PROPERTY MANAGER SPOTLIGHT: KRISTIN DEMKEY

The world of property management came into Kristin Demkey's life at 17 years old. Instead of hanging out at the mall, she managed it! Working for a San Francisco developer in Arcata, California led to a move to the "Big City" at 18, where she managed residential units,

as well as industrial and commercial properties. Kristin obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Cal State Bakersfield where she graduated with honors. She worked her way through college as a Resident Manager. During this time, she was awarded the title "Property Supervisor of the Year" from the Kern County Apartment Association. She missed the excitement of commercial management and soon was employed by a commercial management company as an on site Assistant Manager. A short time later, she was promoted Property Manager.

For the past four years, she has worked as a Property Manager with Meissner Jacquet Investment Management Services, where she is currently the Commercial Owners Association Specialist and she manages a portfolio of properties for a prominent Southern California developer. She loves the fact that she never has the same day twice and it is never boring! "In the end," says Kristin, "people are going to remember how you treat them." She views each day as a learning experience and an opportunity to grow.

Her favorite property management story stems from her stint as a resident manager: "I got a call at 6 am, reporting that a downstairs tenant's bathroom ceiling had collapsed. I went to the apartment to assess the damage. My maintenance man was already there, clearing the mess. Upon entering the upstairs apartment, I saw my extremely intelligent tenant (with two masters degrees), standing like the little boy at the dyke with his finger covering a hole in the wall. I looked at my maintenance man and said, “What happened?” My maintenance man replied, "He was hanging a picture and punctured both sides of a water pipe." " With What? " I asked. He gestured toward a 16-penny nail. (You know, the kind that are three inches long)
"Holy Cow!", I exclaimed, to which, my tenant replied," It was a big picture!"

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