The Challenge Architect and commercial property owner Eric Luk had a decision to make. His five-building commercial complex West Main Place Medical and Professional Plaza was about to lose a major tenant occupying roughly fifteen percent of the complex’s leasable units. In the face of major vacancy, he could either hit the panic button and […]
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The Pros And Cons Of Artificial Intelligence In Property Management
Originally Published in Forbes on May 23rd, 2024 by David Crown I was in a meeting with our team leaders this week when someone mentioned that we were bringing back an old weekly newsletter that promotes and celebrates one employee whose work stood out during the week. The last author of the newsletter was one […]
Navigating Legal Issues With Your Property
This article was published in Forbes on April 30th, 2024. Over the course of my 30 years in property management throughout the Los Angeles area, I’ve seen plenty of tenant-landlord relationships turn sour and end up in the courtroom. We’ve had luxury properties turned into party houses by reckless tenants. We’ve had other tenants hold onto thousands […]
How To Tailor Marketing Strategies For Vacancies At Your Unique Property
This article was published in Forbes on 2/29/2024 Marketing hinges on specificity. If all products and services could be marketed the same way, that would defeat the purpose, wouldn’t it? You wouldn’t try to sell a vintage Chevy Blazer by showing a trailer for it in movie theaters across America, just like you wouldn’t advertise […]
Three Ways Property Managers Can Help Owners Relax—And How To Find The Right One
This article was published in Forbes on Dec. 28th, 2023 In the thirty years I’ve spent in this industry, I’ve used many words to describe the work of property management—including some that aren’t fit to print here—but never have I called it “relaxing.” And property management is my specialty! It’s the air I breathe. So […]