
Property Management Frame Breakers
The Property Management Frame Breakers podcast is about showcasing the innovators who are reshaping property management. It profiles leaders who have "broken the frame" by rethinking traditional practices and excelling with bold, unconventional strategies.
Property Management Frame Breakers
Ep 50 | He Bought A PMC, Doubled It, Sold To Poplar, & Built Tech For Them- Lesson's From Michael Lee's Epic Rise
What happens when a burned-out Groupon product leader buys a dusty 300-door portfolio, doubles it to 600, then helps Poplar Homes rocket from 2,000 to 15,000 doors with technology?
In this Property Management Frame Breakers episode, tech-turned-PM veteran Michael Lee joins Pablo Gonzalez to prove AI isn’t a buzzword, it’s the lever that crushes the 600-door ceiling and pushes margins toward 50 %.
You’ll learn
⚙️ How tech can triple door capacity with zero new hires
📉 The cash-flow cliff between 600 and 1,000 doors
💾 Why tenant/owner data is your hidden goldmine
🌍 How two staffers can command a 2,000-door
Michael puts it simply: “Get off your butts and start implementing… or get bought on the cheap.”
🎧 Listen now and see why AI is the practical tool that can dramatically boost efficiency and profitability.
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Chapters:
00:18:00 Two Decades in Dell, Intuit & Hyper-Growth Groupon
00:36:00 Burnout Flight to Seattle: Buying a Paper-Stack PM Shop
00:54:00 Digitise, Automate, Double: 300 → 600 Doors on AppFolio
01:12:00 The 600-Door Wall & Big-Player Courtship
01:30:00 Poplar Homes Blitz: 2 K → 15 K Doors, 40 % Churn Reality
01:48:00 Building In-House Tech vs. Franken-Stack Headaches
02:06:00 From Offshoring to AI & Data Profit
02:24:00 Hyper-Local, Lean Future + The AI Imperative