Kylie Maxwell: Property Management in Queanbeyan

This blog post relates to Rockend, one of our previous brands. For more information please read the press release.

Today’s guest on Rockend Rockstars is Kylie Maxwell of LJ Hooker Queanbeyan. She chats with Kevin about how property management works for Queanbeyan and how being on the border of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory impacts their processes, brand, and business growth.   

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What’s new in Property Tree this September?

This blog post relates to Rockend, one of our previous brands. For more information please read the press release.

This month in Property Tree, we give you new features that are designed to make your lives a little bit easier.  Here are the feature enhancements this September that you can now access:

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Property Tree Client Story: Anthony Caudullo of Crown Group

This blog post relates to Rockend, one of our previous brands. For more information please read the press release.

After almost two decades in the industry, Crown Group’s Director of Property Management Anthony Caudullo knows that communication sits at the core of exceptional client service. Here he explains how Property Tree is helping his team to communicate with clients more effectively than ever before.

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Bluetooth or Wi-Fi printing – Which is right for your organisation?

Have you ever wondered if your organisation is better suited to Bluetooth or Wi-Fi printing? So have many of our customers. To ensure we have options to meet our customer’s needs we’ve recently added Bluetooth to our printing capability.

To help you decide if Bluetooth or Wi-Fi printing is best for you we’ve pulled together the benefits of each.

What is Bluetooth?

Bluetooth uses a low power wireless network to connect devices within close range. The maximum range for Bluetooth is ten meters and the devices have to be in the same room – walls and objects could cause interference. Bluetooth networks have the advantage of being easy to maintain because all you need is two Bluetooth compatible devices. No routers or other networking equipment is necessary.

Using Bluetooth printing would be ideal for smaller companies that have a weak wireless network that isn’t reliable enough or if it is difficult to connect to your printer due to your company’s high level of security.

Benefits of printing with Bluetooth

Free up your Wi-Fi network

Is your Wi-Fi network working overtime? Free up some space (and hopefully gain some more speed) by moving your printers to Bluetooth instead.

Avoid connection loss and drop outs.

It is not uncommon for Wi-Fi printers to have connection problems. Depending on your situation Bluetooth connections could have less interference, especially if they are within the ten-meter range.

Print it right the first time

Wi-Fi printers can have slow print times and print errors if the network is busy, if there is interference in the network or if there is low signal strength. Bluetooth will print quickly and efficiently without any interference.

Set up printing in seconds

Wi-Fi printing can be quite complicated and time-consuming to set up, especially if your organisation has a particularly secure network to navigate. Need to get up and running quickly? It might be easier to use Bluetooth.

Easily fixed when problems occur

Bluetooth is less technical than Wi-Fi, therefore, it is easier to locate the issue should something go wrong or your printer stops working.

Save Power

Bluetooth may save your battery life because it has lower power consumption.

What is Wi-Fi?

Wi-Fi printers are accessible over a Wi-Fi network. Wi-Fi normally uses a similar radio band to Bluetooth, but with more power. Devices that connect over a Wi-Fi network must be within about 100 meters of a central wireless access point, though with repeaters the range can be greatly extended. Generally speaking, if your computers all have decent access to the Internet over Wi-Fi, they should have no problems accessing a Wi-Fi printer, provided that the printer is within range of the Wi-Fi router as well.

Wi-Fi is ideal for companies that have a strong wireless connection and a secure and easy way to connect to the printer.

Benefits of printing with Wi-Fi

Greater signal range available with Wi-Fi.

You can be further away or have more options of where to put your printer because of the bigger range available with Wi-Fi. With multiple access points, the signal range can be extended.

Print directly from handheld devices

It gives you the ability to print directly from handheld devices such as tablets and mobile devices.

Set up

Set up is more complicated the first time around, but once it’s up and running, you won’t have to do it again.

 

Benchmarking sustainability to drive value to your assets

“Green” building certifications are an important factor in asset valuation and Class A office space classification. Gone are the days when being a sustainable company served only as a marketing tool. Instead, guaranteeing the efficiency of your commercial properties through benchmarking sustainability is now a necessity to investors, governmental bodies, and consumers.

