Traci Milstead Email & Phone Number

Round Rock, TX, US

• Review, analyze, and interpret market data to identify emerging trends that may impact the performance of the community, and work with the regional manger and ownership to develop and implement market plans that drive.
• Ensures that the appearance and physical aspects of the properties meet the Company’s and owner’s established standards through routine inspections, and communicates concerns and requests for capital as needed to.
• Coordinating work activities and services from vendors, consultants, and other contractors as needed by researching and identifying needs, negotiating contracts, monitoring progress, processing invoices, and ensuring.
• Manage the physical and financial performance of the property in accordance with the established budget and targeted occupancy and rental increase rates.
• Motivate, train, engage and coach a team of employees ranging from leasing to maintenance staff.
• Coordinate all property management, maintenance, development and construction activities associated with the daily operations of the community to ensure increased revenue and general performance is in line with company.

• Property manager of a 366 unit property built in 2012. New ownership and management company took over March 2020. Currently managing this community during full interior and exterior renovations.
• Managing a full exterior and interior rehab.
• Monitored work of contractors and reported findings/concerns to upper management.
• Assisting in community due diligence efforts and auditing on Lynd expansions in the Austin area.
• Effectively report to owner and investors on weekly conference calls in regards to the renovation status and goal for the community.
• Directly assisting in creating and revising yearly budgets.

Round Rock, TX

• Professionally represented F8 during successful sale of property to Lynd by showing community to investors and providing all required information on community.
• Ensured that all onsite staff provides the highest level of service to residents, prospects, and vendors.
• Recruited, Managed, and trained onsite staff effectively.
• Completed and presented quarterly employee performance evaluations with all staff members
• Managed the financial performance of the property by overseeing rents, occupancies, and expenditures.
• Reported monthly performance, variance, and budget analysis

Austin, Texas Area

• Job Responsibilities:
• Demonstrated a positive, upbeat, and motivating environment to achieve operational and financial goals.
• Prepared weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial updates/variances and help with annual budgets, forecasts, staffing, and capital plans.
• Oversaw all aspects of the $2 MIL renovation project for the community.
• Worked closely with the Housing Authority of Austin and Travis County due to 18% of our residents being on Section 8.
• Ensured property was up to fair housing standards and documented as necessary.

Austin, Texas Area

• Assisted 13 Home Depot store management teams in identifying, developing, and executing merchandising and display initiatives.
• Designed and sold Tuff Shed products from simple sheds to elaborate cabins, garages, and custom buildings.
• Secured building permits from local building departments when required by local building codes and regulations, and/or agreement with The Home Depot.
• Identified product sales deficiencies and made recommendations to Home Depot store management to increase store associate sales performance and product knowledge.
• Conducted frequent meetings with Home Depot management to discuss all topics and issues impacting and pertaining to increasing sales of Tuff Shed supplied products and services to Home Depot customers including.
• Performed formal product knowledge seminars at all assigned Home Depot stores including up to four hundred employees at annual training events.

Austin, Texas Area

• Completed weekly, monthly, quarterly, variance, and occupancy reports.
• Provided continuous communication with clients and investors in reference to the property and the property’s advancement.
• Intense marketing, resident retention agendas, resident and prospect social and activity plans, development, and overseeing corporate outreach programs.
• Hired and trained staff in all aspects of industry from fair housing to Sentinel audit standards.
• Responsible for minimizing delinquency, vacancy, concessions, and bad debts.
• Ensured high quality of documentation of current and past residents’ records and files.

• Responsible for implementing procurement plans into floor plans, plan-o-grams and directives for 20 nationwide retail stores with combined annual sales of 67 million dollars
• Accountable for the direction and planning of nationwide new store openings
• Responsible for the visual presentation of the Houston and metropolitan areas (accountable for 40% of total annual company sales)
• Assisted Director of Merchandising in several nationwide store openings
• Conducted many nationwide merchandising and marketing clinics
• Created visual displays for advertisements such as car dealerships and newspaper ads