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Your Property Management Hire Doesn't Need "Experience"
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When hiring a new team member in your property management business, one common mistake can cause you to lose out on potentially the best candidates.
In this episode of the #DoorGrowShow, property management growth experts Jason and Sarah Hull discuss why having experience in property management is not a necessary qualification for the people you hire.
You'll Learn[01:11] The Myth of Needing Experience
[04:19] More Important Than Experience: Culture Fit
[13:59] You Need a Better Hiring System
[19:17] What to do if You Struggle with Hiring
Tweetables"If you don't even know what your culture is, how are you going to figure out if they match that?"
"If they're not the right culture fit for sure you're overpaying or they're underperforming, either way, you're overpaying."
"Even if you hire based off of experience, you still have to train that person. That does not forego the training."
"If people are only loyal to a dollar, then yeah, you're at risk of losing those people pretty easily."
Resources Transcript[00:00:00] Jason: If they're not the right culture fit for sure you're overpaying or they're underperforming or either way you're overpaying.
[00:00:06] Welcome DoorGrow property managers to the DoorGrow show. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others, impact lives, and you are interested in growing in business and life, and you're open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow property manager. DoorGrow property managers love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges, and freedom that property management brings. Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it. You think they're crazy for not because you realize that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income.
[00:00:45] At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management business owners and their businesses. We want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. We're your hosts, property management growth experts, Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow, and Sarah Hull, co owner and COO of DoorGrow.
[00:01:06] Now let's get Into the show.
[00:01:08] All right. What are we talking about today, Sarah?
[00:01:11] Sarah: I wanted to talk about this thing that keeps coming up and I've seen it two times in the last week is hiring on experience.
[00:01:21] Jason: Oh.
[00:01:22] Sarah: Everyone goes, "Oh yeah, I would love somebody who's experienced and they already know the industry and they already know my systems and they know how to do things. And that would be fantastic."
[00:01:32] Jason: People listening are going to go, "well, yeah, of course you want people with experience. It would be dumb to have people with zero experience, right?"
[00:01:38] Sarah: Wrong!
[00:01:39] Jason: Okay. Okay. So let's explain this. What are you talking about?
[00:01:43] Sarah: All