P.VINOD KUMAR

P.VINOD KUMAR

Entrepreneur & Engineer.

Email          : pvkindia@gmail.com

H. Ph          : + 91 96000 76933

Viber           : +91  96000 76933

Skype          : junctionchennai

Landline     : +91 44 4385 6316 / +91 938 106 1000

LinkedIn     : https://in.linkedin.com/in/vinod-kumar-p-49442731

Blog            : vinontheweb.blogspot.in

Permanent Address        :         No.42, Choudry Nagar Main Road, Majestic

Colony, Valasaravakkam, Chennai – 87. INDIA

Summary :

I am  an -

Entrepreneur / Engineer  with exposure & experience in machinery, consultancy, retail, consumer products & services. 

I am a -

Competent  communicator/  negotiator, with a friendly demeanour. I am an inspirational leader & team player.

I crave -

Quality of service, customer satisfaction, honesty, faith in GOD.

I enjoy –

Shuttle badminton, jogging, a nice novel, curd rice, Rajinikanth films.

I care for –

The environment.

I value –

My friendships

I expect –

Faith, trust, confidence in me, freedom to work, open discussions about contentious issues, long term commitments . . . .

Current Focus Areas – Property Management, Consumer Products.

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Top 10 Qualities for a Property Manager

Property Management can make or break you when investing in rental properties. They are a vital piece to making sure your rental property performs and their results have direct impact to your profits. Many landlords fail to ignore how important the relationship is with their property manager (PM). Be sure to properly screen and interview all PMs before selecting who you will work with.

Here are the top 10 qualities I look for in a property management company to handle my properties:

1) Communication

• Communication may actually very well be the most important out of these. The way your PM handles the communication with you is what you can expect how they will handle the communication with your tenants.  When you call them, someone needs to answer.  You don’t want to have to leave voice mails.  If I send an email to contact my PM I expect a response no more then a few hours after initial contact. Even if they don’t have an answer or solution for whatever you need, it will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside when you know your PM is aware of the situation and handling it.

2) Experience

• The amount of years your PM has in the real estate industry specifically renting/leasing also plays a very important part. You want your PM to understand every nook and cranny about the geographical area you are investing in. This knowledge comes in handy for determining rents, rent increases, tenant base and efficiency in handling any situation that may arise. In other words, you want Yoda as your Property Manager, not a young Padawan.

3) Adequate staffing

• The amount of employees the PM has based on the amount of doors they manage should be a decent ratio. You don’t want one PM handling 100 doors. That is too many and the quality and effectiveness will show. This will only lead to disaster. Its like when you walk in a home depot and there are only 5 employees each of them with a line forming so people can ask them questions about where to find something. You don’t want that. You want the Apple store where there are plenty of employees and all offering awesome advice even for stuff that has nothing to do with Apple products.

4) Previous experience with evicting a tenant

•  This one is important, if  hits the fan, then you want a PM that knows exactly what to do and in the fastest way possible. Ask them how many tenants they have had to evict? This number should not be high though, if its high then they are probably not screening tenants properly. All relevant to the amount of doors they manage of course. Ask them how long the eviction process takes and how much it will cost. That way you wont be surprised if it ever comes down to it. In other words, you want Judge Judy on your side for this one. Quick, to the point, and ruthless.

5) Good documents

• Any by documents I mean contracts people. Ask to review a copy of the actual lease agreement they use. Make sure this is detailed and covers your needs. Not just the lease agreement but also review the contract between you and the property manager. Read this over and make sure there are no surprises. If you ever need to fire your PM because they suck horribly then you dont want to have to find out you are locked in for X amount of time because of what you signed. You need to CYA on this.

6) Awesome Software

• These days, there is no reason why any company should not be using great software. There are plenty of good property management software applications out there. A good software program will allow the tenant to login, make online payments, submit repairs and/or maintenance and view history. On the flip side, the landlord/owner should be able to login to the software to view reports, history, approve repairs/maintenance and also submit inquiries. Doesn’t all that sound awesome? I love being able to log in to a PM portal and look at some cool reports that tell me how much money I’m making.  In other words, its like picking the best search engine, you want to be using Google as your search engine, not AOL.  AOL I don’t even think exists anymore cause they SUCK!

7) Good Fees

• Make sure they not charging an arm or a leg for their services. 10% of rent per month is about normal. Signing new tenants is usually 75% – 100% of the rent amount. Late fees should be your money, not theirs. Doing a simple re-lease should cost anywhere from a little iddy biddy bit to nothing. It doesn’t take hardly any work for a PM to do a re-lease so you should not get gouged in the eye with a fee for this. You want your everyday big chain grocery store prices here folks, not Whole Foods prices.

8) Ability to provide references

• If you are going into business with anyone it is acceptable to ask for business references. If the PM is any good, they should have no problem providing one to two references of other actual investors that are currently using them. If they don’t have any, then chances are high it’s because they SUCK! Pass!

9) Electronic payments

• Unless you were born before 1970 ;), I don’t see why anyone in the world should be using checks to collect rent or to send you your rent income. Make sure your PM does this and prefers this payment method. There are many out there that do not do this still. Life is so much easier when its electronic.

10) Awesome Tenant Screening

• Last but certainly not least is the PMs ability to do proper screening on potential tenants. Make sure to ask for what specific criteria they use. In an ideal world the PM should be doing income verification, credit check, eviction check, background check and payment history check from the previous landlord/PM. And obviously all those should be good. The goal of course is to find the perfect tenant. Which is probably impossible to find but being able to read all the outcomes of all the checks performed and properly select the best available tenant is HUGE!

I visibly imagine myself being an entrepreneur

If you’ve ever read Napoleon Hill’s famous Think and Grow Rich, then you’re familiar with the concept of setting your “chief aim.” As Hill explains it, your chief aim is your intention. It’s where you want to go. It’s what you want to build. It’s who you want to be. He underscores the importance of planting it firmly in your mind -- going so far as to write down your chief aim, and then say it out loud every morning and every night until it manifests itself in your reality.

Obviously, reciting a bunch of words from a page isn’t going to turn you into a multi-millionaire overnight. That’s not its purpose. The reason Hill encourages aspirational individuals to write down their chief aim and to remind themselves of it daily is to provide clarity. Clarity paired with extremely focused work ethic is the true recipe for success.

Other successful people use variations of this approach. Kevin Harrington is a serial entrepreneur and best known for inventing “the infomercial.” He has sold billions in products and been a judge on Shark Tank. In a recent interview, Harrington explained that he largely attributes his success to a simple quote which inspires him to take a positive approach to life.

“I have a saying that I live by, and it goes like this," he said. "'Whatever you visibly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and, most of all, enthusiastically act upon, it must inevitably come to pass.'"
This is a quote originally from the late Paul J. Meyer, an author and global authority on goal setting, motivation, time management and personal and professional development.

“I visibly imagine myself being an entrepreneur -- and have been since I was 15 years old, sealing driveways for extra money," Harrington said. "I ardently desire being an entrepreneur. I sincerely believe I will be an entrepreneur. Now, a lot of people say those same things, but do you know where they fall down? They don’t enthusiastically act upon becoming an entrepreneur, and that’s what I did, every single day.”

This speaks to a much bigger lesson about what it truly takes to manifest your reality and ultimately build whatever it is you want to build. It doesn’t happen immediately -- nor should it. You first must face obstacles and learn lessons. You must embrace your challenge with persistence, focus, discipline and enthusiasm.

"I do 100 events a year,” Harrington said. “And I know I don’t need to do them, but I want to do them. I want to continue approaching entrepreneurship with excitement. I want to continue stretching my curiosity muscles. I want to continue improving, because that’s what it’s all about. It’s about the process, and the love of the business.”

To adopt this mindset, the next time things aren’t going your way, ask yourself: Can I imagine my goal?; Do I sincerely believe I can make it happen?; and, most of all, am I enthusiastically acting upon my ambitions every single day?

If you answer "yes" to all three, then be patient. Remember, “It must inevitably come to pass.” If it worked for Harrington and Hill, maybe it will work for you, too.

WINNER TAKES ALL....

A yank has analysed Modi spot on. Worth reading. A bit long.
Forwarded as received
An American Bakt??
..... Jason K

As an American and a self confessed Indophile, I had a lot of insights I gleaned while traversing the length and breadth of the country. Incidentally I take care of funded projects and this exposes me to a interactions with the poor and ultra poor of the country. Hopefully I will debunk a few myths about India, which my North American colleagues should know, along with some Indians who will hopefully read this post:

1. Like it or leave it, the hinterland of India is firmly behind Modi. They don't give a rat's ass if you call them his followers, or "bakts" as I have heard. For the first time they have a leader and a party that has gone through almost 3 years without a single financial scam against their name. For a country used to spectacular monetary frauds and a silent PM who took plausible deniability to laughable proportions, this is a great and welcome change 

2. Muslim don't hate Modi. Educated intelligent non Muslims (read Hindus) hate him more! Simply because he has hijacked their agenda and has started influencing public opinion more than carefully crafted editorials or freebies doled out during elections. Armchair experts who discussed Indian politics over the ubiquitous cup of 'chai' are being given a nice proverbial kick on their rounded rumps. The man is shaping opinions and this isn't being liked by sections of the media who were interestingly the same set of people who are still smarting from Brexit and our own Trump presidency.

3. The only issue that Indians seem to have against Modi is the specter of the riots that he had apparently engineered as the Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat. Which in itself seems weird, since their own Supreme Court has absolved him of any wrongdoings ! But a section of media and over zealous continue to fashionably pursue his censure. Incidentally they went after him for a so called fake encounter where a lady was killed, only to eat their words when the lady was lauded later as one of their own on the Al Qaeda website ! Haven't heard anything from his detractors on this point after that...

4. I get a sense that a lot of Indians consider it a status symbol to oppose Modi, as it makes them appear intellectual and secular. Case in point was the CM of Delhi (along with a lot of intellectuals) who questioned his educational qualifications. But again went completely silent when he was exonerated by the University that confirmed their authenticity. It's the worst kind of 'spit and run' politics that you can imagine. People will keep spitting and hope that something sticks. Specially because no one can find one thing against this man which will get validated 

5. Public memory in India is notoriously short in India. The 1984 carnage in which the martial sect of Sikhs were mercilessly slaughtered has been forgotten by the state of Punjab, which has today booted out the Akali Dal and brought in the Congress. I see that not only as an example of short memory, but also as a positive and mature sign, as a very corrupt incumbent party was thrown out. But then if this is being welcomed by a lot of intellectuals, why is a section of polity so perturbed by the BJP getting substantial Muslim votes in UP? Just like how the Sikhs have forgiven the Congress, maybe the Muslims have forgiven the BJP! Mind boggling double standards... Like the Sikhs, why can't Muslims also want good governance and development? 

6. As the third largest economy in PPP terms, India stunned the world by pulling out 86% of its currency that was in circulation. While it is still debatable whether it was a good move (as an Economics major, am not completely convinced), the country seems to lap it up. My sense is not whether it was a good or a bad move; it was a VISIBLE move, which when you analyze with the BJPs track record of no scams, seems to make Modi even more credible. 

7. Where Modi lost the trick (in my opinion) is when he promised to put in a couple of million rupees in the accounts of the poor and underprivileged. And his promise of better days. That has backfired and seems to have given fodder to a lot of Indians who were expecting him to work miracles. And am not surprised. Since I do know that in the land of spiritual enlightenment, miracles are often expected and taken for granted.
Finally, I know after what we did (remember Trump as POTUS), me as an American may get laughed off by a lot of intelligent and secular Indians for my opinion. But I will still risk it.

Give the man a chance ! He is doing the right thing and has balls and guts and spine. The man did an open truck rally in the holy city of Kashi, for Christ's sake ! Try walking in those bylanes (I speak from experience) to know how massively mental it really is. I had a memory of JFK in Dallas. One crazy sniper would have plunged your country into chaos. Be happy that it didn't happen. And hope that it never does. Who knows it better than us Yanks, as we have had the maximum assassinations or attempts on our serving Presidents.
Stop being fashionable and ridiculing those who support him. You may think it is cool to do so, but the joke is on you. Most of the country loves him. So while you could agree to disagree with his policies, what you don't realize is that ridiculing his supporters only makes them more supportive. It's just like how Android users ridiculed IOS as the worlds worst 'closed software'. But the moment they opened their eyes to what the iPhone could really do, they changed not only their opinion, but also their handsets

Do you realize that when you speak to Modi detractors, they completely lose their ability to be objective about their opinions? I have yet to come across a single detractor who is open to looking at Modi objectively and probably moving to the other side. However there are many Modi supporters who I know have criticized his policies and probably changed their allegiance. Makes me thus wonder as to who the real 'bakts' are? The ones who follow Modi or the ones who debunk anything and everything that he does?
There seems to be no spirit of bipartisan acceptance at all. It was shocking that even the army surgical strikes were debunked by a few political parties in India. Sorry folks, we know we have Trump, but even the most uneducated American would stand behind any President when it came to my country. When you start questioning the credibility of your own armed forces, there is something something seriously seriously wrong with you. The star spangled banner is the supreme authority in the US of A and the tricolor should definitely be theirs. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case in India

I know America won't be great again, simply because we are a great nation and will remain so. Trump will be gone in 4 years but Modi seems set to rule India for 5 years beyond 2019. Consider it your greatest fortune. Imagine a few more years of scams and a silent PM who couldn't translate his extra ordinary brilliance and credentials into what could have been in my opinion the greatest prime ministership of all time. Mr Singh has a resume that could be the aggregation of academic achievements of 10 to the top of class Harvard graduates in any year ! Do read up about this extraordinary individual and the extraordinary and unbelievable set of scams that he presided over. Not because of his ineptitude, but the mind numbing control exercised by a dynasty who are now unwittingly destroying their grand old party.
Sorry if this sounds like a diatribe, but I love India and all it's people. It takes one look at Dr Shashi Tharoor's speech at Oxford to realize that it's not India Shining or developing. India is simply now regaining its rightful place in the world pecking order. And if you want to continue steaming ahead and getting there, the 'chai' seller of Gujarat seems to be your best bet. And God save you if you need a general election to choose him over the buffoon (sorry) who goes by the name of Rahul Gandhi.

10 countries where Indians don't need visa to travel

Bhutan

Bhutan is also called the land of happiness. Lucky for Indians as we do not require a visa to visit this country. Take a short flight or hit the road and be mesmerised by the beauty you see en route Bhutan starting from Himalayan ranges to beautiful monastries. You should visit Bhutan to see the majestic view of the valley.

Cambodia

Home to the world famous Angkor Wat, Cambodia offers Indian citizens visa on arrival for up to 30 days. The UNESCO World Heritage site of Angkor Wat is the country's most popular tourist attraction. You should also check out the floating villages of Tonle Sap. Definitely makes a fun vacation!

Maldives

Honeymooners' preferred destination, Maldives is a land of white sand beaches, blue lagoons, and coral reefs. But the best part is, it grants free visa on arrival to Indians for up to 30 days. Just get your proof of stay and bank account details and you can do the rest of the stay.

Macau

For party animals and shopaholics, Macau is a great destination to visit thanks to the number of casinos and malls it has. It is in fact termed the Las Vegas of Asia for this very reason. One of the world's richest countries, Macau allows entry to Indians without visa.

Mauritius 

 Mauritius offers some of the best sights in the world. To truly discover the beauty of Mauritius on your vacation, make sure to not just see the white sand beaches, but the island is also home to rainforests, waterfalls, hiking trails and ample wildlife. When in Mauritius, don't forget to try their scrumptious seafood. Visa on arrival for the win!

Seychelles 

It's home to numerous beaches, coral reefs and nature reserves. Here, they offer a 'visitor's permit', which basically means you can stay here for a whole three months, as long as you have the return ticket. Not a bad deal, considering the lovely, lazy beaches they have in store.

Thailand

Here, you have several options to indulge from shopping to exploring the numerous caves and islands, wading in the clearest blue water, it's all as easy as a visa on arrival makes it. With the number of Indian tourists there increasing every year, it's undeniably fun place to visit.

Indonesia

Indonesia is known for its beaches, volcanoes, Komodo dragons and jungles sheltering elephants, orangutans and tigers. It has a visa on arrival facility. The package seems quite lucrative!

Fiji

If you love the sun, sand, beaches and a relaxing holiday, plan a trip to Fiji. With over 300 islands, this country boasts itself as a place where you are sure to find happiness. Luckily, Indians do not require a visa to visit Fiji. With low cocktails prices and visa on arrival for Indians to boot, this place is an all time favourite.

Nepal

This is one country that does not even require your passport to cross its borders. Indians can enter Nepal with any photo identity card issued by the government. Nepal is a beautiful place sorrounded by monastries, mountains and forests. You can also go to Nepal by road. Surely, Nepal is a holiday destination you shouldn't miss.