Property managers have a primary responsibility which involves the maintenance of the property they oversee. It is important to understand what your firm expects as far as when maintenance should happen and on what kind of regular basis.
Too many property managers get fired due to maintenance issues, so it is very important to consider the following tips to make sure that you can ensure your job security as a property manager.
The first thing is to go over the scheduled maintenance items with your employer. Usually a property firm will have a list of things that need constant maintenance and also let you know how many times a year something should be maintained.
With this log book, you can make a check list so to speak that you can mark off and sign when something is serviced or maintained. This record is a great failsafe to have when the firm wants to know when something was serviced last. Also, when something bad happens, the firm will want to know if you had it serviced or not. If not, they will blame you for the damage, but if there is a log of when it was done, they will usually take full responsibility of the issue.
On the flip side, if you don’t keep good records, you will have a hard time explaining yourself to the firm. Often this leads to firing depending on the amount of damage, or it can lead to probation and pay cuts that are never fun. Because of the he said she said issues that can happen, do yourself a favor and have a great log book.
These tips will help you to do your best as a property manager to be able to take control of the maintenance that needs to happen on the properties that you manage. This will help you to be more accountable and also keep the firm accountable for issues that arise. Do yourself a favor and get a log book with a scheduled maintenance plan.
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Property maintenance and managing is a very complex task and requires full dedication to be able to fulfill all the requirements.
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Property management and maintenance is main task for property managers, because they earn money for that only, if they are not able to take care, so value of property decreases.
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