I'm Randy Trubow

Chartre Oaks Apartments was where I was first introduced to property management.  I was 20 and a sophomore at Florida State University, looking for a part-time job.  The ad in the newspaper said, “Leasing Consultant needed at student housing community with pay of $7/hour.”  I didn’t even know what a leasing consultant was, but I’d take any job that didn’t involve fast food at that point.

I spent the remainder of college working as the leasing consultant at Chartre Oaks Apartments, knowing it was only temporary.  Towards the end of senior year is when I realized that there is a “property management industry” which offers plenty of room for growth.

I spent the remainder of college working as the part-time leasing consultant at Chartre Oaks Apartments.  Towards the end of my senior year, I realized a “property management industry” exists in the “real world” which offers plenty of room for growth.  Considering I loved my leasing job, this would be an excellent opportunity.

All my friends were getting jobs in Atlanta, which was the closest “big” city near Tallahassee.  I did my research and learned that Lincoln Property Company would be a perfect fit for me.  Moving forward, LPC hired me to lease at a luxury mid-rise community in Buckhead, the affluent uptown district of Atlanta.

LPC provided an excellent training program, which taught industry fundamentals, focusing strongly on phone/on-site closing, exceeding customer expectations and Fair Housing laws.

I loved working for LPC and couldn’t have asked for a better team, but there was a growth opportunity available to me, that couldn’t be passed on.

In 2011, I decided it was time to become a Property Manager.  Hudson Park was a small management firm and it was evident the manager was not leaving anytime soon.  Therefore, I started looking for opportunities and found one in Philadelphia, PA.  The 979-unit community was Park Towne Place and managed by AIMCO.

In summer of 2012, I received an email from a prior manager at my time with Lincoln Property Company.  She was now a Regional Manager still working in the Atlanta market.  The email mentioned the construction of a brand new community in Northampton, PA, which LPC was hired to manage.  A large portion of the role required working one-on-one with construction manager along with building owners.  I knew this would be an excellent learning experience which doesn’t come around so often.  However, there were a couple of drawbacks: 1. Park Towne Place with AIMCO was running smooth and we had a solid team in place 2. Northampton, PA was a rural town with cornfields in every direction.  It was a tough decision, but I applied for the role and got it.

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