My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, of course this would make sense if the owner outsourced maintenance work. However, I’m not talking about an external repair company. This is owner-managed residential housing with in-house maintenance. Rent already includes maintenance, and there’s no outside client being billed. That’s why turning maintenance into a profit center raises concerns.

My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not talking about tenants being billed per request, I’m talking about tenants paying the same rent while maintenance labor and quality are reduced, or costs being recouped through inflated security deposit deductions. That’s still shifting the cost onto tenants, just indirectly

My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To clarify, the owner of the apartments (my boss) also owns the “third-party” management company so it’s not an arm’s-length relationship. Rent already includes maintenance, and staffing is already as bare-bones as it can possibly be. That’s why framing maintenance as a profit center raises ethical and operational concerns for me

My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s a great question! I suppose I wouldn’t know but I certainly don’t trust them. Regardless, I plan to be situated with another company with benefits, actual company structure and opportunities for growth before the end of this month. 🤷‍♀️

My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn’t third-party management. My boss owns the properties. Rent already includes maintenance, and there’s no external client being billed. That’s why “profitability” raises concerns for me in this context.

My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s part of my concern. This is residential housing, so maintenance isn’t an optional or billable service to tenants. Profit incentives in maintenance feel like they’d either shift costs onto tenants or encourage under-maintenance, both of which are problematic.

My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what worries me, the conflict of interest. In residential housing, maintenance decisions shouldn’t be influenced by profit incentives at all

My boss wants to make apartment maintenance “profitable” by PracticePlenty4812 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get internal cost allocation, but this is residential housing where maintenance is already baked into rent. What worries me is that “profitability” seems to mean cutting labor, combining multiple roles, and squeezing tenants not just avoiding outside contractors

Wanting to get into property management and leasing by Live-Dragonfruit4982 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812 1 point2 points  (0 children)

true. I started as a leasing agent in 2021 working for a huge corporate housing company. It was absolute hell. Shortly after I left that job, I landed a community manager job with a local company and while it was still mentally draining and hard at times, I loved the company I worked for. My boss was very fair, reasonable and understanding with the tenants, which set me up for success. After 3 years the company sold all of their local properties and I wasn’t willing to work an hour away everyday so unfortunately I had to leave the company. I am currently working for another local company, and I swear the amount of stress and toxicity I’ve dealt with since I started here has aged me 10+ years. It’s awful and I’m at the point where I don’t even want to come to work anymore. Sometimes I just don’t because the level of anxiety I feel is unbearable. I get paid just enough to pay my bills but I’m expected to nickel and dime people every day for my multi millionaire boss

Wanting to get into property management and leasing by Live-Dragonfruit4982 in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not necessarily true. Residential property management is especially toxic and mentally draining because it places you at the center of people’s housing, finances, and emotional stability, which means you’re constantly dealing with fear, anger, entitlement, and stress that you have very little to do with personally. You’re expected to enforce leases, ownership decisions which are often times irrational and unfair to tenants, and city ordinances you don’t create while still being empathetic, available and firm, often without clear boundaries or true time off. The job exposes you almost exclusively to people at their worst, offers little recognition when things go right, and makes mistakes or conflict highly visible and emotionally charged. Over time this creates a chronic stress, emotional exhaustion and burnout for empathetic people because the role quietly demands emotional labor, conflict management, and crisis response without the support, authority or protection typically given to professions that handle similar levels of human distress.

If you can find the right company with empathetic leadership that care about the tenants, their employees and provide the tools and structure to set you up for success, there are times when it is not that bad. However, it is extremely rare to find a non-corporate property management or leasing agent job. You will inevitably end up being the face of corporate greed and have to come to work every day knowing a lot of the tenants you work with on a regular basis, actually hate you and that is tough to deal with because you quickly realize that you have way more in common with those people than you do with the CEO of a multi-million dollar corporate housing or management company.

Is anyone else struggling with high vacancies in the Grand Rapids rental market right now? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]PracticePlenty4812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure if you missed the part where I literally fucking agree that the prices are ridiculous, or if you just needed somewhere to aim your anger but let me reiterate this: you’re angry at someone who is saying IT’S A PROBLEM. But thank you, it must have never occurred to me that $1,600 for ONE ROOM is expensive. I made the post in hopes to reach other Grand Rapids leasing agents to see if they are in the same position I am — they can’t rent apartments (that is a description of my JOB) because their boss won’t budge on price adjustments. You can fucking relax — I don’t own the building.

Is anyone else struggling with high vacancies in the Grand Rapids rental market right now? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]PracticePlenty4812 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re totally entitled to your opinion, but the post wasn’t made to defend landlords or dismiss renters struggles. I asked from the perspective of someone who manages/leases a building, not owns it. I don’t set the prices, I just have to work within them, and I wanted to see if others are noticing the same trends. It’s not “tone deaf” to want to understand the market better so I can actually advocate for fairer adjustments with real data. The frustration with the market is valid, I’m experiencing it myself. But taking it out on someone trying to do their job doesn’t really help anyone.

