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    Meet SBD's Director of Property Management with Sara Chapman

    enFebruary 17, 2022
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    About this Episode

    Today is Sarah Chapman’s first day at SPD. Sarah believes that today is the best day to record the podcast. She is excited to be here, and she believes it doesn’t get more exciting than day one.

    Before joining real estate, Sarah worked in hospitality management, event management, customer service, and sales. Twenty-two years ago, she decided to take the bold step of joining real estate, and since then, she has worked with several big companies in real estate.

    In this episode, Sarah will share her career journey, tools that big real estate companies use to scale, the importance of excellent communication, her plan for the next 90 days, among other exciting topics.

    Listen in to this episode.

    Key Talking Points of the Episode:

    [02:13] Getting to know Sarah

    [03:09] Who has Sarah been working for in the last seven years?

    [04:31] Acquisition channels that big companies are using to scale their inventory

    [05:57] What Sarah’s role as the regional vice president of property management entailed

    [08:23] Sarah’s beliefs on the simplified management company

    [10:01] Sarah’s thoughts on what makes a good property management firm

    [11:50] Did Sarah's previous companies have a geographical preference?

    [14:53] How to reduce vacancy and maintenance

    [17:19] Importance of great communication

    [19:49] Setting expectations

    [21:07] What attracted Sarah to SPD?

    [22:24] Sarah’s focus for the next 90 days

    Magical Quotes from the Episode:

    “Planning starts at the point of acquisition.”

    “Self-touring boxes are amazing. It allows one leasing agent to show unlimited homes at the same time, credible scalability, but they don’t sell themselves, they attract someone themselves.”

    “There’s reasons why homes don’t lease. If your product is right, then it’s something else.”

    “Integrity, transparency and communication can take an organization a really long way.”

    “You can’t fix something until you know what’s actually broken.”

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    Key Talking Points of the Episode

     

    00:00 Introduction

    01:43 How does Collective Genius help us give back?

    03:26 What are our biggest takeaways from the event?

    06:53 What makes this recession different from 2008?

    08:46 Where do we stand on inflation rates today?

    12:44 How is inflation crushing the middle class?

    14:38 How can real estate investing set you up for the future?

    17:34 What is the greatest threat to every investor’s portfolio?

    21:31 What does real estate value appreciation look like today?

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    26:42 What is happening in the new construction market today?

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    Quotables

     

    “The government hasn’t curbed their spending, they’re not doing to make energy more accessible, so that’s gonna stay expensive.”

     

    “Kiyosaki went on Oprah in 1990, everybody knows about this! They just don’t get involved, they don’t get started.”

     

    “Strategic and systematically buy assets so that when there is the next disaster and the fed does blast lower rates, then you refi everything out.”

     

    “Like I’d always say, real estate doubles in value every 20-30 years, I think I’m gonna stop saying 30 because consistently, we are seeing real estate double in value every 20 years.”

     

    “If you’re gonna buy and hold these assets forever, for long-term, then the smartest thing you can do is lock in a 30-year fixed to get these things paid off.”

     

    “Most home builders have not been aggressively scaling and growing based on what they fear could be a downturn.”

     

    “Quite frankly, I think that inventory is still so shallow, especially in the big cities that are experiencing massive population growth.”

     

    Links

     

    Book: Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

    https://www.amazon.com/changing-world-order-nations-succeed-ebook/dp/b0881y73yg

     

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