PM Collective - The ART of property management
Jul 26, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Tania to trace her 30-year path through real estate, a surprising detour into catering, and the service mindset…
Ashleigh GoodchildHostYes.
And after COVID... people decided that they wanted to or they could go back to restaurants.
And with food prices and inflation, my prices were probably on par, maybe with some restaurants.
And as being a sole income earner, I couldn't just wait around to see what catering jobs were going to come my way.
But I am blessed to be able to cater during that time that I was also able to be a full-time mum for my kids during the week, to be a parent helper, to watch all their rewards and to do all of that and cater on the weekend.
And then I thought, well, you know, I don't know anything else.
And property management, it's a hard gig.
You either have it or you don't.
And I believe I'm a pretty good property manager in regards to building relationships with people.
So I thought because I've had experience in all areas of real estate, Do I go back to sales of not being in the industry for six years and being on a lower base and relying on those comms? Or do I go back to doing like what I know best? Yeah, so I let my license expire, didn't do my CPD points, so I had to do it all over again.
Oh,
And I think it's just an example of there's, you know, different seasons of life and that served that season of your life.
And I think that that's probably why maybe you have the energy that you do now for the industry, because you have, you know, you have explored other things.
Like now it's sort of like, this is perfect for where I need to be right now.
Like you, you're sort of maybe some people that have been in the industry for a long time, probably take things for granted or yeah, they, they just, they haven't seen the other side of it.
And it sort of, it's great because I think there's a lot of property managers out there that naturally have a creative flair.
It could be a, you went full out into a business, but you know, people could explore little weekend hobbies or weekend jobs and, things like that, they just allow you to continue to enjoy your career.
Like instead of just, I don't know, just being, you know, waking up and doing a nine to five, like there's other ways that you can seek enjoyment and people that don't have enjoyment from other areas of their life, it's something that it will drain them, property management.
it's really healthy for property managers to have hobbies and to have things that they do, whether it's like on the weekend or after hours, because what happens is you have a really shitty day.
And then if you don't have anything to look forward to, it does make it really, really difficult to like do Groundhog Day.
You know what I mean? And actually, that's what I think we're just saying was about the kids and teenagers.
Yes.
And after COVID... people decided that they wanted to or they could go back to restaurants.
And with food prices and inflation, my prices were probably on par, maybe with some restaurants.
And as being a sole income earner, I couldn't just wait around to see what catering jobs were going to come my way.
But I am blessed to be able to cater during that time that I was also able to be a full-time mum for my kids during the week, to be a parent helper, to watch all their rewards and to do all of that and cater on the weekend.
And then I thought, well, you know, I don't know anything else.
And property management, it's a hard gig.
You either have it or you don't.
And I believe I'm a pretty good property manager in regards to building relationships with people.
So I thought because I've had experience in all areas of real estate, Do I go back to sales of not being in the industry for six years and being on a lower base and relying on those comms? Or do I go back to doing like what I know best? Yeah, so I let my license expire, didn't do my CPD points, so I had to do it all over again.
Oh,
And I think it's just an example of there's, you know, different seasons of life and that served that season of your life.
And I think that that's probably why maybe you have the energy that you do now for the industry, because you have, you know, you have explored other things.
Like now it's sort of like, this is perfect for where I need to be right now.
Like you, you're sort of maybe some people that have been in the industry for a long time, probably take things for granted or yeah, they, they just, they haven't seen the other side of it.
And it sort of, it's great because I think there's a lot of property managers out there that naturally have a creative flair.
It could be a, you went full out into a business, but you know, people could explore little weekend hobbies or weekend jobs and, things like that, they just allow you to continue to enjoy your career.
Like instead of just, I don't know, just being, you know, waking up and doing a nine to five, like there's other ways that you can seek enjoyment and people that don't have enjoyment from other areas of their life, it's something that it will drain them, property management.
it's really healthy for property managers to have hobbies and to have things that they do, whether it's like on the weekend or after hours, because what happens is you have a really shitty day.
And then if you don't have anything to look forward to, it does make it really, really difficult to like do Groundhog Day.
You know what I mean? And actually, that's what I think we're just saying was about the kids and teenagers.
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