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Learn about hiring a professional management company

Learn about hiring a professional management company

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Search management members working in, Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Single Family and Multi Family.

 

“We give investors and clients the information to make an informed decision about which property management company to use”

  • They learn about how hiring a professional management company helps them.
  • They find out what fees are associated with management.
  • They read and learn about maintenance issues and repairs for their property.
  • Other information including what questions to ask potential management companies. We know that with real estate comes non paying tenants, evictions fees, collecting rents, vacant units, inspections, contracts and leases, payment matters from tenants and your monthly money.

 

Search Management Members

Join and we will give you a florida list of over 3000 member companies to start you with marketing.

learn what to look for in a Property Management company, the benefits, the services they provide, how they collect fees, how repairs are addressed, laws & licensing.

 

Read and learn what our members can do to help you with the management of your buildings. Managing properties can become quickly overwhelming, even for experienced investors. There is always something going on that requires attention and it takes very little time for things to get out of hand. Hiring a Property Manager can provide an opportunity to regain control and restore stability to both your properties and possibly life in general.

We understand the importance having income real estate to you and your family. We are here to help you with the selection process for hiring the right company for the management of your buildings. Your Property Manager will make critical decisions on your behalf making it extremely important that you do your homework during the hiring process.

Ultimately, your decision to hire or not hire a property management company should hinge on whether or not it is a good fit with your lifestyle, and makes sense financially.  Individual investors will have to assess the opportunity cost of both options based on their unique circumstances.

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Marketing: We publish information daily to all of our Social Media Pages; Facebook, Twitter, Google,LinkedIn …..

Marketing: We publish information daily to all of our Social Media Pages; Facebook, Twitter, Google,LinkedIn …..

Keeping everyone informed “we feel is the most important of all services we offer our members!”

Besides events, advocating for our industry, Helping Condo and HOA’s every day, Aiding the Managers whom are members and call or email us for information, Legal Help, Laws, Vendor Problems, now the New Laws for Florida, our Team is constantly referring clients the members ready to help.

SFPMA uses Social Media to inform Clients, Members and Followers. Groups are open to everyone, we send and promote information about member companies that work together in the Property Management Industry. – Supporting each member company and information; getting this information out to readers new members and our industry is important to us!

When most companies do not realize how important it is to let others know what you do on a daily basis. We watch, we visit many of the social media pages for our members. What we see is alarming!. Far to many companies do not utilize what Social Media has to offer them. This is why we are always looking for posts that we can reshare we realize you are not!

 

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Widespread immunization is key to ending the coronavirus pandemic, but a significant number of Americans are reluctant to get their vaccines because of financial worries, despite the fact that it’s free to every American

Widespread immunization is key to ending the coronavirus pandemic, but a significant number of Americans are reluctant to get their vaccines because of financial worries, despite the fact that it’s free to every American

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Money worries are holding Americans back from getting the vaccine

Widespread immunization is key to ending the coronavirus pandemic, but a significant number of Americans are reluctant to get their vaccines because of financial worries — especially people of color.

More than a third of adults are concerned about having to pay out of pocket for the vaccine, despite the fact that it’s free to every American, according to a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Additionally, a third are worried about missing work if the side effects make them sick, while 1 in 6 are concerned about having to take time off to get the vaccine.

“If you’re a low-wage worker, you’re far less likely to have access to paid sick days,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), told Yahoo Money. “So that simple fact of getting to a vaccine site, spending the time there, doing it again, and then potentially having side effects could make economically fragile families pass.”

“It’s very much of an issue,” she added.

 

‘Definitely a role for employers to play here’

The addition of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is crucial in addressing some of the vaccine hesitancy. Because it’s only one dose, workers don’t have to worry about missing extra days of work.

“The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were the two that were available first to people in this country and both require two doses,” said Maura Calsyn, acting vice president for health policy at the Center for American Progress. “That’s two days potentially of missing work, two days potentially of having some side effects. With the J&J vaccine being authorized by the FDA, that’s really important because it’s one dose so that halves the concern potentially.”

There are no federal requirements for paid sick leave. However, eight states and the District of Columbia have enacted their own statewide paid family and medical leave laws. Some companies, like Trader Joe’s and Dollar General, have offered their employees paid time off to get their vaccines, but this isn’t the case for every business across the country.

“There’s definitely a role for employers to play here, which is making it clear to their employees that they want them to get vaccinated and having policies at work that say you can take paid time off to get the vaccine but if you get sick from the side effects of the vaccine, you can take time off,” Liz Hamel, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Yahoo Money.

This is especially important for hourly workers, who are often low income and lose pay if they take any time off, along with essential workers, Gould said.

“It’s definitely not a negligible hurdle,” Gould said.

