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Property Manager vs Reality: The CAM Hunger Games

ricklahkar
Jun 22
1 min read

Expectation: Keys labeled and ops manual ready Reality: 38 mystery keys and a boiler named 'pls don't' Lender: 'Need final CAM true-up by EOD' Property Manager: typing in Excel while holding a wet vac 🚰😂

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