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edenfallingToday at work Mr. Geniality, Mom Boss, Aunt Boss, and I had an hour-long meeting with Lawyer Man to discuss potential new methods of data tracking so we can get information to Company Owner in A) a timely manner and B) in a format he understands, which will hopefully then 1) keep him happier, 2) stop him from giving us price and availability information based on incomplete or outdated information, and 3) create a single searchable database going back at least five years.
It's a good idea! I am unsure how practical it will end up being, but we really do need a way to present data to Company Owner that shows him when his market assumptions don't match reality, that stops him from creating weird pricing glitches that we then have to get permission to fix individually, and that doesn't depend on various people constantly repeating the same data entry in different spreadsheets because he keeps giving us new information on printouts instead of digitally. *headdesk*
Some of the information Lawyer Man wants in the database is about inquiries and prospects, which is NOT going to work out the way he wants because he clearly doesn't understand how ephemeral most inquiries actually are, and also there is no good way to automate our email responses any further than we already do via templates that are then adjusted to suit the specific questions each person asks.
It would be nice to automate tour reminders, though. That's a good thought.
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Anyway, aside from that I spent my day entering prices and lease dates on our website, and also entering the same prices as market rent data in a separate database tab for the accounting department -- at least when I had prices, because Company Owner still hasn't priced a floor and half of one building, or the majority of apartments in another, smaller building. *sigh*
Tomorrow I will work on price charts and tables, and probably also posting new ads for downtown properties, the way I have been working on new and updated Collegetown ads since the start of September.
I am not entirely sure how I ended up in charge of our online ads, but it's probably for the best. Mr. Geniality is great, but he never remembered to refresh or update anything when he was still in charge of our Apartments.com listings, and Mr. Artistic is still struggling with our Collegetown craigslist update schedule, and I refuse to hand off the other Collegetown ads until he gets that down. (I don't do Facebook or Instagram stuff -- that's Social Media Guy's job, though I do provide him the basic ad text for monthly campaigns -- but pretty much everything else is now in my purview.) There are times when if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
And then maybe I can get back to making building key plan printouts for Company Owner, after which I can FINALLY get back to editing all my apartment photos from this summer (and the backlog from last summer, ARGH).
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I'm going to go finish my test on advanced rental real estate tax issues now. I feel like it will be less stressful.
(Oh, also I got my annual [reason redacted] bonus check, which is for a very nice amount, and I think I will promptly chuck half of it at my IRA. So that's one good thing!)
It's a good idea! I am unsure how practical it will end up being, but we really do need a way to present data to Company Owner that shows him when his market assumptions don't match reality, that stops him from creating weird pricing glitches that we then have to get permission to fix individually, and that doesn't depend on various people constantly repeating the same data entry in different spreadsheets because he keeps giving us new information on printouts instead of digitally. *headdesk*
Some of the information Lawyer Man wants in the database is about inquiries and prospects, which is NOT going to work out the way he wants because he clearly doesn't understand how ephemeral most inquiries actually are, and also there is no good way to automate our email responses any further than we already do via templates that are then adjusted to suit the specific questions each person asks.
It would be nice to automate tour reminders, though. That's a good thought.
...
Anyway, aside from that I spent my day entering prices and lease dates on our website, and also entering the same prices as market rent data in a separate database tab for the accounting department -- at least when I had prices, because Company Owner still hasn't priced a floor and half of one building, or the majority of apartments in another, smaller building. *sigh*
Tomorrow I will work on price charts and tables, and probably also posting new ads for downtown properties, the way I have been working on new and updated Collegetown ads since the start of September.
I am not entirely sure how I ended up in charge of our online ads, but it's probably for the best. Mr. Geniality is great, but he never remembered to refresh or update anything when he was still in charge of our Apartments.com listings, and Mr. Artistic is still struggling with our Collegetown craigslist update schedule, and I refuse to hand off the other Collegetown ads until he gets that down. (I don't do Facebook or Instagram stuff -- that's Social Media Guy's job, though I do provide him the basic ad text for monthly campaigns -- but pretty much everything else is now in my purview.) There are times when if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
And then maybe I can get back to making building key plan printouts for Company Owner, after which I can FINALLY get back to editing all my apartment photos from this summer (and the backlog from last summer, ARGH).
...
I'm going to go finish my test on advanced rental real estate tax issues now. I feel like it will be less stressful.
(Oh, also I got my annual [reason redacted] bonus check, which is for a very nice amount, and I think I will promptly chuck half of it at my IRA. So that's one good thing!)