 

Research has found that people of color represent a disproportionate amount of essential workers, and they also account for a large amount of deaths from COVID-19.

And while 34% of those unvaccinated are worried about missing work because of vaccine side effects, that number is even higher among Black and Hispanic adults at 49%. And 45% of them are concerned about having to pay for the vaccine.

“It’s particularly important to address some of those concerns and information needs for those populations if we want to get to a more equitable outcome in terms of who’s getting the vaccine,” Hamel said.

According to Calsyn, the most important factor is vaccine education, specifically ensuring that people understand they don’t have to pay for the vaccine and making sure they understand that side effects should not be a deterrent. But paid sick leave and providing more vaccine locations near people’s work are key, especially for those in communities most vulnerable to the COVID-19.

“It’s emblematic of inequities across the health care system,” Calsyn told Yahoo Money. “I hope that there’s some additional flexibility on when you can get the vaccine, hopefully as supply increases, more appointments available for people, and mobile clinics and the retail pharmacy program.”

Adriana Belmonte is a reporter and editor covering politics and health care policy for Yahoo Finance.

Keep up to date with Covid News for our Industry and State on SFPMA

 

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Our effective marketing helps companies set goals and grow throughout the industry. by SFPMA

Our effective marketing helps companies set goals and grow throughout the industry. by SFPMA

We use information you send to us, from your website and what you post on your Social Media Pages.

We use this information and share to keep our industry professionals up to date with sfpma news and members, using social media, our blog and Direct Emails to clients. We want you to be seen by clients all over Florida.

How do you use marketing for your business?

First you have to think about who your audience is along with what you are posting to that targeted audience? – Then think about your effectiveness and reaching clients with your own company marketing efforts. Ask yourself have those goals been met? – When we share about your company, We target the people that are making the decisions.

Our Marketing Team at SFPMA are always available to help your company with a marketing plan. Let us know what sales you may be running for that month, we can help by informing the industry. Let SFPMA spread this through our network of Board Members, Property Managers and Industry Professionals.

 

 Many of our members know if we don’t get an Article, or see Company News in our in box, We go to their Websites and look at posts on Social Media. It is important to us to Share about our Members. 

 

Part of your job as a member to aid us with information about your company.

Members can send us company Articles, Sales and Products, Events, and Company News.  As a member you can find these on the Members Portal – Log In and find the pages and forms you can use to keep us informed. 
 
  • We bring industry professionals to our website, they view the Florida directory finding members pages, Its us to you to keep this information fresh.
  • Write Articles, we will repost these on our blog and send these to our social media pages and grups.
  • When you have Events, Classes, Seminars or Webinars we want to know? These are added to our upcoming events calendar where our industry gets events from each month.
  • The new area for Sales & Products has been added and embedded into our directory, as clients search for member companies they will find member sales for each category a great way for clients to save money and select a member via a sale!
  • Advertise: in our Magazine or on our Website Pages, members can have banners linked to their websites placed for all clients and visitors see and interact with.

By keeping clients informed of what your company is doing you are on their mind.  They will learn more about you, helping them make an informed decision when hiring!

Many of these marketing services are part of your membership, others like Advertising on our website ( take out banners on many pages ), Taking out Ads in our Publication ( Florida Rising Magazine), do require a fee.  
Write Articles, Share your Membership Page, Send us information, Many companies are already leveraging these recommendations in ways that are effectively driving sales. Are you?

Contact us:  One of our Team will answer any questions you may have! and I am always available to speak to our members

Frank J Mari / Executive Director – 561-756-3540

SFPMA.COM

 

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Florida Rising Magazine – New Publishers for 2022

Florida Rising Magazine – New Publishers for 2022

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Florida Rising Magazine

Dear Reader,

publication coverRe: Florida Rising Magazine

To inform everyone involved:

In 2022 we contracted an outside company as per our board. to take over publishing the magazine.

Since 2014 our very first year, SFPMA had been publishing this in house and published the first week of each month.

Frank J Mari / Executive Director

Publisher of The Florida Rising Magazine

 

Viewing the digital publication doesn’t require special software and loads quickly in your web browser. Just click on the publication cover or link above to begin reading now!

 

 

 

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Happy Hour with Cohen Law Group to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation a Charity Event/Virtual Happy Hour/Harvey Q & A on Wed., May 27, at 5pm. 

Happy Hour with Cohen Law Group to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation a Charity Event/Virtual Happy Hour/Harvey Q & A on Wed., May 27, at 5pm. 

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Happy Hour with Cohen Law Group to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation

Cohen Law Group and several other organizations will host a Special Event.

Charity Event/Virtual Happy Hour/Harvey Q & A on Wed., May 27, at 5pm.

