Season 2, Episode 8 of the Owner Occupied podcast with Peter Lohmann & special guest Chris Powers. In this episode we discuss:

(01:51) - Chris’ background and career

(03:13) - What’s involved in 3rd party Property Management for Industrial Real Estate?

(05:07) - Do you handle leasing as well?

(08:04) - Making Blue Collar ‘cool’ again

(12:01) - Fort Capital’s focus on Property Management

(13:05) - Providing value to the tenants and owners via PM

(17:07) - Have you ever had issues with tenants living in your properties?

(18:09) - Are you using any specialized software in your business?

(19:46) - Investing in people vs. investing in processes

(24:37) - Ad Read: Second Nature

(26:31) - Developing the LP onboarding experience

(32:06) - How do you think about being able to sell a primarily GP Real Estate business?

(36:36) - Chris’ transition out of the CEO role & his current day to day responsibilities

(46:08) - Ad Read: Appfolio Stack

(47:47) - What were your initial emotions when you stepped away from being CEO?

(51:19) - Why are you so generous with your time?

(01:02:35) - Chris’ previous life as an investor

(01:06:25) - What marketing advice would you give to the owner of a small PM owner?

(01:10:17) - Wrap up

Learn more about Chris Powers & how to connect with him here:

Fort Capital

The Fort with Chris Powers Podcast

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Learn more about Peter Lohmann & how to connect with him here:

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RL Property Management

Mentioned in this episode:

Yardi

Buildium

Margaret Heffernan TED Talk - Super Chickens

The 5 dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni