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Working Your Asphalt Off

In this week’s MOBLZ podcast, Eric Garrison and Becky Hanner discuss how to turn something seemingly mundane, such as an asphalt parking lot, into something that draws people in and makes the property you manage the happening place.

Streaming to productivity. How can music improve work performance?

As a property manager you would love to be able to keep your tenants in their happy places. Studies have shown when you hear a song you like that the brain releases dopamine, a chemical that has a positive effect on mood. A great tune can also reduce stress or anxiety and improve memory.

Food4Heroes by MOBLZ

MOBLZ is delighted to announce a new charity partner and wonderful new initiative just in time for #GivingTuesday. Food4Heroes plans to help reward thousands of front-line healthcare and first responders with fresh, hot food truck meals.

Small Business Saturday

To support some of our local small businesses who took part in a Christmas Bazaar at one of our Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina properties this week, we invite you to help us continue to spread the love for these business owners by shopping with them online. You can share a little bit of the North Carolina entrepreneurial spirit no matter where you live and work.

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

Spotlight on Women-Owned Businesses. We wanted to take a few minutes to recognize some of our local female-owned mobile vendors. Please make a point to support your locally-owned women’s businesses this Friday to support female entrepreneurism.

Spotlight on Veteran-owned Businesses

In recognition of Veterans Day, MOBLZ would like to take this opportunity to spotlight some local Veteran-owned mobile businesses in our area. Seek out a Veteran-owned business in your area by searching online for something like “veteran owned food truck (your city)” or using VeteranOwnedBusiness.com, and support them tomorrow. Make sure you wish them a happy Veterans Day and thank them for the great service they provided to our country!

Alertz - The MOBLZ Announcement System

As property managers, we have a lot of responsibilities – particularly around doing what we can to keep our tenants safe and informed. What do you do? How are you going to contact all of your tenants to let them know of a potential problem? Should everyone work remotely this morning?

Mobile Vendor Horror Stories

Go ahead and admit it; you had to go buy another bag of candy because you've already eaten one of the big bags you bought to give to all the little kids! Also, anyone else willing to admit that they actually LIKE candy corn? Anyone? OK, enough talk about candy. Who's ready for some scary stories?

Questions Property Managers Should Ask Before Booking a Mobile Business

As a property manager who is responsible for booking mobile amenities for your property, you may use social media to stay up to date on trends. While checking your explore page you notice one of the new local trucks has gone viral. Once that happens you may be flooded with requests from your tenants to book this truck. Before you make that decision, there are some factors to consider. Below are some questions to ask to help you decide whether to move forward or not.