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Millennium Property Management
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 Kris
Deschamps takes advantage of her time away from work to enjoy the
opportunities of a western Montana lifestyle. Deschamps regularly
competes with her horses in reigning cow horse competitions
throughout the area. Having horses on a working ranch allows
Deschamps and her two young children, Gus (8) and Brianna (5), to
spend plenty of time outside enjoying the splendor of the valley.
She is passionate about taking the time for her family and herself
saying that, “I leave work behind at the end of the day so I can
enjoy my time at home”.
Deschamps quite literally stumbled into her opportunity to own and
run her own business. Her husband Bryan had returned to the
University of Montana working towards a business administration
degree and was not working at the time that she found out her
department at Shelter West was being closed. With Deschamps
providing the only income at the time she was not eager to lose a
job and venture out on her own. “I thought there is no way I can run
my own business,” she states, adding, “it was easy to tell my
husband to be confident and pursue his education, but not easy to
convince myself that I could make this work.” By “this” Deschamps
means Millennium Property Management the company she founded in
January 2001. She was able to take the eleven properties she was
currently managing through Shelter West and start her own business.
The transition was a natural one for Deschamps as she has a friendly
and caring personality that helps to place people at ease with what
she does as a property manager. If anything she has to warn
prospective property owners that she will be soon treating their
buildings as if they were her own. This level of care and commitment
has seen her company grow to its current level with 28 properties
that she is managing.
“I have an amazing staff that assists me in making this work”,
Deschamps says, “I also have amazing property owners who care about
their buildings”. It is an important element that she stresses, the
fact that she wants to work with people whose goals are to
successfully run and maintain their investments.
Property management services can take on a variety of options.
Millennium offers a range of services from simple agreements to
maintain a building, up to full service that includes paying bills,
collecting rents, arranging tenants, and keeping the property
looking great. “Once a business owner understands what a property
manager can do for them it is generally an easy decision for them to
sign on,” Deschamps states. The key to what she does is taking the
emotions out of caring for your property. The decisions Deschamps
makes reflect sound business sense not emotional appeal. What that
translates into is her ability to get a property to make more money
for the owner. While doing that she is also removing some of the
headache from owning a building.
The strong commitment to making properties a success and a high
level of caring for the owners best interests has allowed Kris
Deschamps and Millennium Property Management to succeed well beyond
what Deschamps could have envisioned back in January 2001.
Millennium Property Management is located at 201 West Main, Suite
101 in beautiful downtown Missoula. Their phone number is 541-MGMT. |
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