Field notes for building managers

Practical writing on tickets, tenant communication, fixer routing, and scaling a property management business - without hiring three more people.

Operations · 7 min read

Why group chats are killing your property management business

Viber, WhatsApp, Telegram: the unofficial OS of building management. Here is why every manager hits a wall around the fourth building, and what to do about it.

Scaling · 8 min read

How many buildings can one property manager realistically handle?

The honest math behind manager capacity. Most managers cap out at 3–5 buildings even though the spreadsheet says 12.

Workflow · 9 min read

What a structured ticket system looks like for building managers

If you have never used Jira, Zendesk, or anything similar, here is what a 'ticket' actually is, and the four pieces of metadata that turn complaints into a workflow.

Workflow · 6 min read

The 5-step tenant complaint workflow every property manager needs

From 'the lift is broken' to closed ticket: the canonical lifecycle of a complaint, and where 80% of managers lose information.

Software · 10 min read

Choosing property management software: a manager's field guide

Hausverwaltung, managing agent, profesionalni upravnik: different names, same shopping list. The eight features that actually matter, and the ones that look impressive but you will never use.