Claimed Google Local listings bug. Are your claimed listings affected?

Posted by - Feb 1, 2013

Google Places is the quickest way to gain exposure for your properties in the Google search engine. It’s free and if you want to edit these free listings, all you have to do is claim them as yours. After that, just get your listing looking right with the correct categories and relevant content, and it’s

Property Management system crisis: Why you probably want to switch and why you can’t.

Posted by - Aug 14, 2012

Our Property Management system’s iterations look like DOS and Outlook 97’s love child. It’s ugly. It’s loaded with features that are cumbersome and counter intuitive. The accountants, of course, love it. “If you say GL I say Entry… GL, Entry, GL, Entry!” For those leasing agents and managers misfortunate enough to have to use it’s

6 things you shouldn’t be doing with your work email.

Posted by - Jul 5, 2012

The notification, the popup, the vibration, the phone call telling you they sent you one; these are the many ways we get our emails today. And yet, given how ubiquitous it is these days, it’s amazing how many people still have no clue what they are doing. Listen … I’ll be the first to tell

Bill & Peggy’s Excellent Social Adventure

Posted by - Jul 2, 2012

This is a combo post written by Bill Szczytko and Peggy Hale: We weren’t fortunate enough to travel to Boston for NAA this year. Honestly, watching our Facebook friends post status updates about their travel and arrival at Logan Airport, photos from hotel room windows with great views (like Israel Carunungan’s) and not so great

Multifamily in transition: The future of the ILS

Posted by - Apr 13, 2012

Ask Rent.com, Callsource, Lead Tracking Solutions, Vaultware, RentWiki, and MyNewPlace what the past year has been like. Mergers, acquisitions, and rebranding have been the theme. The top of the sales funnel has never seen such turmoil before. Change. It’s a sign of evolution within the industry. RentWiki represents a good case study. Back in 2009,

3 reasons why today’s devices aren’t good enough.

Posted by - Feb 3, 2012

To accomplish what I wanted to today, I used no less than 4 devices. Certain things just work better on different devices. I was editing content from a game I made many years ago, checked messages on my phone, toyed around with some apps on my iPad and checked geocaching.com on my wife’s laptop. It’s

What McDonald’s and a violin can teach you about customer perceptions

Posted by - Jan 30, 2012

“You are only as wise as others perceive you to be” ~M. Shawn Cole On the morning of Friday, January 12, a colorless man emerged from the metro at L’Enfant Plaza station in downtown DC wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a baseball cap. He found a spot near a trash can and withdrew a violin

Happy Birthday BSitko.com! The dawning of a new era 2012 style…

Posted by - Jan 6, 2012

I’m glad you’re here. Been busy today? Here – have a cupcake. I baked them myself. It’s my birthday you know. Not the man behind the curtain’s no, no… his birthday was weeks ago. It’s my birthday – BSitko.com! I turn one. Aren’t you happy? Last year around this time, the curtain man typed his

The 2011 Best of BSitko.com

Posted by - Dec 22, 2011

It’s amazing to think that this blog is nearly a year old. I’ve written far more words than I could have imagined writing back in January. This year I’ve created lots of conversation, turned some people off, and maybe… just maybe…inspired others. Here’s a list of the top stuff that people have read on this