Property Management Success
Welcome to Property Management Success, where host Tony Cline, a seasoned expert with over 20 years of experience, takes you on a journey to elevate your property management business. Whether you’re looking to scale, increase profitability, or refine your operations, Tony and his guests will provide actionable insights and strategies to help you build championship teams and hall of fame companies.
Tune in to discover how to:
* Boost your income and maximize your company’s profitability
* Streamline operations for greater efficiency
* Cultivate a winning team that drives growth
* Create a business that works for you and not the other way around
* And much more!
Each episode offers a wealth of knowledge from industry leaders, real-world case studies, and proven techniques to help you close more doors and create a thriving property management business.
Episodes
101 episodes
The 100th Rep: The Championship Formula & Big Announcement! - with Mark Brower
We celebrate our 100th episode and welcome Mark Brower as a new coach on the ONYX Property Management Coaching team while digging into what actually creates lasting growth. We share why small improvements compound, why most owners get trapped i...
From 0 to 240 - Achieving the Impossible - with Tony Cline
We share how a brutal health breakdown turns into a two decade-long lesson in habits, tracking, and grit that translates directly to building a stronger property management business. We connect marathons, DNFs, and a 240-mile finish line to pra...
Practical AI For Property Managers Without The Hype - with Clay Lehman
We catch up with Clay Lehman on how he scaled a property management company to hundreds of doors, sold it, and rebuilt his focus around practical AI that gives real estate pros real time back. We dig into tech stack discipline, eliminate-automa...
How Property Managers Cut Client Acquisition Costs With AI and Better SEO - with Lacey Hendricks and Alex Zweydoff
We talk with Lacey Hendricks and Alex Zweydoff from ClearLead Digital about turning a property management website into a measurable owner lead engine. We break down what it takes to stand out, track real ROI, and stay findable as discovery shif...
How Honest Leaders Build Stronger Property Management Businesses - with Mark Brower
We talk about why leadership feels lonely and how honesty, humility, and clear goals create the fastest path to real growth. We connect endurance training lessons to property management leadership so you can build better habits, stronger system...
Culture Is Destiny: Building Championship Property Management Teams - with Andrew Smallwood
We sit down with Andrew Smallwood of Second Nature to unpack how culture becomes destiny, why win-win isn’t enough in property management, and how to turn today’s “triple squeeze” into durable growth with resident-first design and values that l...
Redefining Freedom: How Delegation, EOS, And The Championship Formula Transformed a 400-Unit Company - with Jared Kott
What if your growth bottleneck isn’t the market, but your operating system? We sit down with Jared Kott of Marblestone Property Group to unpack how a Chicago South Side firm turned C-class complexity into a durable advantage by rewriting the ru...
Scaling Property Management The Smart Way - with Steve Hart
We trade war stories and strategies with PMI co-founder Steve Hart on building a premier, data-driven franchise platform that helps property managers scale with five distinct pillars and community support. We explore AI’s impact, acquisitions, ...
Pickle Juice, Imposter Syndrome, And Infinite Worth - with Mark Brower
We trade the myth of looking like a finisher for the reality of becoming one, moving from fixed labels to growth identities that can bear discomfort and multiply value. We get honest about fear, faith, and the choice to be content yet unsatisfi...
How To Buy A Property Management Company (And Win) - with Stacey Salyer
We dig into how to scale a property management company through acquisitions without burning trust, culture, or cash. Stacey shares a field-tested framework for sourcing sellers, negotiating fair terms, and leading clean transitions that protect...
How To Scale From 0 to 1,000 Doors - with Casey Howe
We trace Casey Howe’s climb from zero to nearly a thousand doors, the painful but smart decision to cut 325 low-margin units, and the systems that let him step into a true visionary role. We share concrete tactics on ideal clients, empowered te...
Why Who You Become Decides What You Achieve - with Mark Brower
We break down how setbacks, identity, and small habits create momentum you can trust. From finish-line heartbreak to aid-station grit, we show how outcome, system, and identity align to build a profitable, resilient property management business...
How to Grow A Portfolio By Asking Better Questions - with Joe Massey
We share a practical playbook for turning current owners into lifelong investors by leading with goals, not fees. Joe Massey breaks down the four returns of real estate, smart loan options, and simple systems that let teams scale outreach and e...
Stop Selling Services And Start Making Money - with Kyle Renz
We map a practical path to growth by pairing automated five-star reviews with bold, outcome-driven offers that reach the 80 percent of landlords who never search for property management. We explain how to fix foundations, craft guarantees, and ...
Stop Doing $10 Tasks And Start Leading Your Business To $1,000 Outcomes - with Mark Brower
We unpack the Systems Conference, the pros and cons of its intimate format, and why owners must guard against getting pulled into ten-dollar tasks. We map real growth math, define what true differentiation looks like, and show when to shift fro...
Why Chasing Door Count Can Tank Your Profits - with Taylor Hou
We challenge the door-count obsession and get honest about profit, overhead, and trust accounting. Taylor shares hard-won lessons from stabilizing acquisitions, launching FYXED to finance turns fast, and building flexible rent that boosts recur...
Smart Fees and Strong Teams: Profit Beats Door Count - with Alex Yoder
We unpack how profit per door, not portfolio size, drives real success, and why the nation's legislative swing is reshaping the way smart operators price, staff, and educate. Alex Yoder shares practical fee structures, compliance strategy, and ...
How A 100-Door Company Quietly Took Over 900 Doors And Kept Clients Happy - with Darus Trutna
We unpack how a 100-door company quietly absorbed a 900-door competitor, kept churn low with continuity, and then modernized operations fast behind the scenes. We also dig into remote leadership, stack minimalism, and where AI truly helps prope...
Building A Profitable, Low-Drama Property Management Company - with Bob Abbott
We trace Bob’s journey from flipping houses to building a 300-door, low-drama property management company powered by policies, SOPs, and a separate maintenance engine. Along the way, we connect systems to personal freedom, from e-foils to a 54-...
Profit Follows: Pick Your Strengths, Outsource The Rest - with Jonathan Cook
We trace a hard-won path from low-rent grind and manual errors to a durable property management business built on investor thinking, realtor referrals, and spotless trust accounting. Jonathan Cook shares practical steps, from BD playbooks to ou...
Consistency Over Occasional Greatness - with Mark Brower
We trade resolutions for commitments and show how consistency, coaching, and community turn big goals into practical steps in both ultrarunning and property management. Freedom becomes the target: build systems, delegate the draining work, and ...
He Turned Down 4,000 Units And Still Grew - with Stephen Glover
We explore how Stephen Glover grew Peak Property Management from zero experience to 1,300 doors by reshaping fees around value, hiring experts, and building a culture of responsiveness and ownership. Profit finally arrived when the model matche...
What If Confidence Comes After You Delegate? - with Mark Brower
We explore the leap from doing everything yourself to empowering a COO, and how clarity turns vision into results. We also share a practical approach to writing that builds trust with owners: document real work, write to one person, and favor o...
Stop Making Resolutions And Ditch Your Goals. Do This Instead.
We challenge the cult of New Year’s resolutions and show why commitments beat goals when growth, freedom, and consistency matter. Clear standards, daily actions, and simple systems turn property management targets into predictable results.<...
Redesign Your Property Management Business For 2026 And Start Living The Life That You Deserve!
We show how to redesign a property management business so it funds the life you want in 2026 without a painful rebuild. We map role clarity, real delegation, process pruning, and KPIs so you move from operator to owner with confidence.•...