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Business Consulting for Real Estate Association
"The team thinks outside the box, gives us recommendations, and makes us look at things from a different perspective."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the executive officer at REIBC, which is a member-based organization for people who work in real estate. We have realtors, appraisals, tax consultants, developers, property managers, and more.
What challenge were you trying to address with Insight Specialty Consulting?
We needed business consultation services.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Insight Specialty Consulting does consultations and helps us with different processes. They deal with chapters throughout the province, and they’re able to facilitate and lead us through a discussion that gets us to the final output.
What is the team composition?
Our main point of contact is Mandy (Principal). However, our board usually gets involved, so in total there are 13 people working on the project; 12 board members and me.
How did you come to work with Insight Specialty Consulting?
Mandy is a member of our organization, and she understands who our company is. When she started Insight Specialty Consulting, I knew she was a project manager, but I wasn’t sure what she did. We put out an RFP and she had the best response. She drew us to the realization that she’d be able to lead us through what we needed.
In addition, we both have a RI designation, which is a symbol of quality real estate knowledge, experience, and professionalism.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent $6,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We worked together in September 2015. Nevertheless, I still reach out to Mandy very often to have a conversation and get a different perspective.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We had good conversations before the project started, so Mandy totally understood what we were trying to accomplish. Mandy is an intelligent person and it’s refreshing to have someone who you can speak to and get what you need. It’s hard to bring someone in from the outside who doesn’t know us as well as she does.
How did Insight Specialty Consulting perform from a project management standpoint?
Insight Specialty Consulting performs extremely well for project management. The communication is always open and honest. Mandy is able to ask very pointed questions that we have or haven’t thought about, and she understands the processes.
She's very clear about being respectful towards one another and is very upfront about that. When things get heated, Mandy calms it back down, which is a great project manager skill. We appreciate it because the entire board can be emotional sometimes.
Mandy is knowledgeable, and she’s able to determine things from a very logical perspective. She can see what’s happening with governance and where we aren’t engaging our members. She’s also very methodical and down-to-earth. I’ve heard from others that she easily adapts to where and what she needs to do.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Mandy’s knowledge and education stand out; she has her Masters and is working on her Ph.D. The team thinks outside the box, gives us recommendations, and makes us look at things from a different perspective — Mandy really impresses me.
Are there any areas they could improve?
There’s nothing Insight Specialty Consulting could improve on. The reports that come out are good, along with the information. I’m totally satisfied and there’s nothing I can complain about.
Any advice for potential customers?
Be upfront and honest; tell Insight Specialty Consulting what you need.
Insight Specialty Consulting garners overwhelming praise for their knowledge. They facilitate an outstanding project management process and surpass the client’s expectations. Moreover, the team communicates well with their clients and is transparent.