Posts by DoorGrow

Your financial reports are lying to you. They show revenue growing, properties increasing, and activity everywhere – but your bank account tells a different story. You're working harder than ever, managing more doors than ever, but somehow taking home less than ever. The problem isn't your business. It's your financial system. This guide reveals DoorGrow's…

Maintenance will either make you rich or make you quit property management. It's the #1 source of midnight calls, the biggest expense after mortgages, and the primary reason tenants leave. Most property managers spend 40-60% of their time coordinating maintenance, playing phone tag with vendors, and dealing with angry owners about costs. But what if…

95% of property managers screen tenants wrong. They run the same basic credit check everyone else does, wait days for references that never call back, and still end up with tenants who destroy properties, skip rent, and know more about landlord-tenant law than most attorneys. Meanwhile, top property managers fill vacancies in 48 hours with…

Most property management agreements are worthless. They're 20-page legal documents written by lawyers who've never managed a property, filled with clauses that protect everyone except the property management company. They focus on limiting liability instead of building profitable relationships. If your contracts are costing you money, creating owner disputes, or preventing you from charging what…

Imagine this: You wake up at 9 AM. Check your phone. Overnight, your systems collected $180,000 in rent, processed 12 maintenance requests, screened 8 tenant applications, and scheduled 3 property showings. All without you lifting a finger. Fantasy? Not for property managers who've mastered automation. This guide reveals the exact technology stack and automation strategies…

Thinking about joining a property management franchise? Stop. Before you sign away 6-8% of your revenue forever (plus startup fees, marketing fees, technology fees, and territorial restrictions), consider this: The most successful property management companies aren't franchises. They're independent operators who keep their profits and their freedom. This guide reveals why smart property managers are…

"I can't find good people." It's the most common complaint we hear from property managers trying to scale. They're drowning in work, desperate for help, but every hire seems to create more problems than they solve. Here's the truth that will transform your business: The problem isn't the talent pool. It's your hiring system. This…

The difference between a property management job and a property management business comes down to one thing: operations. Most property managers are trapped in operational chaos – constantly firefighting, manually handling tasks that should be automated, and personally involved in every decision. They've built a business that can't run without them, which means they don't…

Most property management companies hit a wall around 50 doors. They're overwhelmed, working 70-hour weeks, firefighting daily crises, and wondering how other companies seem to effortlessly scale past 100, 200, even 500+ doors while maintaining their sanity. Here's the brutal truth: The strategies that got you to 50 doors will break your business if you…