Janell Kittleson's Blog

We have all seen the frenzy of ALC Ice Bucket Challenges by now - some quite elaborate and others just a 10 second dump.  I have to admit, I was skipping over them as I had no idea what the heck it was about and I had better things to do with my time than watch a bunch of people dump buckets of w...

Yesterday an employee of an upscale apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, was murdered while she was working.  Family, community members and Property Management professionals are all asking the same question - Could something more have been done to avoid this tragedy?   While we do not know if t...

Last week I was hit with the same question three times in a row by new customers who use Rentec Direct to manage their tenant and owner portfolio.  They knew we offered a way for their prospective tenants to see their property listings as well as Tenants & Owners a spot to login to a portal, but ...

As long as you don't suffer from carsickness, and you aren't concerned about a little bump in the road here and there, I recommend you try the trek from Grants Pass, Oregon - home of Rentec Direct - to Gold Beach, Oregon, via the Merlin-Galice Highway and back roads.   I have been wanting to take...

For some reason I can't get this Beyonce song out of my head after reading a Facebook post today from one of my family members...  " To all the lovely ladies out there, garbage disposals have their limitations. 'Food scrap' should infer small plant matter. If you don't eat it, it shouldn't go in ...

In my last blog entry I touched on the idea of instuctional vs. sales videos and how keeping a clear objective is important in guiding your content and tone.  With some great feedback from our property management professional circles, we've learned that the instructional videos seem to be more ca...

As we continue to create more and more videos, our team at Rentec Direct has been sorting through older videos where both marketing and instructional objectives were combined and are working to create a new approach to communicating with our customer base.   Besides the SEO benefit you receive fr...

One of our close competitors in property management software recently raised their subscription rates and we all know how these hikes in rates can cause some people to jump ship.  There they are... just floundering... waiting for someone to rescue them, right?! I've never liked it when competito...

It's a scorcher here in Southern Oregon and my afternoon coffee-break from Rentec Direct did NOT include a walk around the block, rather a detour on the net to this absolutely wild video!  I read that they created it in one take... simply amazing!  You have to check it out and then join me in nev...

My first try at animation!  And I would love to hear your feedback.    Have a safe and fun 4th of July everyone!                                                                                    Janell is a member of Rentec Direct, a web-based property management software program designed to hel...