Six Managers

Having six managers in the office was just about as we expected. There was little room for all of us at once and if it weren't for the fact that we had meetings and a long lunch break, it would have been very uncomfortable. In fact, even at lunch we all sat at the same table and it was not an enjoyable break in the day. The new couple are nice enough, but there is too much congestion when we are all together in the small spaces. With only 2 computers in the office, I had to spend some time in our apartment so that I could use my own laptop to do emails and leads tracking. I already use the apartment to make sales calls on the phone since, even with perfect hearing, it would be impossible to carry on a telephone conversation with all the commotion in the office. Time will tell how it will work out.

We have a big day today with the Regional Director and Regional Sales Manager coming in for a sales meeting. They will be setting up in one of our vacant apartments to have the meetings. We don't have any agenda so we are kind of just going to be at their mercy for scheduling time with them. They are in town to make sure we all understand the sales programs and to (probably) put the fear of God into all of us to get bodies to move into the Community. We are going to take these meetings with the attitude that we are not here to establish new careers, but to just do our jobs as best we can, work as long as we can (or want to), and then move on to a more relaxing life. We are enjoying the interaction with the residents and making sure they are happy, so that means more to us.

Our occupancy rate has grown from 67% when we arrived in January to 78% now, and the goal for the corporation is to have every community be at least 95% by June 1. If it weren't for the mass exodus that this community had back in October and November last year - about 20 move outs, and not the fault of anybody that is here now - the hill wouldn't be so steep to climb. It is always better anyway to be part of a growing community vs one that is losing ground. We said when we started that there was no where to go but up.

The details of our meeting(s) today should make for some interesting reading tomorrow...