tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post4962049331186248895..comments2023-09-28T02:56:50.338-07:00Comments on The Apartment Manager's Blog : Where do I sign up for the reality show?Erin Huss http://www.blogger.com/profile/03422371225479266630noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-89205250631431399722013-12-04T13:04:25.088-08:002013-12-04T13:04:25.088-08:00Just might be my favorite blog ever! Just might be my favorite blog ever! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-8135563079760506242010-02-06T11:03:22.701-08:002010-02-06T11:03:22.701-08:00I'm sure that's exactly what she was think...I'm sure that's exactly what she was thinking: "So long, Sucker!"<br /><br />I know I would be!Karen M. Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972093977468313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-32128700229318979702010-02-05T16:32:51.971-08:002010-02-05T16:32:51.971-08:00@Apartment Manager--
I am really enjoying your bl...@Apartment Manager--<br /><br />I am really enjoying your blog, being a fellow soul in the business. I have really not found an apartment management blog before this one. <br />Our company has 12 complexes consisting of Market Rate, Subsidized (Rural Development-NOT HUD), and Housing Authority. To be honest, my Market Rate units give me the most problems. Some rent up to $1200. a month, and these are the ones people over cost rent and can't afford them. In the subsidized ones, you have more of a hold on the tenant as you can threaten to cancel their Rental Assistance at any time. But no matter how they pay, you run into all kinds of people. My favorite tenants are the little old ladies who have lost their husbands, sold their homes, live on SS and have moved into my elderly units. These gals are like grandma's and make me cookies and I take care of their needs and keep them safe. I was a trained NCO in the Army on drug enforcement, and have friends on the police dept, who will if I ask bring the sniffer dogs on the property. I can look in someone's eyes and tell if they use drugs (most of the time). I can walk in their unit and tell as well. I have "Drug-Free Community" signs all over the place and I evict immediately on that. I control in and out traffic at the complexes, and I do quarterly inspections on each unit. So far things are pretty smooth. I have three silent partners in my company, and I do all the management on my own. I hire resident managers, and I run the biggest complex myself. I attend all the Housing meetings and keep up with the laws.<br />Thank you for your blog I wish to be a regular reader/poster.<br /><br />Herb SpencerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-6326018744332548632010-02-05T16:06:34.008-08:002010-02-05T16:06:34.008-08:00@Margaret--
Management of Apartments is just like ...@Margaret--<br />Management of Apartments is just like anykind of other job, except when you deal with someone's living arrangements it takes on a different hue. Most people who rent apartments have no idea what they are getting into when they sign a lease. You can sit and draw them pictures when you sign them up, but it is of little use. They hear only that they have rented a roof to live under. It all comes around "later" that they over rented in cost. And that they are in "someone else's" property, and that someone does not allow their property to be lived in like for pigs in a pen. They think its ok for their unemployed brother to come and live on their couch a few months without paying rent and listing him on the lease. They think its ok to pile junk on their front porch. They think its ok to disassemble the smoke alarm and use the batteries in their Walkman. ETC ETC ETC. When they can't come up with the rent, they think that's ok too.<br />Then its wake up time---OMG time--GET OUT time.<br />Property management is actually a pretty good job---I run six complexes--elderly/disabled and family types. Once you get it all across, you have little to no problems on a day to day basis.<br />Cheers<br />HSpencerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-40719560817056205182010-02-05T09:56:16.002-08:002010-02-05T09:56:16.002-08:00The old "relative" thingy!!
That splains...The old "relative" thingy!!<br />That splains a lot.<br /><br />Goes to show you that we have NEVER heard it all!!!<br /><br />HSpencerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-27597792295716143702010-02-05T09:13:24.028-08:002010-02-05T09:13:24.028-08:00HSpencer I very much so agree. After doing a bit o...HSpencer I very much so agree. After doing a bit of research it turns out that Gary is actually a relative to the owner. He no longer lives here.Erin Huss https://www.blogger.com/profile/03422371225479266630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-39707184824481789072010-02-05T08:58:57.081-08:002010-02-05T08:58:57.081-08:00OK--quite a story. Some might say chalk it up to ...OK--quite a story. Some might say chalk it up to the human kind, but not me.<br />First, why is the guy living there at all since there seems to be a prior criminal record? That's a no no hell no here at my complex.<br />Second, the complaint made is enough in my book to immediately evict the offender. Especially if you can get a written and signed complaint. This is the type of situation that will collapse your business quickly. <br /><br />HSpencer, Lincoln Terrace AptsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-14937623042626169552010-02-04T20:07:43.438-08:002010-02-04T20:07:43.438-08:00Umm...Hmmm...Umm...Hmmm...GunDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02965363044411500380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207924678244306261.post-19656158010933500772010-02-04T19:35:07.136-08:002010-02-04T19:35:07.136-08:00Wow! After reading all these I think my dream of ...Wow! After reading all these I think my dream of being an apartment manager has officially died. *sad*<br /><br />Go look at my blog, I gave this blog an award. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943671558537913219noreply@blogger.com