Looking For A Estate Manager?...

Management Assist Services ~ Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Administrative Estate Manager ~ Job Description and Functions:

 

Administrative Estate Manager is a widely used term in Upscale Homes, and Property management services. The estate manager is a qualified and licensed professional who performs a variety of financial operations, works directly with the owners as their “right-hand person” handling any request or need efficiently. The A.E.M. plans and executes the overall management of property and set appropriate service standard. Their main function is to assist the estate owners in maintaining their most effective budgetary parameters.

The M.A.S., estate manager, oversees the overall upkeep of the premises and keeps balance within a budget on a monthly and yearly basis and in the preparation of accurate accounting reports year-to-date and at year-end. Unlike accountants, who tend to serve as financial planners and tax guides of long-term finances, the M.A.S. estate manager encompasses day-to-day financial operations, as well as all of the legwork, compiling the paperwork, screening vendors, research and hiring of service personnel, coordinating telephone and in-person service schedules, a “buffer” in sensitive discussions between the estate owner and potential employees and other service contractors. Conduct impartial and very candid questions about personal items and salary negotiations, helping get to the point right away.

Management Assist Services local all-year round and seasonal residents as well as absentee owners of the Fort Lauderdale yachting and coastal communities.  Our clients count on our thorough knowledge, contacts and suitable resources in these areas, our highest ethical standards and confidentiality agreement added to our expertise and impeccable reputation.

What You Need to Know about Estate Managers..     

Daily Money Manager Services

Daily Money Managers Can Relieve You of Day-to-Day Financial Chores
By Isabel Waters Lic.,Real Estate Property Consultant

If you don't have the time to devote to the daily financial duties required by your small business, or to your personal finances, you might want to consider the services of a daily money manager.
Daily money management is a relatively young spectrum of the financial services industry, and encompasses day-to-day financial duties such as managing payables and payroll, depositing checks, reconciliation of bank and other accounts statements, and ensuring that your ledger is balanced.  Unlike accountants, who tend to serve as financial planners and guides, daily money managers do the day-to-day financial legwork that not only keep your business running but also simplifies the tedious year end reports to your CPA.

What is Your Best Option? PART III

Fee or Commission?

Find Here a few examples:

Hourly Rate ~ Scheduled Services with a Limited number of hours 

FEES FOR SERVICE - PART II

PART II - FEES-FOR-SERVICE AND HOURLY COMPENSATION

You Can Save Money Without Being Discounted!... In real estate, quality representation is essential for keeping the most money in your pocket when you close. Is that mean that you’re locked into paying a commission in order to get that quality? The answer is NO.

My advise to potential clients is to explore and weight different options, based on their individual needs and comfort level. Many consumers find the traditional commission is their best choice. Hopefully, they make that choice because it’s the best option, not because it’s the only option. Find out which one may be better for you!..

NOW...LETS TALK ABOUT REAL ESTATE CONSULTING! PART I

We are all aware of the forceful changes taking place in the real estate industry…And keep waiting in hope that sooner or later it will stabilize, and everything will return to the way it was!.. playing in either the Sellers’ or the Buyers’ market, decade after decade things were somehow predictable. In Today’s Real Estate Landscape, Consumerism has yet to adapt to the new mechanism in the transaction process, still in the Traditional Sales Approach… A word to the wise!.. At this time of change, considering other Alternatives, Creative Mindsets and Models, Fulfilling and Profitable, is another way to bring back the sparkle of buying and selling real estate. The good news is that it is already Available to Property Owners, Purchasers, Investors, Renters….

What is it?.. And…How It Differs From the Traditional Real Estate Agency?

Have a Cool Summer!

I am a believer in green living and read everything and anything that will make
my life more comfortable and enjoyable. I am constantly looking for things that make a difference. Though these days, there is nothing absolutely FREE, we can improve our lifestyles and have fun at the same time, while making changes that make a big difference with the environment. 

From taking shorter showers to upgrading our appliances, there are ways each day we can help Mother Earth enjoy the Summer as much as we do! Supporting your local growers by getting produce from your area's farmers'market. Also look for "grown local" fruits and vegetables at your grocers'. It may not seem a big deal but supports local commerce and reduces fuel needed for produce transport.

Our food - Grow it yourself!..growing a simple vegetable and fruit garden is easier than most think. Most of the work goes into prepping. Periodic weeding and harvesting are simple manual tasks that deliver real fruits of your "labor." Save money on your electric bill and contribute to a "new" way of living that is spreading across the country. Consider your garden as organic and natural as possible. There is a variety of natural products that will keep bugs away.

