192: From Feeling Trapped to Mapping Your Tasks: Core Processes for 50-200 Doors with Kristen Lopez
Description
Welcome Closers!
In this episode, Kristen Lopez recounts her journey from wholesaling upstart to Business Development Manager and coaching in the PM Industry into a process pro. She discusses her property management path through RentWerx, RentScale, Rescover software, and finally launching her own company, PM PathBuilders. Kristen shares wisdom on optimizing processes, change management, metrics, working with salespeople, and how she turned her own process passion into a business.
00:00 - Kristen's Background and Entry into Property Management 00:42 - Kristen's Wholesaling Experience and Burnout
01:26 - Kristen's Pivot to Sales at RentWerx 02:59 - Kristen's Move to RentScale and Coaching Role 04:11 - Kristen's Stint at Discover Software 05:38 - Kristen Launching PM PathBuilders 10:52 - Process Documentation Decay Rates 12:34 - Typical State of Processes Before Working with Clients 13:04 - Benefits of Process Documentation 14:28 - Ideal Process Documentation Specificity 21:13 - Project Implementation and Change Management 23:33 - Order of Documenting Processes
34:13 - Setting Operational Metrics and Benchmarks
40:27 Outsourcing Maintenance Coordination 41:00 - Having Her Own Documented Processes 42:20 - Salespeople Wanting Structure and Processes 47:12 - Getting Out of Feeling Trapped
PMPathBuilders: pmpathbuilders.com
United States
