Does this sound like a typical to-do list for your mornings? Follow-up with a third-party vendor for the fourth time this week about a roof leak Send an email blast to residents about a broken pool heater Review financial statements Prepare a budget In the day of “there’s a tool for that,” Property Managers typically integrate […]

Changing the Way We Do Business in 2021 There are several big tech trends to look forward to in 2021, with automation being at the forefront. Automation is designed to make work easier by automatically generating information. For community managers, there are a lot of automation options when it comes to things like collections, accounting, […]

Be a Better Property Manager This Year As we leave 2020 in the past and focus on the new year, property managers should make some resolutions to help improve business and culture in their community. There’s always room for improvement and there are many ways for property managers to start the new year off on […]

2020 In Review: It is hard to talk about 2020 without sounding cliché. It was crazy, tough, and we saw our world change. No industry went unimpacted, including the property management industry. New challenges arose that many community managers had not faced before. At TOPS we faced many new challenges as well and found ourselves […]

Staying Organized with HOA Vendors As any community manager knows, managing your community is a huge responsibility. And HOA vendor relations is an essential part of the job.  It takes a team of people to keep your community running, clean, and up to code. In order to help achieve this, community managers often find help […]