Natural bug repellants are available for humans, too! Geraniums secrete a scent that drives mosquitos away. Mix a few drops of essential oils  (citronella, orange, and rose geranium) into a spray bottle of water. Use this to spray down your legs and arms before any trip outside or to the garden. Not only will you smell good, you'll be a "no bug zone."

Are you looking for ways to save on energy and fuel costs? Start with your travel habits, cars, even the most energy efficient models, consume mass amounts of gasoline, which has been refined from oil. The amount of energy and pollution that is involved in refining these products is astounding! Be organized and plan trips to the store. Carpooling or using public transit! Your city may have HOV lanes, or high occupancy vehicle lanes. This means if there is more than one person in your car, you get a free pass around the rush hour traffic! If you have a walkable city, use your legs to walk or bike.

Inside your home, you can save energy by upgrading your appliances.  Newer Energy Star appliances use a fraction of the energy than their older counter parts did.  You'll be surprised how much your electric bill drops in the first month! Setting your thermostat to 70-80F can reduce your bill even more. Consider fans more decorative, so far as I am concerned they consume too much electricity.

Keep your home and yard cool for years to come by planting shade trees. Trees give our environment so much. They deliver loads of oxygen, all while consuming our nasty carbon dioxide.  And of course, they give us shade keeping home temperatures lower and to enjoy those evening cooling beverages.
Little habits add up to big change. Don't be too hard on yourself.
Every day is a new day. Pick one thing to change today.
Pick another next week and start a new habit. You'll be surprised
of the results at the end of Summer.

Decluttering~Home & Office

Decluteering While in Spring Bloom Abundance!...
More day light, more time to re-organize our home, office, garage, even storage bins. Technology is not always the answer to saving space. In fact, if you look at computers and its paraphernalia, they take a lot of office space, even in small households. Here are some tips on physical space clearing and space saving.

1.A laptop ~ is more energy efficient, it uses about 10% energy of a desktop computer and it takes a lot less space, in fact, it doesn't even use any space if you keep it in your lap. But if you must have or need a desktop computer, consider an Energy Star-rated slim flat-screen LCD monitor, which will take up less space and use less electricity than other comparable monitors.
2. CD's ~ did you know that around the world, 1 billion discs are discarded every year? an e-waste problem. I, for one, rarely re-use any of the umpteen software CD's that I've accumulated over the years, not even counting the ones I donate to charity once a year. Why not download software instead? and upload the 'must keep' electronically, to clear up space. 
3. Voice Mail ~ these free services automatically added to any phone lines in the U.S have made answering machines obsolete. According to the authors of the Green Book, if all answering machines currently used in U.S. homes were replaced by voice mail, the annual energy savings would be nearly 2 billion kilowatt-hours, equivalent to taking 250,000 cars off the road. They claim, it's simply more efficient for a centralized facility to process all that data, than to have each individual use his or her own desktop answering machine. No point on keeping One more gadget cluttering a desk.
4. Recycling Old Electronics ~ A decade or two into the information revolution, the typical household has generated a small mountain of E-waste like old televisions, VCRs, DVD players, video games, cell phones (and, uh ... answering machines). Chances are there's a drawer (or two, or three) in your home office that hold a mess of cell phones, wires and chargers. Clean it out! Electronics can be recycled, either by the manufacturer, the retailer  or by community drop-off programs. Cell phone recycling is even easier: You can donate your old cell phone to charity or, if it hasn't been sitting around too long, even sell it.
5. Go Paperless ~ Except valuable documents or tax records need to be saved for a number of years, all other paper, junk mail, catalogs, old phone directories, obsolete information will only clutter desks, drawers, cabinets even dining tables. Receiving bills by email takes a little getting used to and it is best to do it gradually.  The environmental impact it has to go paperless, saving paper means not only saving trees, but 171 pounds of greenhouse gases, 63 gallons of water, and 4.5 gallons of gasoline annually for the average paperless household, according to Pay It Green, a coalition of financial institutions and businesses promoting paperless billing.
6. And last, but not least ~ Stop Receiving Junk Mail ~ The average American household receives an estimated 850 pieces of junk mail every year —enough, as we all know, to cover our kitchen tables several times over.
It's no coincidence that paper makes up one-quarter of all landfill waste, or that the junk mail industry's environmental footprint is large, equivalent to the tailpipe pollution from 9 million cars. You can reclaim the calm of an uncluttered tabletop with a few keystrokes. Just register for the Mail Preference Service on the Direct Marketing Association Website. For $1, your name and address will be removed from prospective mailing lists, ending 75% of junk mail within about 90 days.
Daily Green offers very thorough and excellent advise on the subject.

By clearing physical space in home/yard and office will have a very positive effect mentally, in fact, it is a powerful way of letting go of possessions, emotions and thoughts that can keep you stuck. You will feel refreshed, light and ready to start anew!

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