episode, we explore his underlying beliefs around goal setting, his habits, rituals, and how he overcomes obstacles to make his dreams a reality.

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Viry and Alex discuss the pros and cons of working remotely, and what it's like working and living full time alongside your partner, and the challenges that come with it.

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Chris Clothier of REI Nation manages over a billion dollars in real estate assets with his turnkey model in 11 markets. In this episode we have a conversation with Chris about how he manages his scaling business while maintaining a winning culture. We discuss what it looks like to hold people accountable to tight processes and maintain quality controls to provide excellent customer service at every interaction.

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Relationship Selling is a type of sales where the relationship goes beyond just one sale and helps companies get customers for life. Peter Hernandez, VP at Citizen Home Solutions, and the whole team excels at this skill. In this episode we will discuss how he has done this, trained his team to do it in their own style and why relationship selling is even more important in our social media driven environment.

Additionally we are going to learn more about Citizen Home Solutions and how they have solved some of the worst headaches for tenants and property management companies.

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Sarah Durbin is known in the property management world as someone who can come into your PM company and really impact your bottom line. She is the ultimate change agent. In this episode we discuss change management with Sarah Durbin. What are the best practices, what are the pitfalls and what kinds of changes will really transform our businesses.

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Sometimes we know our business has issues but we don't even know where to start on fixing them. On this episode of Bootstrappers we will speak with Deb Newell, proven consultant in the property management industry about how we can evaluate the health of our business and make steps to fix them. From high turnover to rolling out changes in the business we will cover the hardest management topics. It is all on this episode of Bootstrappers.

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