MAKE A DONATION

REGISTER FOR THE EVENT

 

We challenge your organizations and business to step up and join us to raise money for the amazing Make-A-Wish Foundation!
Fun Facts-
•Harvey will match donations raised during the event up to $5000.
•Pre-register attendees from your organization
•Live donation and donor acknowledgement during event
•Entertaining Games, Contests and Prizes
•Your organization logo marketed on flyer in blasts
•Guaranteed to be a lively event while Making Wishes come true!
We are looking for organizations, businesses and sponsors to participate and market the event to your contacts, members and employees. We will create marketing materials you can distribute.
If you would like to participate, we ask that you do the following-
· Market Event to your contacts, CO-workers, family, friends.
· Participate in Event
· Donate Raffle Prizes – gift cards from your business or Visa, MC or American Xpress, etc. Free 1 year membership to your organization, etc.
· Optional- Match funds up to a specific dollar amount like Harvey!
· Email your logo, your contact information and Raffle Prize, etc. if you wish to participate.
*One of our contests will be Team Tally- Tag-A-Friend or Tag-A-Coworker- Whoever tags and gets the most participation from their organization wins a prize for themselves as well as the entire organization!
SFPMA – for a lucky company SFPMA has donated a Full Lifetime Company Listing and a Full Page of Advertising in our FLORIDA RISING MAGAZINE for one year.  (Let us help you get noticed in the industry)
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Upcoming Events for the week of May 18

Upcoming Events for the week of May 18

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Upcoming Events for the week of May 18-23

You can View the events on our Calendar

 

ASSOCIATION CONTINUITY and OTHER COVID-19 CONCERNS: Episode3

Thursday May 21, 2020
12 Noon – 1:00pm
Castle Group’s Craig Vaughan and Attorneys Michael Bender & Jeffrey Rembaum bring you this event.

 

 

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION FOR CONDOMINIUMS, COOPERATIVES AND HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS

May 21 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Learn the basics of Fiduciary duty, financial reporting and budget preparation, meetings and meeting notices, elections, fraud prevention, and much more! Enjoy a fun class while at the same time fulfilling the State’s Board Member certification requirements.
Provider: 0007237 Course: 9626870
Instructor: William and Susan Raphan / Katzman Chandler

 

Condo Craze & HOAs HOSTED BY – ERIC M. GLAZER, ESQUIRE

SUNDAYS AT 11:00 a.m. ON 850 WFTL

May 24 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

 

Become a Licensed Property Manager

Online Courses for Licensing can be completed while your at home.

This might be a great time to Take your online Testing and become a CAM

CAM License Courses and Board Members Certification in Florida

 

 

ProLicense Florida CAM LICENSE COURSE 

ProLicense Florida Pre – CAM LICENSE COURSE

ProLicense Florida Continuing Education

 

Florida CAM Courses – BECOME A PROPERTY MANAGER (CAM)

Florida CAM Courses – ONLINE STATE COURSES Pre Licensing

Florida CAM Courses – ONLINE STATE COURSES Continuing CAM Education

 

Florida Cam Schools Licensing

Florida Cam Schools Pre Licensing

Florida Cam Schools Continuing Education

 

 

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Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC is excited to help promote and support ‘Move for Hunger’ Pasco County’s Families in Need – Drive Thru Food Donation! Monday, May 25th

Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC is excited to help promote and support ‘Move for Hunger’ Pasco County’s Families in Need – Drive Thru Food Donation! Monday, May 25th

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Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC is excited to help promote and support ‘Move for Hunger’ Pasco County’s Families in Need – Drive Thru Food Donation! Monday, May 25th

 

Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC is excited and proud to be partnering with Florida Main Movers, INC to help promote and support ‘Move for Hunger’ Pasco County’s Families in Need – Drive Thru Food Donation!

All donations will go to Florida Food Force, Inc – a local food bank located in Odessa to help feed our local families in need amidst the pandemic.

Our team will be practicing social distancing by allowing cars to simply drive thru, and pop their trunks!

 

We will be collecting all non-perishable food donations on Sunday, May 31st in the parking lot of ‘The Columbian’ located at 5850 Farrell Way, Port Richey, FL 34668 from 9am – 5pm!

 

Starting Monday, May 25th Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC will gladly be picking up non-perishable food donations after 5pm from those of you who would like to donate but are unable to make it to the drop-off location. Please text or call 727-877-4222 or send us a message with your address to arrange a donation pick-up!

If you have any other questions regarding this event you may also reach out to Florida Main Movers, Inc at 813-863-5177!

Our community needs us! Even the smallest donation can make a big difference to a family in need. We’re all in this together!

