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Originally Posted by Firebot
I found Simco to be pretty good, but of course it can really depend on your property manager, you can have a good one, or a bad one.
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So true!!! It's always dependent on the individual, especially if they are not well-monitored.
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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I've been involved switching condo managers a number of times on different boards. While I don't have anyone I particularly recommend at present, I do have one piece of advice. When the board is sitting down to interview potential candidates, make sure the specific manager you'll be getting is there. Too often the owner or senior leader of a company comes, and they could be great, but if they aren't the ones managing your condo that mostly doesn't matter. I'd ask about staff turnover as well.
One condo I'm involved with has a big management company (name rhymes with 'worst service') and the specific PM turns over about every year or so.
The new person never has any notes, files, or information about ongoing initiatives from the outgoing person. So every time we re-start any process we had been doing (quotes, etc).
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Oddly enough the "worst service" group was recommended to me by a junior lawyer at our organization, and she has had fantastic service from them...of course as an individual tenant, not in the Board sense. I'd be, as Firebot said above, willing to bet that's the manager, not the company. I did contact the company...have heard back as they were supposed to send stuff to me...nothing. That's telling.