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Property managers have a primary responsibility which involves the maintenance of the property they oversee. It is important to understand what your firm expects as far as when maintenance should happen and on what kind of regular basis.

Too often, managers get fired or get pay cuts due to not properly recording when they had maintenance done. Because of this, it is very important to look at the tips we will lay out to help you avoid potential problems with your property firm.

One of the first things you should do it talk to your firm about how often they would like things to be serviced. Most firms will have a log book with a designated time of year that something should be serviced, but if not make one.

With this list, you can create a check list or log so that you can mark the dates when things were maintenances and keep a record. This record will come up often as it will be there to save your butt in case anything catastrophic breaks. When something bad happens, the firm will ask you when you had it serviced. If you have a log book with dates and signatures, the firm will take full responsibility for the damaged item and pay what they need to in order to fix it without giving you a whimper.

When something bad happens, it can go very bad for you also as the property manager unless you have a good log book to back you up. Most issues end up in firing if the manager can’t prove when maintenance took place, and some managers even get put on probation with a large pay cut. No matter what happens, you can’t afford to get fired, so it’s important to keep a good log book of maintenance records.

These tips will help you to do your best as a property manager to be able to take control of the maintenance that needs to happen on the properties that you manage. This will help you to be more accountable and also keep the firm accountable for issues that arise. Do yourself a favor and get a log book with a scheduled maintenance plan.

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