This week was wild. I finally closed on the real estate services company (property + facilities management, leasing, sales, maintenance services) after a long 9 month process and have been drinking from a fire hose all week. Fun times! A short summary:

1/ started talking w/ the seller 9 months ago. 68 years old, no one to pass biz to, just within my range $ wise to buy on my own. He is a class act of a guy and very experienced. Will be staying on for a period after closing - we have a great relationship.

2/ two biz units: property management + leasing + sales & property services (mechanical, plumbing, electrical). We hold all licenses.

3/ property management side is wonderful, clips fees regularly and staff is wonderful. Software used is state of the art.

4/ on maintenance side, we have 7 licensed technicians that serve both landlord clients as well as external clients. They are a talented (and funny) bunch.

5/ Only problem on maintenance side is long billing cycle (all paper invoices / work orders). I need someone to help me navigate a transition to servicetitan or jobber ASAP. TOO MUCH PAPER! I'm all ears.

6/ I also have a long list of to-dos ranging from redesigning our website to introducing new tech platforms to our team's efforts to eliminate paper and wasted time. again: TOO MUCH PAPER!

7/ very thankful for the many SMB / RE twitter accounts that are so gracious in sharing their knowledge. I have a lot to learn but always know I can ask a question here and have many interesting takes. Probably will have many in the coming months / years.

8/ Ultimate goal is to build a vertically integrated RE services co:

- Property / Facility Mgmt
- Leasing
- Acq. + Disp.
- MEP maintenance svcs
- Dvlpmt / Proj. Mgmt (in the works)
- Coinvestment (in the works)

Only way to accomplish this is to build a great team...

9/ So, if you know of someone who would like to work with us (or for us) in the Eastern NC region (talented technicians, brokers, developers, investors), please have them reach out to me at [email protected]