Combating Communication Challenges with Technology

Beyond Rent: Exploring Property Management

Beyond Rent: Exploring Property Management
Combating Communication Challenges with Technology
Feb 08, 2026 Episode 145
Rent Manager

Communication is a perpetual challenge in business and a task that property managers are always trying to improve.

On this episode of the podcast, Joseph Schultz, co-founder of Efformance, discusses how technology can help us be more efficient in communication. Joseph addresses the biggest resident communication challenges; ways to improve internal communication; how technology helps solve these challenges; and how communication can be effectively automated through various tools, such as MailFuze and Savant.

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