Construction & Housing

Developing a Maintenance Plan for Multi-Family Properties

Pre-Recorded
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    Speaker
    Paul Flogstad
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    Date
    Jun 29, 2021
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    Time
    13:00 PM EST
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    Duration
    60 Min
$199.00
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Summary:

Maintenance is a major cost for multifamily properties-yet, if you are like most property owners and managers, you are likely wasting an already tight budget on poor repair choices. It is time to strategize to reduce costs and increase maintenance staff productivity.

This webinar will teach the basics of setting up a maintenance plan for your property. By doing so you will have a guide to get things done most inexpensively while providing top not service to your resident. Attendees will also learn the importance of inventory, applied time versus actual time and how to measure performance of staff. Also, we will discuss how to manage costs in terms of personnel and materials.

What Will You Learn?

·       Fundamentals of maintenance management.

·       How to develop inspection and cost standards

·       Fundamentals of work scheduling

·       Understanding the finances of maintenance management

·       Managing maintenance personnel

·       Measuring and monitoring performance

·       What is applied time?

·       What is the biggest time waster for maintenance staff?

·       How to effectively develop a budget

·       How to set up a maintenance schedule

·       Economic life vs actual age when setting up replacement plan

Benefits for attending:

Maintenance costs are the biggest share of any multi-family housing budget. This course will identify strategies to reduce costs and increase productivity of property maintenance. It will teach the importance of inspections and how to effectively save money by having a viable inspection system.

What Will You Achieve?

We will also learn the importance of inventory, applied time versus actual time and how to measure performance of staff. Also discussed will be how to manage costs in terms of personnel and materials.

Who Should Attend?

·       Property Owners

·       Maintenance Staff

·       Property Managers

·       Housing Authorities

·       Compliance Staff

·       Realtors

·       Lenders

·       Developers

·       Bankers

·       Builders

·       Accountants


Paul has been involved in the real estate industry for the past 38 years. He has been involved in sales, construction, project management, appraisal, mortgage consulting and brokerage, property management and property management consulting/training.

Through his consulting company, Property Management Solutions, he provides training and consulting services nationwide to owners, management companies, multi-housing associations, as well as state and federal agencies.

He specializes in fair housing issues and has developed fair housing and outreach programs for governmental agencies as well as conducting seminars which are presented to property management companies, apartment associations and the general public. He also conducts research analysis for impediments to fair housing for grantees of federal CDBG funds.

Most recently, he has been a consultant to the City of Sioux Falls and the State of South Dakota. In this assignment he has developed a fair housing awareness program that is one of the first of its kind in the nation. It involves a three pronged approach to fair housing awareness. This approach makes use of an ombudsman concept and has proven to be very effective in dealing with discrimination and landlord/tenant issues.

For over twenty years was involved in appraisal of residential, multi-family, farm and commercial properties throughout the Midwest. Most recently, he was a consultant for affordable, multi-housing properties in 22 different states. This involved properties in HUD, Rural Development, HOME and Tax Credit programs.

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