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Property Manager Starter Pack: COIs, CAM, and Crying in the Stairwell

ricklahkar
Jul 10
1 min read

Expectation: walk the site, sip coffee Reality: 7 AM roof leak on a cloudless day, fire inspector at 7:05, elevator entrapment at 7:06 🧯 Owner: Raise NOI; Tenant: Free HVAC 24/7; Me: Explaining BOMA gross-up and CAM recs while chasing COIs in Excel Also me: Approving a $300 leak stop while drafting a $300k CapEx memo 🫠

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