Situs kickoff: run of show

Gera's script for Friday's call: what to say, what to get, what to tick off. Goal: leave the call with a clear go for nights and weekends starting Saturday night.

Fri Oct 16 · 11:00 to 12:00 Mountain · Google Meet · Eileen, Hugo, Miriam, Courtney, Beryl, Gera, Fede · ticks save for everyone

The five things you must leave with: staff logged in, the weekend on-call names and numbers, a Situs admin creating Clara's AppFolio user today, Eileen doing Crexendo steps 1 and 2 today, and a time for Saturday's switch-over and test call.

Before the call 10 min

Open 1 min
Starting Saturday night, Clara answers your calls on nights and weekends, instead of MCC. During office hours nothing changes: your team answers like today. Today we'll show you where everything lands, and get the handful of things we need from you to switch it on.
1. What changes, what doesn't 5 min

Walk the phone tree on the plan page.

CallOffice hoursNights and weekends
EmergencyYour team, as todayClara tells them to call 911 if it's dangerous, and rings your on-call chain at the same time
RepairYour team, as todayWork order in AppFolio as tenant requested. Beryl assigns next business day. Clara never sends a vendor.
LeasingYour team, as todayAnswers questions, books showings
Anything elseYour team, as todayTakes a note for your team
Clara replaces MCC at night. Same job, plus she can answer leasing calls and book showings.

If they ask "what if Clara gets it wrong?" Every call is recorded and summarized in Propflow, and we review the first weekend with you at the check-in.

2. Log everyone in, live 10 min

Then tour: where work orders, call notes, recordings and leads show up.

Anything Clara does shows up here, with the recording and a summary. Beryl, this is where you'll see the overnight repairs Monday morning.
3. Phones 10 min
Eileen, you have the steps by email. Steps 1 and 2 are safe any time, nothing changes for callers. Steps 4 and 5 are the actual switch, and we'd like to do those together on Saturday with a test call.

If they ask about the 3-second delay: that's Crexendo's "your call is being forwarded" message. Dani can swap it for a normal ring.
If they ask how to stop it: set the night setting back to what they wrote down in step 1. (Night Mode sends calls to Clara, it doesn't turn her off.)

4. Emergencies 10 min · can't skip
What we loaded (Clara treats these as emergencies):
  • Fire, or smoke
  • Gas leak or gas smell
  • Flooding, a ceiling leak that's flowing or spreading, a pipe leak
  • Sewage backup
  • No heat when it's under 50°F
  • Electrical hazard: sparking, burning smell, exposed wires
  • No water anywhere in the home
  • An outside door or window that won't lock

Anything else a caller calls an emergency: Clara asks what's happening, then decides from this list.

5. AppFolio 5 min · most important ask
We need a user in AppFolio just for Clara: clara+situs@propflowai.co. A Situs admin has to create it. Without it, Saturday's repair calls still get answered and emergencies still ring your on-call, but the work orders won't go into AppFolio, and your team would enter them by hand on Monday.
6. Leasing 5 min
We'll start Clara on Zillow leads only, so she doesn't step on leads your team is already working.
7. Miriam's "never say" list 5 min
Miriam, what should Clara never say or promise? We'll write it down now.
8. Close: go or no-go 5 min

Read this table back to them.

For SaturdayWhoNeeded?
Crexendo steps 1 and 2 today, then 4 and 5 with a test call SaturdayEileenMust
On-call names and numbersEileen / HugoMust or keep stand-ins one weekend
Clara's AppFolio userA Situs adminStrongly preferred
Staff loginsMiriam, Courtney, BerylDone in call
Calendars and lockbox codesLee, Davey / EileenLeasing only
Next step, when you're ready: Clara can sit in front of every call. Your team still answers during the day, and everything gets recorded, so you see the full picture. That's the "first answerer for everything" Hugo mentioned.
After the call same day
PropFlow Docs