 

 

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How the Coronavirus Can Affect Your Insurance Claim By Bobby Parsons / Cohen Law Group

How the Coronavirus Can Affect Your Insurance Claim By Bobby Parsons / Cohen Law Group

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How the Coronavirus Can Affect Your Insurance Claim

By Bobby Parsons / Cohen Law Group

 

As the Coronavirus continues to spread throughout the globe, many industries will experience closures and slowdowns, as well as implement various protocols limiting their productivity. For instance, the Florida court system has already issued an administrative order limiting court appearances that would require the gathering of a substantial number of people in an effort to curtail further spreading of the virus. The extent of such protocols being put in place during the near-term future remains unclear, but it is safe to assume, the business interruptions we have seen thus far are only the beginning until a vaccine is developed, or the virus runs its natural course.

Many offices are closing their doors for the foreseeable future and requesting employees to work from home. The most recent recommendations from the authorities include a moratorium on gatherings of ten people or more, down from fifty only a few days ago. The spreading of the virus, and the associated efforts to curtail its spread, will certainly impact all aspects of our lives, and suffering a loss to your home or property would only serve to make an impossible situation worse.

Insurance companies are very large, with vast amounts of employees. Should you suffer a loss to your property, an insurance company will likely be ill-equipped at this time to properly adjust your claim due to limitations on its productivity like those discussed above. Normally, an insurance company must conclude its investigation of your claim within ninety days. However, this rule is subject to a provision that allows insurance companies to exceed this timeline during exigent circumstances, like the one we are all dealing with today. What this means, is that your claim could get stuck in limbo while the global issue of the coronavirus runs its course. Scheduling inspections, hiring contractors, gathering documents from your insurance agent, and other steps ordinarily conducted during an insurance company’s investigation into a claim will take much longer than usual.

Given the uncertain nature of the near-term future regarding the ability to properly address your insurance claim, what is a property owner to do should it experience a loss? The most important thing to do in a time like this, is to protect the property from further damage and stabilize it. This could be something as simple as placing a tarp on the roof after suffering a leak. Even though the carrier is likely going to take quite some time to investigate the loss, this does not absolve a property owner of its responsibility to protect the property from further damage. Likewise, a property owner must also preserve the property to the best of its ability for inspection by the insurance company at a later date. Literally maintaining possession of damaged property may be a virtual impossibility due to contaminants or some other risk. However, should this occur, property owners should document such property thoroughly, and consider storing the damaged property with a third party better-equipped to handle such property. As the spread of the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc, it is important to know that an insurance company’s investigation into a property claim is likely to take much longer than normal, and it is equally important to understand how a property owner needs to adapt to the drawn out process.

 

If you have any questions regarding this, you can call our office 24 hours a day at 407-917-3192.

Robert "Bobby" Parsons, Esq.

Robert “Bobby” Parsons, Esq.

Learn more about Bobby here!

DISCLAIMER: This website is for informational purposes only and does not provide legal advice. Please do not act or refrain from acting based on anything you read on this site. Using this site or communicating with Cohen Law Group through this site does not form an attorney/client relationship. This site is legal advertising. Please review the full disclaimer for more information by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

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ATTENTION PASCO & PINELLAS COUNTY,  In light of COVID-19, We want to help our community. Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC would like to provide sanitizing of playground equipment at local day cares and schools.

ATTENTION PASCO & PINELLAS COUNTY,  In light of COVID-19, We want to help our community. Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC would like to provide sanitizing of playground equipment at local day cares and schools.

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 ATTENTION PASCO & PINELLAS COUNTY 🛑 In light of COVID-19, We want to help our community.

We are so pleased to report this to our industry! Showing our members Care! Everyone is doing their part to mitigate this virus! Members of SFPMA

 

Bay Area Pressure Cleaning, LLC would like to provide sanitizing of playground equipment at local day cares and schools. It is safe and very effective.
In order to mitigate the impact of the virus, everyone has a role to play and we are prepared to do our part! If anyone has contacts for local day cares and or schools, please pass them our info.
WE WILL BE DONATING THIS SERVICE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND KIDS!!

 

Bay Area Pressure Cleaning,LLC
(727)877-4222
www.bayareapressurecleaning.com

Members of SFPMA:

 

Bay Area Pressure Cleaning

727-877-4222

Bay Area Pressure Cleaning is owned and operated by Tyler; born and raised in the Tampa Bay Area. Bay Area Pressure Cleaning takes great pride in providing both Pasco and Pinellas counties residential and commercial clients with reliable and efficient services. 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed! Bay Area Pressure Cleaning is a full service power washing and exterior surface cleaning company that is family owned and operated, with a mission to provide Tampa Bay with outstanding pressure cleaning service experiences. Owner Tyler says “We take great pride in providing our clients with reliable and efficient exterior cleaning solutions and our customers satisfaction is our primary objective!”

 

 

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