Property Maintenance Group (PMG) was founded by a group of entrepreneurs who are actively invested in all areas of building, buying and selling residential houses, managing multi-unit rentals, apartment buildings, as well as in/out of state commercial Landlords with hundreds of Tenant lease transactions. In our decades of experience within the construction and maintenance industry we realized there was a huge GAP in what we as customers expect from the Construction & maintenance industry and what is actually delivered. Instead of being continuously let down, we decided to fix the problem. WE ARE HERE TO CHANGE THE CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE ATMOSPHERE…..
Consumer Reports publishes truth reports helping consumers to combat shady contractor practices to avoid costly mistakes. This industry is known to be “sales pushy” either with heavy marketing on google, lead generation and referral sites, or aggressive telephone solicitors selling siding, roofing, painting, and all bathrooms & kitchen home improvements, as well as sales oriented construction people casually walking your job knowing the friendliest will close the sale.
It can be feast or famine with jobs and projects to be seasonally few and far between. So when you do need somebody, they are always 4-8 weeks booked out. Everyone is hunting for their next job. If you ask enough questions you will begin to notice the lack of professionalism, clean vehicles, follow through, return calls, and in many cases not even having the right equipment and tools for the specific job. How often have you received a prompt visit to your job site, or daily schedule of when your job will start and end. Trying to get a detailed material, labor, contingency or exclusions to your job in a properly written contract form is almost always like pulling teeth, unless your building a new house with a large homebuilder. Then when they do mobilize your job, your learn about 4 other jobs delaying your job with excuses and material shortages. Because of such lack of detail, you get “bundled price” quotes looking cheaper and that end up causing price creep, constant change orders, issues behind the scenes and more costs. If there is a broken items or individual gets hurt, you will be liable, because they are not properly insured. As for your family safety, the helpers may be undocumented from other countries or May have been released from prison or recovering from addictions. Like the auto repair shops, these problems amongst so many other issues cause less than forthright communication and followthrough in this industry. There are hundreds of small and medium licensed General Contractors with various specialty licenses in (roofing, construction, drywall, plumbing, and electrical This means they have the legal right to hire, train and supervise the sub’s that actually do the work for you. However, these subs can also work for several different General Contractors because NOT all General Contractors have enough jobs to keep them busy enough to put them on salary. So on the side to make extra money, these subs licensed and unlicensed or insured are our trying to pick up extra work.
An individual typically shows up late, with or without a quiet helper, to your investment property or even your home. They are generally poor communicators, may not return your telephone calls, can’t or will not text or...
... will not text or email promptly and, most importantly, will not provide a detailed price quote, separating materials, labor and/or profit. They are operating under the radar of a business license, any type of liability insurance and probably will only take cash. They earn the revenue, and you receive no honest tax deduction. This individual has a smiling sales strategy that is take it or leave it and/or make me an offer as to what you are willing to pay for the job. When you tell them a reasonable price for an hour, half day or full day, they pause and add 20% to your offer because of the effort and difficulty in finding two to three candidates. You are typically desperate to get the cheapest price you will naturally accept given these attitudes and methodologies.
You agree to this individual giving you a bundled price without explaining the quality of materials they intend to use, when the job will start and end, how change orders are addressed, mistakes on the job and how errors are handled throughout the job. And to make matters worse, you’re both uncomfortable with their employees they bring to your property and how your spouse, partners or children feel about your selection.
The “snake oil” plumber (pun intended) comes out to your home investment property, apartment or place of business. Each has their own unique profit formula that is hard to understand, and you look back to realize you have been over-charged on every occurrence.
We have identified each free or paid visit and repair tactic, and our customers will avoid these mistakes once they work with our concierge project coordinators.
Interior and exterior painters always come in all forms of sales magic, quality and price. They know exactly what painting strategy will be acceptable to you by a simple and short walkthrough while asking you just a few open-ended questions.
They know your type because painters walk hundreds of properties a year, meeting homeowners, property investors, property management and real estate agents suggesting a refresh of the properties. They immediately correlate the job to a super-fast and low price or medium- to high-quality paint job. For example: a bedroom for which you simply choose the cheapest paint and roll a wall with a coat of that paint (no door, trim or baseboard), leaving electrical sockets and carpet lying throughout the room. This happens every day involving different types of predatory painters and innocent customers. Usually the job is not sealed and contained properly while tile chips, doors scratches and holes occur, leaving a customer arguing with a painter that the injured areas were not there prior to the job.
The Salesy General Contractor
When a general contractor (GC) walks your property talking to you about repairs or...
... projects, make no mistake; it’s a consultative sales call intended to hopefully close the sale. For you, it may be an overwhelming experience because you don’t know what you don’t know. However, you do know it is always best practice to receive two to four price estimates, but finding, vetting and comparing qualified professionals who are willing to simplify their estimates is an argument waiting to happen. Yet we know that this is what is in our customer’s best interest. Our selected local property partners understand and cooperate with your best interests. We have already done the heavy lifting in your local neighborhood to relieve you of this time requirement and skill set that is too complex, long and frustrating. Your vulnerability to match yourself to the wrong provider and agreeing to limited, informal financial and service terms can result in devastating financial mistakes and major time delays. For example, you agree to proceed with this GC and:
If you are a new or seasoned local real estate agent, and you are listing a home for sale, you need to educate your seller on the 10 most important improvements and upgrades to assist in selling the home in the fastest amount of time and at the highest price.
It is vitally important to offer your client best-of-class introductions, referrals and resources of quality providers that will uphold your professional reputation. To accomplish this goal, we will introduce you or your client to top-notch, vetted property partners who understand your real estate selling objectives to have the needed upgrades done at the highest quality, most competitive price and in the fastest time frame. In fact, once you use members of our team, your job will become fun, easier and more profitable.
