The very nature of property management, where people and properties are often located far apart, creates a unique set of challenges to managing your time effectively. FieldVision was created to help property managers save time by eliminating the big time wasters.
Top 5 Biggest Time Wasters
1. Taking calls from customers wanting to know the status of work
How much time do you spend doing this? You’re customer asked you two days ago to have the fence repaired. You issued a work order to your vendor yesterday and your customer is calling to ask you if it is done yet.
Time wasted: 1 hour per week
Instead of your customer or tenant calling you and you having to call your vendor; you and your customer can get an instant status update just by looking at the FieldVision activity feed. Everyone involved can see the work photos and record on their mobile device.
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Alex – An independent Denver area property management consultant, utilizes FieldVision to make customer reports every day. “At the end of each day I can create a report for my clients of all of the service that were completed on each property. I can see what the properties look like and create work orders if I see something I want to have corrected”
2. Making calls to vendors to get the status of work
You just got off of the phone with the customer who wants to know the status of the work. Now you have to get on the phone with your vendor to get that status update. The vendor says he thinks the work is done but he’ll call the crew foreman and get back to you on that.
Time wasted: 1 hour per week
With FieldVision there is no need to constantly track down your vendors. Just open the FieldVision mobile app and check the work order activity to see photos, videos and the work records that have been completed.
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3. Traveling to properties for inspections
This one is huge. If you have a large area to cover this can eat into your week worse than any other time waster there is. Of course, there is no substitute for on-site property inspections but how often do you need to travel to a site for something that is trivial?
Time wasted: 8 hours per week
This is where FieldVision really saves time! As a property manager, FieldVision gives you real visibility of the properties you manage. FieldVision not only records the specific tasks being completed on your properties, it also gives you a visual representation through photos and video of the properties you manage. Everyone involved actually see’s what the property looks like and the work being completed as it is being done. With FieldVision you will know what your properties look like in between visits and you can save a tremendous amount of time by making fewer visits and relying on FieldVision.
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Brian - A small Denver area landscape and snow removal company utilizes FieldVision to monitor its crew activities every day for a portfolio of 200 properties throughout the state of Colorado. “Without FieldVision it would be impossible for me to see every property. With FieldVision, I can not only see all work being done through the activity feed, I have a permanent record of all work that I can share with my clients at any time…”
4. Meeting with clients and vendors on site to go over simple issues
How often have you blown a couple of hours on the road to meet with a vendor (or client) for 15 minutes about a single bush you need to have trimmed, or a small piece of concrete you need to have replaced, or single sprinkler head that isn’t working right? You tried to explain it over the phone and your vendor even went out to the property but just couldn’t find the problem. You’re probably had countless meetings like this one.
Time wasted: 4 hours per week
Save yourself hours by creating a FieldVision work order with pictures and video. Then your vendor can see exactly where the problem is and what needs to be done. No confusion, no wasted time!
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5. Finding past service records for clients
How often have you been asked to find out about a service that happened last year?
How often do you resort to searching through your email archives to find a specific email about a completed service?
How often do you spend time looking for a photo that you took of a property last year? You’ve taken a thousand photos since then so how often do you even find the correct photo?
How often do you hear from your customer “When did we have that section of the roof repaired? When was that tree replaced? Do we have the records for the snow storm last January?” Searching for old unorganized records can be time-consuming.
Time wasted: 1 hour per week
FieldVision makes records management fast and easy. All work records, notes, photos, videos, etc. of work performed on a property are permanently stored with that property. You can retrieve work records and photos for any property within seconds on your mobile device. No more searching for texts and emails, no more going back to the office and searching through files. Your property records are available right away with FieldVision.
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Total Time Wasted: 15 hours per week.
Jim – An east coast property manager based in New York uses FieldVision to see what’s going on properties throughout the east coast of the United States. “From my New York office, I can actually see the work being done on my properties all the way down to Florida. Amazing!”
FieldVision was created as a time-saving tool for everyone involved in property management and field services. FieldVision is inexpensive and easy to use. Start saving time today with FieldVision.
