Email is to a property manager as a hammer is to a carpenter; without it, work would be very difficult! Although this is true for many professionals in the 21st…

It is the lazy property manager’s mantra that, “no news is good news.”    It never ceases to be surprising how often you can arrive to a site and see something…

Today we had a call no one wants to get as a property manager: fire!  No one was hurt, the tenants will be back up and running shortly, and restoration is…

Over the years, Taurus has had the luxury of a growing portfolio, much of which has come from properties previously managed by other companies.  Although there are great property management companies…

Our first priority in property management is ensuring that we are doing the best job possible for our clients/landlords (it might seem simple, but it really does boil down to just that).  Consequently, aligning yourself…

As property managers, one of our underlying goals is to have as many positive relationships as possible.  However, despite our best efforts to be “professional problem solvers” who find win-win solutions leaving everyone happy, there will always be…

One commonality in “office-life” is that we all have too much to do; at least from observation it appears this way.  Property management is riddled with this sentiment, and if you are in the industry you know what we mean:  There are 1000 things…

Commercial real estate can be a swirling sea of problems and uncertainty.  Your ability to make fast and effective decisions is directly related to your ability to understand the physics behind all of these moving parts.  “The physics”…

Anyone who has spent time in commercial real estate or has had the opportunity to read a lease quickly learns one fact:  this it’s a landlord’s world.  Upon digesting the implications of what…

As conscientious property managers, we take pride in being physically present on site often; whether its scheduling an appointment with a tenant (instead of emailing), dropping by unannounced, or doing the Property Manager Special (which is our way of describing a quick, 30-second drive through of the property.  Side note: we have yet…