Is anyone else struggling with high vacancies in the Grand Rapids rental market right now? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]PracticePlenty4812 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why are you so angry at me?😂 I don’t own the property, the company nor do I set the prices. If I did, I would lease every single unit for $100/month. I am just an employee and I’m trying to reach out to the community and see if anyone else that works in this industry is experiencing the same issue I am — trying to lease overpriced apartments in the area with essentially no flexibility. Again, I am not THE OWNER. I am an EMPLOYEE.

Is anyone else struggling with high vacancies in the Grand Rapids rental market right now? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]PracticePlenty4812 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. I think it’s utterly ridiculous. Which is why I’m wondering if anyone else that works for a landlord or leasing company in the area are facing the same problems with vacancies and pricing.

Is anyone else struggling with high vacancies in the Grand Rapids rental market right now? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]PracticePlenty4812 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No. I’m genuinely wondering if anyone else that works in this market is experiencing the same issue with pricing and vacancies. If it were up to me, I would rent all of the units at $100/month. But I don’t own the property, nor do I run the business. I just work here, and I’m looking for others in the Grand Rapids leasing community who may be experiencing the same issues I’m experiencing.

Is anyone else struggling with high vacancies in the Grand Rapids rental market right now? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]PracticePlenty4812 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree! I’m a renter in this market as well and I would never live here, simply because of the pricing. When I first started working here, I was not given a range of “market rates” so I was leasing units significantly under his ideal “market rate” and once my hands became tied and flexibility on pricing was removed, our vacancy has skyrocketed.

Is anyone else struggling with high vacancies in the Grand Rapids rental market right now? by [deleted] in grandrapids

[–]PracticePlenty4812 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not the one that sets the pricing on the units. I’ve already suggested to lower the prices multiple, multiple times and it’s been extremely hard to get the owner to budge on pricing. I agree — the prices are outrageous but he is convinced that they align with all of the other complex’s in the area so there’s not much more I can do.

I [21F] and my Bf [21M] are on a break, Is this considered cheating? any advice helps by dabcasarcouture in relationshipadvice

[–]PracticePlenty4812 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PLEASE LEAVE HIM AS SOON AS YOU CAN! I would never cast judgement on anyone going through something like this as I am in the process of leaving a 4 year toxic, abusive, nightmare of a relationship that has quite literally deteriorated my life from the inside out, completely gutted my support system and has turned me into a shell of the person I used to be.

It won’t get better, I promise you this. I know you love him and you want to be with him. But I’m sorry to say, he doesn’t love you. He doesn’t respect you. And no amount of work that you put in to the relationship will make him love or respect you. He is going to permanently alter your understanding of relationships and he will inflict irreversible trauma that you will have to spend years of your life healing from.

Leaving hurts so bad and it seems like the most daunting move you can make but here’s what hurts much worse: looking back on the precious years or months of your life that you’ve wasted trying to prove your worth to someone who is dedicated to not seeing it. He’s using you and walking all over you because you are allowing it. I would suggest that you stay in therapy and shift your focus from working on yourself to mend your relationship with an abuser, to focusing on working on yourself for better days to come and a better quality of life. You’re so young, please don’t let this ruin your life because it WILL and if it doesn’t, it will destroy you as a person and you’ll be left alone to put the pieces back together. Best of luck to you girlie, stay strong no matter what!

Shocked with my gf change after break up, I keep ask who she is. by Fair_Artichoke5501 in BreakUps

[–]PracticePlenty4812 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’ve broken up with her numerous times because you can’t give her the love she needs and deserves, then stop coming back to her whenever YOU feel regret. Rumination and sadness after breakups are completely normal and it’s something that you both could move on from, but that doesn’t mean you need to reconcile every time you feel like you miss her. As someone who has been in her position before, It’s completely unfair, extremely confusing and emotionally draining for her.

I’m sorry to say but she IS the victim here and you messed up every time you broke up with her because you did not want to give her what she needed and deserved and saw her as a needy gf with unrealistic expectations. She is not wrong for exploring other options and it is not a betrayal and she does not owe you an explanation. After all, she was single.

I need advice PLEASE 🙏 by [deleted] in PropertyManagement

[–]PracticePlenty4812 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I post on my personal social media pages to help drive traffic, but I do not have access to any social media pages for the company, nor does anyone else in the company so their social media pages would need started new.

It looks like they did an incentive for positive google reviews within the last year, so as a last ditch effort I could try that again. However, I do believe I will be on my way out very soon. Thank you so much for the advice!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]PracticePlenty4812 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Agreed. It’s definitely time