I have to agree that EPMS apartment shops are probably going to discourage newbies. Until a shopper gets into the swing of recalling minute details of the layouts of both the apartments seen and the leasing office and the path traveled between them, as well as of the descriptions of the leasing agent(s), that is a real killer of a report. Shoppers who want to do those will do well to do several less challenging apartment shops as practice to develop their "shopper memory bank" before doing EPMS apartments.
One tip: for the very detailed reports, I learned that I could "fix" some apartment details in memory just by saying to the LA things like, "Oh, that's handy; the half bath being to the right of the entry hall and the coat closet on the left." Or, "I really like the contrast between the black cabinets and the gray counter tops and floors." Then, of course, we all walk out of shops mumbling things like, "Male, 6', 35-45, collar length brown hair, black slacks, green shirt, blue tie."
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
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