Season 2, Episode 8 of the Owner Occupied podcast with Peter Lohmann & special guest Chris Powers. In this episode we discuss:


(01:51) - Chris’ background and career


(03:13) - What’s involved in 3rd party Property Management for Industrial Real Estate?


(05:07) - Do you handle leasing as well?


(08:04) - Making Blue Collar ‘cool’ again


(12:01) - Fort Capital’s focus on Property Management


(13:05) - Providing value to the tenants and owners via PM


(17:07) - Have you ever had issues with tenants living in your properties?


(18:09) - Are you using any specialized software in your business?


(19:46) - Investing in people vs. investing in processes


(24:37) - Ad Read: Second Nature


(26:31) - Developing the LP onboarding experience


(32:06) - How do you think about being able to sell a primarily GP Real Estate business?


(36:36) - Chris’ transition out of the CEO role & his current day to day responsibilities


(46:08) - Ad Read: Appfolio Stack


(47:47) - What were your initial emotions when you stepped away from being CEO?


(51:19) - Why are you so generous with your time?


(01:02:35) - Chris’ previous life as an investor


(01:06:25) - What marketing advice would you give to the owner of a small PM owner?


(01:10:17) - Wrap up


Learn more about Chris Powers & how to connect with him here:


Fort Capital


The Fort with Chris Powers Podcast


Follow Chris on Twitter 


Learn more about Peter Lohmann & how to connect with him here:


Follow Peter on Twitter


Join Peter’s Newsletter


Visit Peter’s Website


RL Property Management


Mentioned in this episode:


Yardi


Buildium


Margaret Heffernan TED Talk - Super Chickens


The 5 dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Twitter Mentions