Who you gonna call?

Don’t call Ghostbusters! Call PRANDI!

As much as we love receiving referrals to increase our own business…we love giving referrals as well. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed my friend Pam posted a note on Facebook saying she had a roof leak and needed help before the two-day storm that was heading our way.

I responded to her post (along with 6 or 7 other friends) and she called me first! Pam knows I am in the property management industry and frequently solving problems of all kinds; large and small, simple and complicated, emergencies and of course, standard routine maintenance. PRANDI manages a constant flow of property related problems, which is why I think my friend immediately knew that she would get a not only a good reference, but a GREAT one! I gave Pam the number of Alternative Roofing Solutions, Inc (ARS) who answered the phone right away and said they would be at Pam’s house within an hour. ARS also said they’d be able to patch her roof to keep her dry over the next two days as well as follow up with a longer term solution. Pam was thrilled, ARS has new business and PRANDI is once again, proven to be a trusted name in property management! That’s what I call a win-win-win all the way around!

ARS’s response time is the same type of service we provide for all our properties (and our Facebook friends!) and we are proud to recommend our vendors at any time. Call PRANDI when you need a referral! We are knowledgeable and have a long list of trusted vendors we have worked with for many, many years. Part of our reputation rides on how responsive, clean, professional and cost effective our vendors are…and without a doubt…they are all of the above!

Need a roofer? A plumber? A mortgage broker? Insurance agent?
Call PRANDI!
A special mention and thanks to the ARS roofing team!

http://www.arsroofing.com/

Marketing, Marketing…Constant and Consistent Marketing!

I’m sitting at my desk – surrounded by names and email addresses, newspapers and marketing postcards, new ad ideas and layouts. This office is constantly on the go, and so am I – making sure that not only are we easily found on the internet through various SEO methods, but that we’re also in local newspaper print delivered to your home! We have a message for our clients, as much as for our friends and competitors in this field: we’re here, in plain sight, constantly reminding you that we’re a powerful force in the property management industry!

Part of the marketing routine includes updating our website (www.prandiprop.com), making sure our listings are posted correctly on Craigslist and the MLS. We inform our owners though monthly topics of self home care with their own newsletter: the PRANDI Press; and, our tenants receive a monthly newsletter as well: the PRANDI Journal. Once a quarter, a newsletter is sent out to past clients, or possible new clients, with helpful hints and tips of being their own landlord, and telling them more about our office and services – our intent is to remind them that PRANDI is here to help should they ever need us again. This week, I’m sending out a new PRANDI postcard to owners in southern Marin, to inform them of the new satellite office we recently opened on Bridgeway in Sausalito!

I’m always on the go, looking for the next great opportunity that will keep PRANDI’s name in people’s minds! The best trick, I’ve found, is to keep this constant task consistent enough, so when I mention PRANDI to someone in Marin they say “Oh, I’ve heard that name before”!

PRANDI Resolutions for 2011

Here it is, almost 2011, and definitely time to look at all of our personal resolutions! While we're at it, we'd like to consider other PRANDI marketing resolutions we're promising for the new year! We're always on the move, hoping to keep re-analyzing and re-vamping what we already have, in order to keep up with the rest of the ever-changing world!

This year, we promise to stay more on top of our Facebook & Twitter updates -- making sure people know all about the PRANDI Property Management Team happenings on a regular basis! We've updated our current website at www.prandiprop.com and are using a new cloud-platform that allows both our owners and tenants to log into their personal accounts, to do such things as: view their property information, pay their rent, or submit service requests. We certainly hope to keep our website fresh with information that will interest all of the visitors who stop by to say hello! Soon, we're even hoping to re-vamp Melissa's personal website at www.prandiprop.com, so everyone can closely follow her National speaking schedule and topics.

We're setting up all of our employees, so they can blog too, giving you a taste of the inner life here at PRANDI, as well as the juicy details of Property Management as we know it. We're hoping to stay more connected with the cyber-world and find out more about marketing and what our viewers want!

Happy 2011 New Years Resolutions to the rest of you -- and here's to hearing more from the marketing department!

MAR Installation Lunch

A group of us from the office recently attended the Marin Association of Realtors 91st Annual Installation and Holiday Celebration--it was a great time for all. We have been long time members and supporters of the MAR organization and are excited to hear all the new ideas for next year.

We also want to congratulate our dear friends Mary Kay Yamamoto from REMAX and John Zeiter from McGuire Real Estate. Mary Kay is the incoming 2011 MAR President and John has received the coveted award of Realtor of the Year! These two are top-notch professionals and we are so proud and happy for them both, as well as all of the new board members for MAR that will serve in 2011.

To read more about John's Realtor of the Year award click here: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/John-Zeiter-Named-Marin-County-REALTOR-of-the-Year-1369870.htm

Teambuilding at It's Best

This past Wednesday the entire PRANDI team was involved in an extreme team-building experience at Driven Raceway in Rohnert Park!

We teamed up with Alliance Property Management out of Santa Rosa, also national and state members of NARPM, and mean lean racing machines!

The trip refreshed and regrouped our office! It was a great time for all and we not only enjoyed the company of our fellow office-mates, but that of the Alliance team as well.

Several of our office staff scored and received an award! Erin won the award for "Fastest Female on the Track", Roxie won the "Granny Driver Award" with the slowest lap at 127.148 seconds and Matt received 2nd place overall, with Jock McNeill from Alliance Property Management taking 1st place!

Next year we're going to need to bring our 'A' game to defeat the champions......

Happy Holidays

There is a lot happening this and next month! November was Birthday Month and the office is aflutter with all the holiday happenings coming up in December......

This year we have decided as a team that instead of getting each other gifts we will reach out to the community and get involved in spreading some holiday cheer! Many ideas came up—from gifts for the boys at St. Vincent’s School, gift packs for soldiers, to donating our time to serve the hungry in Marin. We have decided to Adopt-a-Family by donating necessary items like towels, clothing, food and gifts to a family in need. If you would like to make a donation to our cause please contact us at prandi@prandiprop.com so we can tell you how you can be a part of this wonderful cause.

We are also entering the coveted Sausalito Gingerbread House Competition & Tour hosted by the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce. We will be displaying our Gingerbread House for everyone to see in our Sausalito office window at 1201 Bridgeway, Suite I. We would like to take this time to cordially invite you to come visit us in our new satellite office and take a look at our confectionary delight! Please vote for us!!

Happy Holidays to Everyone!

--Cristy

P.S. Please note we will be closed December 24th and our office will have modified hours on December 23rd, closing at 3pm