What is sustainability?

Sustainability is about far more than simply boasting of a “green” or “eco-friendly” property. In the past 20 years or so, property and company efficiency in environmental, social and governance (ESG) realms has become the new standard by which responsible investors evaluate new opportunities.

Whereas companies used to exercise voluntary adherence to “eco-friendly” policies, property managers are now expected to be in compliance with sustainability regulations. Plaques and certifications awarded to organizations for environment-friendly practices have been replaced by an actual, regulatory need for sustainability performance tracking.

Why sustainability?

Sustainability isn’t just something that looks good on a list of amenities – it’s actually valuable.

Investors are calling for a focus on ESG in the workplace because they are seeing money being left on the table when it comes to cost efficiency. Small things start to add up – when someone leaves a light on in the office overnight, or if a faucet is leaking, it costs money. ESG in the workplace saves investors money in the long term, which makes properties more valuable. In addition to this, properties with high sustainability scores such as the GRESB Score and the ENERGY STAR Score can boost the value of an investor’s portfolio.

Many government entities on both the federal and state levels have set new legal, investment and lending requirements and regulations for sustainable workplaces. On top of these regulations, some entities have incentive programs to reward companies that have made ESG an essential part of their business.

Energy efficient, sustainable workplaces have become important for millennials and young professionals looking for a workspace. By moving your business in that direction, you stand a better chance of attracting talent.

Why is sustainability benchmarking important?

It’s not enough just to say your business is sustainable – you’ve got to have the data to back up that claim. Through various certification programs, green initiatives, and sustainability scores, you can use sustainability benchmarking to drive value to your assets.

Benchmarking sustainability at your organization is a complex process that includes collecting data from multiple sources, identifying key metrics, generating accurate reports, and measuring against industry peers. But property managers that successfully leverage reliable data in sustainability processes and establish performance benchmarking are well positioned to stay competitive and understand how they measure up against others in the commercial real estate space.

To learn more about sustainability benchmarking and how you can use it to drive value to your assets, check out the webinar presentation we did with our partner, Measurabl.

What’s new in Property Tree this August?

This blog post relates to Rockend, one of our previous brands. For more information please read the press release.

Our focus here at Rockend is to make every aspect of your work as a property manager more efficient and this month’s Property Tree release is all about making things just a little bit easier for you so you can accomplish more in less time.

Here are the feature enhancements this August that you can now access:

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MRI Software wins Stevie® Award for second year in a row

MRI Software has won a silver Stevie® Award in the Large Computer Software Company of the Year category at the 16th Annual International Business Awards®! For the second year in a row, MRI Software is featured among a prestigious list of winners, and we could not be more thrilled to see our company name alongside such great organizations.

We’re also thrilled that one of the newest members of the MRI family, LEVERTON, has won a silver Stevie® Award in the same category! Working with the team at LEVERTON as partners over the past few years has been a joy, and we’re excited to bring all our talented professionals together into one award-winning organization.

We’re thankful to the International Business Awards for recognizing MRI Software based on our achievements in 2018. Last year, our revenue grew by 56% compared to 2017, bookings were up by a record 71%, and the number of new clients grew by 44%. In addition to this growth, we created 75 new technology integrations with partners and recorded 192 million data exchanges between clients and partners. We built upon the success of the open and connected ecosystem with 21 additions to our Partner Connect network and solidified our offerings in the US Affordable and Public Housing markets through the acquisitions of Happy Software, IPM Software, and TCAM Asset Management.

We also pushed the boundaries of real estate software on a global level. After acquiring CML Software and Thesaurus Technology in the UK, we established our Agency Solutions business, boosting the sales and lettings solutions we gained in 2017 from our acquisition of Qube Global Software. MRI Software solidified our standing in South Africa with the acquisition of PropSys, bringing all of its offerings under the MRI umbrella.

In 2018, we made huge strides in our global growth strategy to support our mission of providing the most comprehensive, flexible, open and connected technology platform in the industry. But we’re not done — 2019 has already seen several new additions to the MRI family, and we can’t wait to see what else the future holds!