Danut J Spatarau / Professional Portfolio

DANUT J SPATARU /PROPERTY MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE




ARTIFACT
is a property landlord in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. At the end of 2025 the company owned a combined twenty small properties including residential and commercial buildings, parking spaces, and had several new developments underway.


For two and half years I managed the full-spectrum of operations for nine residential/commercial properties using Buildium resident managing platform.

SELECTED RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Oversaw occupancy and leasing operations for residential units.

  • Advertised available residential units on StreetEasy and commercial spaces on Craiglist and Facebook Marketplace.

  • Updated the company's website with available and upcoming units (SquareSpace).

  • Sent out weekly email blasts to the company's contact list so all associated brokers will know what apartments are available ans schedile their own tours.

  • Scheduled Open Houses.

  • Conducted apartment tours and hosted open houses.

  • Held recorded video orientations with new tenants prior to their moving in.

  • Managed key distribution to tenants (before move-ins) and collection at move-out time.

  • Wrote welcome letters and building regulation packages for tenants.

  • Coordinated all move-ins and move-outs.

  • Created monthly rent roll and lease renewal reports.

  • Sent out 90-day, 60-day and 30-day lease renewal offers.

  • Monitored monthly the rent/lease payment status from all tenants and sent out reminder notification where needed.

  • Inspected apartments and scheduled the workflows of cleaners, painters and maintenance/repair teams.

  • Responded to communications from prospective tenants.

  • Collected applications and supporting documentation from prospective tenants (financials, tenant IDs, etc).

  • Created, maintained and filed leases.

  • Worked with TheGuarantors and Insurent where tenants needed financial support.

  • Worked with several New York City' housing and rental departments such as HUD, Violations office, The Lottery and iAfford special rental programs, Section 8 regulations.

  • Handled all communications with residential and commercial tenants, including maintenance requests through Buildium and documentation such as leases, insurance certificates, and identification records.

  • Managed all internal and external communications across company stakeholders and associated support service providers.

  • Scheduled and conducted apartment tours, inspections, and (when brokers were not available) tours of other commercial properties owned by Artifact.

  • Created and maintained operating documents and procedural spreadsheets including move-in/out trackers, key inventories.

  • Filed all digital transactions using Google Sheets, Docs, Drive, Airtable, and Box.

  • Managed building access codes for members and tenants via ButterflyMX and Latch systems.

  • Monitored cleaning and maintenance teams' calendars, task progress, and performance.

  • Ordered and tracked cleaning supplies, managed equipment inventory, and maintained vendor relationships.

  • Monitored security cameras for all buildings and worked with the NYPD when video footage was required.

  • Facilitated communication between Artifact's internal departments, management, other brokers, and customers to maintain workflow continuity.

  • Scheduled appointments and property showings for brokers and prospective tenants on behalf of company owners.