The Latchel Property Management Podcast

When it comes to sharpening your competitive edge in a large market, there's no better man to discuss this with than Bob Preston, President of North County Property Group in San Diego.    North County Property Group has been named a Top Property Management company in San Diego by the San Diego Business Journal for the past 5 years in a row. Their average Google rating is 4.8/5 stars which is incredible in this industry.  And Bob also runs his own podcast called Property Management Brainstorm So if you like what you hear from Bob today, check out his podcast as well. 

RentCheck is designed for contactless inspections. It fully supports social distancing best practices by having residents conduct property inspections with simple, self-guided inspections that anyone can do from their smartphone. This helps property managers get ongoing visibility into unit conditions all from the comfort of home, and can help streamline the entire process by: Handling all of the reminders to ensure move-in, move-out, annual, periodic, and turn inspections get done on time.  Creating visually appealing and standardized reports on your units.  Providing easy access to inspection reports to your owners to amplify trust.  Tune in to dive into the details of how RentCheck can help you run remote inspections.  Follow Latchel on Facebook to stay up to date with our podcasts, or subscribe to our newsletter, Property Brew to get emails on all things growth and improvement. 

We live in a world where technology has connected everything, but Property Management is a “People” business so social distancing has made it challenging.  With face-to-face communication being restricted, we need to leverage email, phone, text, and web chat even more than ever. These can create silos if technology doesn't connect them.  In this session with Rent Manager, we'll go over how Property Managers can utilize software to connect communication channels and close the communication gap with residents and teams. 

In this week's episode, we're talking about how property managers are increasing their profits with strategies that also free up time.  Increased profits and increased free time do not typically go hand in hand, but by using strategies that some of the top property management companies have been using for years, it can, and should be done. In this episode, we go over how some of these strategies are being implemented with Latchel's 24/7 Home Assistant. With this program you can: Increase your monthly profit by $440 for every 100 units   Decrease your time spent on maintenance by 80% We'll walk through exactly how you can make maintenance a profit stream and never take a maintenance call again, giving you the time and capital to truly grow and scale your business this year. Learn more at www.latchel.com 

Tune in for our Q&A with AAOA (American Apartment Owners Association) as we discuss the tools needed as conduits between good and great Property Management as well as the 2020 Property Management predictions and trends to stay on top of this year. 

We sat down with Tony LeBlanc, an entrepreneur who has started over 10 successful businesses, and author of Doorpreneur: Property Management Beyond the Rent Roll.  He manages one of the largest property management companies on Canada’s East Coast – a business he started from scratch. Tony's experience and expertise is now helping thousands of other property management professionals take their business to a whole new level.  Register to WIN a Free Book Box with a copy of Doorpreneur and copies of Tony's top 3 recommended reads.   

Spark Rental was built by landlords for landlords. With a mission to help others successfully "Spark FIRE" (Financial Independence through Real Estate), Spark Rental offers free courses on investing as well as a Landlord app offering several automation functionalities. We sat down with Co-founder Denise Supplee, who became a landlord by necessity when, as a recently-single mom, she could no longer afford to pay for both rent and groceries for her four young girls. She learned the art of house hacking and fell in love with property investing and landlording. Tune in for our Q&A with Denise as we take a deep dive into all things property investing.  

Al Williamson is a former engineer, full time real estate investor, real estate author of many books like '40 Ways to Increase the Net Income of Your Rental Property', and creator of LeadingLandlord.comWe sat down for a live Q&A to dive into how he's taught landlords all over the country how to make the most out of their rental properties.