Eddie Beekman is the founder of "Give Your Clients Your Cell Number", because he believes there is no reason for poor communication! He tackles the daily management and maintenance issues that arise in the operations at APMG. Eddie is an excellent video blogger and likes to add humor to his videos. After 18 years of Property Managment you think you've heard it all, until tomorrow and it starts over.
By Eddie Beekman | Hiring a PM Company
The tenant takeover can be a daunting task. From first glance, there seems to be a lot of details involved. But fret not! The steps to the perfect tenant takeover are important, but not hard. When Does a Tenant Takeover Occur? Changing management companies Buying an occupied rental property Self-managing an occupied rental property Step […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Hiring a PM Company
Today we are talking about what to expect from a professional property management company. In this post we will discuss a few items that a professional property management company should have. You can use this when interviewing or searching for a property management company to manage your investment properties. Monthly Statements First of all, this […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Hiring a PM Company
Last week we discussed Why Owners Fire Property Managers. This week you see the other side of the story. This is kind of a touchy subject. Not a whole lot of companies would put this video out there. We will give it a go because we like to talk about things that others don’t. Sometimes owners […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Hiring a PM Company
No, this is not a subject everyone wants to blog about. Nobody wants to get fired (or admit they have been fired). But it happens and we like to talk about the things that every other company is afraid to address. So, let’s just get this out of the way first: We’ve been fired and we have […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Evictions
Bad tenants are bad for your property, the neighborhood, your wallet and your sanity. In this post we will go over two legal notices that will get a bad tenant out of a rental property. Read more to learn the steps in the process. Legal Disclaimer: Access Property Management Group, LLC does not provide tax, legal […]
Continue readingBy Eddie Beekman | Maintenance & Repairs
Maintenance Work Orders Hi I’m Eddie with Access Property Management. Today we are talking about maintenance work orders or maintenance requests. Here are the steps involved. The first step is…the work order is entered online by tenants. We require work orders to be put in online through their tenant portal or in writing via email, […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Tenant Relations
Hi, this is Eddie with Access Property Management. This post is on tenant complaints and how we handle them. 1. Receive The Complaint The first step is to always get the complaint in writing. We do this through either pad and pen or preferably an email. Sometimes a text will work, but texts can be […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Property Management
Lease Renewal Timeline Hi, this is Eddie with Access Property Management. Today we are talking about lease renewals. There are many aspects of the lease renewal process. On paper it seems easy, but there is a lot of communication that we go through to try to get that tenant to renew their lease and sign […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Maintenance & Repairs
Hi, this is Eddie with Access Property Management. In this post I will discuss how we handle after hours phone calls or emergency phone calls. In Case Of Emergency: The steps we have in place for this are: Step One : Call Comes In First when the call comes in after hours the office is not […]
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By Eddie Beekman | Maintenance & Repairs
Snow Removal Contracts for Apartment Complexes It’s snowing out! We thought it would be a good time to talk about snow removal contracts for apartment complexes. A few things to look at in snow removal contracts are: At what amount of snowfall do they plow? Do they remove snow at 1 inch, 1.5 inches, 2 inches, […]
Continue readingSo yeah, we're a little geeky and take this whole "Property Management" thing pretty seriously! We love what we do and we're pretty damn good at it too. Own Properties? Life is too short to struggle with doing it yourself or a bad management company. See how it could be.