Thursday, June 25, 2020

My First Blog

Welcome To My First Blog

Welcome to the launch of the new and improved Sandy Bay Apartments website and my first blog post! My name is Mauri, manager and decorator of furnished apartments in Norfolk, VA. I’m excited to share with you what furnished apartments has to offer anyone looking for temporary housing. I wanted to start by telling you why I created this blog, what you will be seeing more of in my posts, and my overall experience of being in the corporate housing industry.

Why I started my blog

I’ve been managing corporate apartments (furnished apartments) for 15 years and have structurally remodeled, cosmetically redecorated and furnished entire apartments numerous times. Many of my friends are impressed with my knowledge of the industry and have asked me “Why don’t you start a blog?!” and up until a few weeks ago I didn’t truly know what a “blog” was. I didn’t know about blog links, I never understood why people wrote blogs. I just thought it was something writers did with their spare time. I’m not a writer by any stretch of the imagination. However, after doing some research and making friends with a few bloggers along the way, I have decided I have a wealth of knowledge to share and someone may be interested in the ins and outs of this recession proof furnished apartment business.

What you will be seeing more of in my posts

Furnished apartments in Norfolk, VA will obviously be the main topic of my blog, but get ready because you will be seeing much more than just decorating, painting and renting apartments. I’m going to talk about a mixture of my whole experience in the industry, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I’m going to write about travel nurses coming to Norfolk, military housing in Norfolk, what to look for in furnished apartments, how to get started in the corporate housing industry, why professions rent furnished apartments, a whole hosts of topics centered on providing furnished apartments in a beach community in Norfolk Virginia and a mixture of lifestyles including renting furnished apartment versus buying a house. Writing has never been a strong suite of mine and I will tell you, I’m not an expert at this, but as I talked to people, many tell me I should put pen to paper, so here I go. I’m expecting there to be a lot of trial and error along the way so please bear with me on writing style and any grammar/spelling mistakes. However, please feel free to always share your advice and thoughts with me along the way!

Total experience

After deciding to go online I realized it was not as simply as putting up a web site. That’s just the start; there is the web site Sandy Bay Apartments, there are the facebook pages, a personal page and a business facebook page. There are other social media outlets I have yet to incorporate like twitter, snapchat, and linkedIn and the blog. I decided to tackle blogging first. Being inspired to start my blog, I wanted to act fast. This is not an easy task people. Not only did I want to start a blog, and share what this business is all about, I was ready to totally reinvent my brand and website which I initially created in my basement. I’m excited about all this blogging stuff so let’s get to it.