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Posted almost 8 years ago

Keys to Resident Retention & Amazing Apartment Communities

Leadership, Solutions & Infectious Enthusiasm

Lauren is the property manager for two iconic, Downtown Cleveland apartment buildings; Bridgeview Apartments and Perry Payne Apartments. Her enthusiasm is infectious and if love your work then every day’s fun. Lauren believes in teamwork and strives to be the leader that inspires them to reach amazing goals.

Lauren’s philosophy is to position the people on her team for success. She believes in setting goals and having a game plan to achieving those goals. Lauren believes in giving her team the freedom to hit their targets without micro managing them. She learns what inspires each person in order to keep them properly motivated.

Hire positive people who are creative and solution oriented. These are traits that people already have and can’t be trained.

Solving problems is part of the job description for property managers, so showing up with enthusiasm and helping your tenants out is the job description. Lauren always remembers that these are people’s homes and her clients require a special kind of personalized customer service. Lauren gets to know her tenants on a personal level and understands that her job is to help them enjoy their home.

Lauren and her team also focus on building strong communities for their residents. This effort leads to high resident retention, which reduces expenses by lowering the need to continuously flip suits.

“The Customization Station” – Lauren’s company offers new residents the opportunity to choose their own finishes and upgrades to customize their apartment as if they owned it. Lauren was instrumental in creating this unique point of difference for The Landmark Companies and is stoked to offer her residents something extra special to make their apartment feel like home.

7 Key Points:

  1. 1) Be a leader who inspires your team to be amazing
  2. 2) Your job is to set your people up for success and light the fire
  3. 3) Pay attention to each individual in your company but don’t micro manage
  4. 4) Hire positive, solution oriented people for your team
  5. 5) Your job doesn’t end when the tenants sign a lease
  6. 6) Building a strong community results in higher resident retention
  7. 7) Believe in you gut, it’s usually right

Favorite athlete: Mary Lou Retton – Gold medal Olympic gymnast

Lauren’s pro tip is to stay positive and solution oriented and set your teams up for success.

Lauren invites you to reach out by email at [email protected].

Check out Lauren’s apartment communities;

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Thank you Lauren for taking time out of your day to share your leadership and property management tips with us.

Tune into Lauren's interview on iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play.

Invest well,

John Carney 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jc-023-resident-retention-amazing-communities-lauren/id1215465635?i=1000391634974&mt=2



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