The Training Factor’s Top Posts for 2010

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The Training Factor has had an amazing 2010.  We want to express our deepest of deepest thanks to all of our readers of this blog.  Your continued support has been breath taking.  As we wrap up 2010 I wanted to share with you some of the top posts by viewers for this year.
First of all, [...]

Brainstorming- We are Multi “Family” Part II #mfbsconf

Quick post for this morning  just to point out some highlights of yesterday’s Brainstorming sessions.  The amount of ideas that were taken away were simply amazing.  I had the privilege once again to facilitate and had an absolute blast! Every group I had was so full of energy and enthusiasm.  One of the things I [...]

Property Management Visions: Do You Really Have a Good Idea?

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Stop and reflect on how many good ideas you had yesterday.  How many did you have last week?  How many did you have last month?  Now ask yourself what ever came of most of those?  Those thought processes are one of the many amazing things about our brain.  We are wired to be creative and [...]

Help Social Media Research in Multifamily Housing Industry

Over the past couple of months, many of us have been helping out Lana Maric with her MBA dossier.  She has been collecting statistics from multifamily professionals.  She is almost at the 100 mark which is what she needs.  Notice her comments below:
6 more!!! Ohh la laaa
I just wanted to update you all that we [...]

A Movement for Multifamily Careers-The Peggy Waskom Super Bowl

On February 9th 2010, months of hard work paid off with this multifamily WOW event. Property management companies, professionals and university students came together for a great cause to promote future education in the multifamily industry.  The day after the event, Dr. Debbie Phillips, Executive Director of GAIEF and a committee member of the Peggy [...]

Multifamily Apartment Acronyms-Can you add to this list?

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I am really not sure who I am writing the blog post for, me or you.  However I thought it would be kind of cool to have a list of multifamily acronyms listed and their long version listed all in one place.  Maybe you will have some of your own to add at the bottom.  [...]

Top 10 Tasks our Multifamily Maintenance Professionals will do but we probably won’t

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Clean, repair or replace the kitchen garburator.
Replace carpet that has been continually used as a toilet by pets or children.
Remove or clean out a clogged pea trap.
Get in the attic in the middle of the summer to repair HVAC equipment.
Respond to an emergency stove problem on their only day off with their family.
Pick up [...]

Microsoft Office Efficiency—How many minutes and hours do you want to gain?

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It’s amazing the history behind the Microsoft Office Suite.  1992 was the year that Microsoft released its first version.  Since then numerous versions have been released all with upgrades of one magnitude or another.  Do you remember the days when WordPerfect was the be-all and the end-all?  Microsoft office seems to be the standard and [...]

Cold Calling, Walking the Vegas Strip and The Bellagio

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Last June my wife and I had the privilege of attending NAA in Las Vegas.  We stayed at the Luxor and decided on one of our evenings to take a walk to the famous Bellagio.  We had heard so much about it.  It is known for its beauty inside and out.  There was so much [...]

Vendor Etiquette- the Epic Saga Continues

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Off and on this particular topic has come up a few times on Multifamilyinsiders Discussions .  Something happened today to me that inspired this post.  I was sent an email from Vendor X asking me if I would trade leads with him.  The message itself was nice and there was a courteous thank you on [...]

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