Author: Scott Sidman
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Inside Look: Building Engines Tools for Service Delivery
Peek “under the hood” at the industry’s leading Property Operations Software! Learn how Building Engines clients use the platform’s web-based (and mobile!) tools to improve service delivery, maintenance, and ultimately, NOI.
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Be the Change You Wish to See in Your Business
Technology providers understand that often the single biggest obstacle to making significant improvements in a clients business is the fear and inherent resistance to change. And it’s completely understandable. It’s human nature. We all get comfortable and like our routine processes and ways of doing things that we’ve grown accustomed to. It’s the fear of…
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Please Help Us Get iPads!
With Apple stock hovering around $700 and already the most valuable company in the world, they probably don’t need much additional help from the real estate industry. But I think they’re going to get it anyway.
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Maintenance Mania Reveals The People We Need
What can you accomplish on-the-job in two minutes? Local maintenance supervisor, JP Davis can control test a deadbolt key, replace heating coils and drip pans on a stove, install a ceiling fan and carbon monoxide monitor, covert a toilet to a water-saving dual flush system, and replace valve stems on bath faucet. In 2 minutes,…
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BOMA’s Outstanding Buildings of the Year Awards
On June 26th, 92 regional winners were recognized and competed in 14 categories for the highest honor as an International TOBY Award recipient. Several of our valued clients were among these ranks, receiving nominations in the prestigious International Awards categories.
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Oh, BOMA 2012! Change We Can Believe In
The Building Engines Sales and Marketing team represented the company at this year’s international BOMA Exhibition and Conference in Seattle. The response to Operations Performance Management and the upcoming Tenant Satisfaction overlay was tremendous with over 200 companies expressing interest and coming by the booth for a demonstration (or perhaps just candy).
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New Webinar: Introducing Operations Performance Management
If you are using a traditional work order system (or no system at all), you aren’t positioning yourself to perform at the level your tenants expect and demand. Watch now to see how Building Engines has moved beyond traditional work order systems to the next generation of software that enables you to perform, not just…
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La La BOMA! 2012 BOMA Show Offer
Going to the BOMA Show this year? Building Engines is excited to be part of BOMA’s 2012 Every Building Conference & Expo in Seattle, WA on June 24-26. See our special offer!
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Preventing Tailgating (The Non-Drinking Kind)
Tailgating is fun, right? Football, food, family, friends… forgive the alliteration, but what’s not to like? Rewind back to real estate mode and you’ll see that tailgating doesn’t reference weekend football pleasantries, but instead the potentially dangerous outcomes of undocumented building entry. There are strategies, though, to protect against undocumented entry.
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Keeping an Eye on Aon- Rent Default Insurance for Private Landlords
I recently discovered an interesting new insurance product for the small owner Multi-family market that allows private landlords in the U.S. rent default insurance. It may be hard to understand the excitement behind this new offering, so let me paint a picture: