The PM Power Podcast Show

Melanie Dennis is a director at Domain and Co. based In Melbourne Victoria and is one of the most awarded property managers in Australia, running a dynamic property management team with both property management and buyers advocacy services. In this expertise packed episode, Melanie gives you the steps you need to take from DAY ONE when you take over from another Property Manager so you can bed down your new property portfolio and settle it quickly. Melanie shows you how to deal with a potentially stressful time with the right strategies and great communication with your owners and tenants.

Darren Hunter, Shadi Salehpour and Kelley Seaton share NINE KEY ACTIONS you can do to take your rental department from fifth to first gear over the Christmas/New Year break, so you can switch off and still have control! PLUS...how to stop the traditional ‘February evictions’ from happening with our Christmas Rent Control special teaching!

Evicting a tenant is one of the worst things that can happen in Property Management. It's been said that ‘an eviction is like a packet of cigarettes and will take years off your life’ as a property manager. The awful consequences also affect the owner, PM company as well as the tenant and their children. That’s why we must implement a ‘zero tolerance’ attitude and rent control practices and strategies. Villi Tossi heads up a large PM Team from Watson Real Estate in Palmerston North, New Zealand and has one of the lowest late rent rates we have seen anywhere! Villi shares their strategies to ensure tenants are never allowed to get behind in rent...especially late rent serial offenders.

It’s been said that difficult ‘C-Class Property Owners’ are like a pack of cigarettes and can take years off your life! There are not many factors that have a greater negative impact on Property Managers and their mental health than difficult property owners. In this podcast episode we identify the warning signs to look out for, the main issues they create not only to the property management process but also how they contribute to PM burnout, and most importantly what you can do about it. This episode is a total eye-opener and is a MUST for every property manager AND business owner too!

Property Management has a natural level of conflict ‘built-in’ so having skills to diffuse angry and upset owners is essential. Joe Iemma manages a team with 1000 doors on the Northern Beaches in Sydney NSW and in this podcast shares with his 32 years of experience and wisdom as a frontline property manager on how to diffuse ANGRY and UPSET fast!

Did you know that the same seven habits and skills that make a good property manager are also the very same that make a good police officer too! This ‘never before’ released live conference recording goes through the SEVEN essential ingredients that makes a property manager highly effective for the job! If you want to know what a GOOD PROPERTY MANAGER looks like...listen to this bonus live session NOW!

Kelley Seaton from ‘The Leasing Network’ on the Central Coast in NSW gives us her expertise around the effective communication and question system she uses for prospective clients and new clients. Kelley believes she needs to know everything about the client so she can effectively communicate with them in the future to ensure the management runs smoothly, and in this podcast reveals the questions she uses, what she is looking for, and how she records it all in her property management software system.

Greg Pearson runs a large regional PM portfolio with his team in Albany, Western Australia. Greg is very careful to identify and manage stress and burnout with himself and his property managers and in this episode, Greg candidly shares his strategies, tips, and techniques to keep stress and burnout well under control to keep the team motivated, refreshed, and productive.

Shadi Salehpour is one of the best property managers in New Zealand, and she has mastered NOT taking phone calls or returning emails in her personal time, effectively switching off 100%. Listen or watch this podcast interview on the strategies she put in place to ensure she can switch off after-hours too. Can you switch-off after-hours too and enjoy your personal life outside of your work? Of course, you can! We’ll show you how, in this podcast episode!

Esther Nilson is Department Head with GLC Residential in Perth Western Australia, and has ZERO EMAILS in her inbox at the end of each day before she goes home! In this podcast, Esther shares her secrets around the importance of preparation, the 4 D’s of email management, how to have an empty email inbox, and how to effectively take control of your phone calls. If you struggle with your calls and emails- ESTHER has some answers for you!