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PROPERTY MANAGEMENT:
Advantage will provide complete, ongoing property management including the following services:

Leadership:
  • Established and promote outstanding customer services focus
  • Define, help establish and communicate owner's core values, vision and mission
  • Establish and foster culture of innovation, integrity and excellence
  • Establish staff goals and promote commitment to personal growth
  • Provide daily coaching and support effective and creative problem solving
  • Project design services (architectural, engineering and mix design)
  • Bi-monthly property visits
Personnel:
  • Hire, train and supervise on site management personnel
  • Evaluate, establish and monitor base and incentive compensation structure
  • Attract and retain high quality personnel with completive benefits (Insurance, 401K etc.)
  • Provide employee accountability descriptions
  • Provide and implement written personnel policies
  • Establish employee standards and goals
  • Motivate and lead employees
Training:
  • Initial 5 class off site training sessions
  • Initial 5 day on site orientation and training
  • Two annual off site training sessions
  • Two annual on site training reviews
  • Marketing and Sale training
  • Telephone sale evaluation and training
Marketing and Sales:
  • Establish, train and monitor written Marketing Plan
  • Complete competitors survey
  • Establish, train and monitor incoming tenant survey system
  • Maximize rental income with dynamic price setting and monitoring
  • Establish, promote and evaluate monthly and quarterly marketing strategy and goals.
  • Establish and promote outside sales practices
  • Establish, train and monitor effective telephone sales techniques
  • Establish and implement effective discounting and incentive programs
  • Establish effective customer and third party referral programs
  • Evaluate and improve store visibility, curb appeal, office presentation and point of sale marketing techniques and materials
  • Evaluate and maximize yellow page and media advertising
  • Evaluate and upgrade all printed marketing materials
Administration:
  • Provide, train and promote written policies and procedures
  • Provide written checklist and office guides
  • Establish and monitor on site office practices
  • Establish and monitor facility inspection and maintenance practices
Legal:
  • Provide, train and promote conforming legal policies and practices
  • Review and confirm conforming contract forms
  • Review and monitor all foreclosure policies, procedures and practices
  • Access and utilize local and state legal support and professional associations
Computer and Software Systems:
  • Convert or install windows based "SiteLink" management software by SMD Software, Inc.
  • Train and monitor effective utilization of management software
  • Implement daily back-up practices to home office.
Accounting and Financial Services:
  • Provide complete accounting and bookkeeping system including accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, general ledger services
  • Create and monitor operations forecast and budgeting
  • Profit and Loss Statements
  • Competitively bid and establish cost effective third party vendors and service contracts
Reporting:
  • Monthly management report package
  • Monthly operating budget analysis
  • Monthly Cash Flow Analysis and distribution of net cash proceeds
  • Quarterly Detailed Management Report
Audits:
  • Establish and monitor on site manager's self audit practices
  • Establish and monitor policies, procedures and practices designed to detect and deter employee dishonesty
  • Annually conduct unannounced property inspection, inventory and facility audit
Fee: Six Percent (6%) of gross revenues plus reimbursement of travel and other specifically defined expenses


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