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COIs, CAMs, and Chaos: Property Manager Expectation vs Reality

ricklahkar
1 day ago
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Expectation: 'Just need a COI and we're good.' Reality: 37-email thread about additional insured wording while the roof picks tonight to start a waterfall. Broker: 'Turnkey TI.' GC: 'Lead time on hinges is Q4, unless you accept beige but more beige.' Me at 1:12 AM reconciling CAM as the county's 28% assessment hike says hello 🥲🧯

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