Procrastination Hurts in Park City Property Management
We all procrastinate in one way or another. Sometimes we are faced with a task that, by its very nature, we are disinclined to accomplish it. This happens in Park City property management and it has happened to me. So here is a chance for others to relate and perhaps make a change when it comes to procrastinating.
The Quarterly Report
I came into my current position with CC Realty in August of 2010. I had previously worked for a larger Park City property management company and was excited to take on a new roll. There was a lot to learn and a lot of problems what needed to be addressed in this company. I had no training from a former general manager and was basically thrown into the deep end of the pool. Shortly after I started a quarterly report from our payroll processing company arrived in the mail. I glanced at the report and realized it was a copy of the original that the processing company had filed on our behalf with the government. I figured my copy probably needed to be filed somewhere but I didn't take the time to figure that out and just tossed it in a drawer in my desk. Fast forward to 2013 and on day with a little down time I decided to clean out my desk. And low and behold there was a quarterly payroll report from 2010 at the bottom! I had since learned where those reports needed to be filed and passed it along to the accountant. We both had a good laugh about the situation and fortunately there was no harm done by my procrastinating ways. But it got me thinking how procrastinating in Park City property management can really put you in a bind.
Procrastinating Hurts
Maybe it is the nagging maintenance request that you are procrastinating. Something that isn't serious enough to demand an immediate response but troublesome enough that you dread taking care of it. Often it is these small, frustrating tasks that keep us from actually completing the job. Or perhaps you have to inform your tenants of some complaint about their behavior and you are dreading being the bad guy. It can be difficult telling a person they have to change their behavior or face further punishment, being the bad guy isn't easy. Or maybe your tenant is difficult to deal with in general and you avoid having the contact them for anything. They might start into a laundry list of problems with the Park City long term rental, or they launch into how awful the neighbors are. So what do you find yourself dreading to complete? Is there some task that you keep coming back to, some unfinished piece of business that you just don't feel like doing? Don't be afraid to jump in with your examples of procrastination, we've all been there. Hopefully, like my example of the quarterly report, it isn't something that has serious repercussions in your Park City property management operation. Anything that could lead to damage to your property or affect the health and safety of your tenants should be dealt with immediately.
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