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The property management call flow, drawn

Every call to a property manager can be sorted with six questions, asked in the same order every time. Here is the decision tree, the compliance checkpoints that belong on every call, and what to measure once it’s running.

Last updated October 25, 2026

The decision tree

Ask in this order. The first yes decides how the call ends. Safety always comes first, so a gas leak is never mistaken for a question about rent.

The call is answered. The greeting says it’s an AI and that the call is recorded, and the caller says why they’re calling.

1Is anyone in danger? Gas, smoke, fire, a carbon monoxide alarm, sparks, someone trapped.

YesLife safety The safety message you approve first, such as: get out, call 911 or the gas company. Then the call is put through to on-call. Emergency maintenance
2Is it an emergency on your list? Flooding, sewage, no heat in cold weather, no water or power, a door that won’t lock.

YesEmergency Put through to on-call now. No answer in 20 seconds: a message, emailed at once to on-call, a backup and the manager. What counts as an emergency
3Is it a repair?

YesWork order The maintenance questions, then a work order. Urgent ones are emailed to on-call; routine ones get your usual timeline. Maintenance request questions
4Is it someone who wants to rent?

Yes The leasing questions, then a tour booked or a callback. A hot-lead email either way. Leasing call questions
5Is it a resident question your rules answer? Rent, parking, packages, quiet hours.

Yes Answered on the call, from your business rules. Resident calls and callbacks
6Is it an owner, a vendor, or someone asking about a resident?

Yes Owners and vendors: put through, or a message for the right desk. Anyone asking about a resident: no information, and a message offered.

Everything elseA callback message: who called, why, what they were told and when to call back.

The flow, ready to paste into your agent

Paste this into step 9, Business rules, in the 365vox portal. Your agent follows it on every call, in this order.

Change the wording to match your own emergency list and your own desks.

Call flow for Business rules

Ask why the caller is calling, then follow the first rule that fits:
1. Anyone in danger (gas, smoke, fire, a carbon monoxide alarm, sparks, someone trapped): tell them to get out and call 911 or the gas company from outside, then put the call through to on-call.
2. An emergency on our list (flooding, sewage, no heat in cold weather, no water or power, a door that won't lock): put the call through to on-call now.
3. A repair: ask the maintenance questions and create a work order. Give our usual timeline for that kind of repair.
4. Someone who wants to rent: ask the leasing questions and offer a tour.
5. A resident question our rules answer: answer it.
6. An owner or a vendor: put the call through, or take a message for the right desk. Anyone asking about a resident: never confirm who lives where; offer to take a message.
Everything else: take a callback message with the reason, what you told them and the best time to call back.

Compliance checkpoints on every call

Seven moments in a call where a rule applies. They’re built into the flow, so nobody has to remember them at 2 a.m.

Compliance checkpoints in a property management call
Checkpoint	Where in the call	Why
AI and recording notice	The first sentence of the greeting	Callers know who they’re talking to, and the notice is a common way to seek consent in states that need every party’s agreement to record; ask your lawyer whether it’s enough for you. See call recording consent.
Safety first	Before any other question	A gas smell or a carbon monoxide alarm needs action in seconds, not after the unit number.
The same questions for every prospect	Leasing calls	Fair housing: the same words, and nothing about who the caller is.
No information about residents	Any call that asks about a person	Privacy and safety: the same answer for everyone.
No card or bank numbers	Rent and fee questions	Payment details on a recorded call are a security risk. Payments go through your usual channels.
Permission to enter, recorded	Repair calls	Saves a trip. Your written notice rules still apply.
Timelines only from your policy	The end of repair and callback calls	A business can be held to what its agent promises.

What to measure once it’s running

Six numbers that show whether the flow is working, and where to look for each in the 365vox portal.

Call flow measures and where to find them
Measure	What it tells you	Where to find it
Calls by hour and day	When your phone really rings, and whether after hours is worth covering	Analytics
How calls end: tours, work orders, transfers, messages	Whether calls finish with an action or only a message	Calls, from each call’s summary
Transfers nobody picked up	Whether on-call answers, and at what hours	Calls: put through, then a message
Leasing calls with no tour booked	Leads to follow up, and questions your listing doesn’t answer	Calls, and the lead emails
Repeat calls about the same repair	Work orders that are taking too long	Calls, searched by unit
Minutes and cost	What the line costs, per call and per door	Billing

Calls, Analytics and Billing are screens in your 365vox portal.

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Where the flow lives in your agent

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You set all of this yourself in the 365vox portal, on the Customize screen. Everything saves as you type; then you submit, test the agent with a real call and activate it.

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Step 3, Questions to askAdd Which property and unit are you calling about? and Are you a resident, an owner, a vendor or looking to rent?
Step 4, Forward to a personYour on-call number, for life-safety calls and emergencies.
Step 8, Call notificationsOn-call, a backup and the manager, plus leasing and maintenance inboxes.
Step 9, Business rulesThe flow above, your emergency list, your leasing and maintenance questions, and your answers to everyday resident questions.
Step 10, Things your agent will never doAdd Never confirm whether someone lives at a property and Never promise a repair time.

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Property management call flow FAQs

What is a property management call flow?

The order in which every call is sorted and what happens at each step: who gets put through, what becomes a work order, what’s answered on the spot and what becomes a callback.

Why does safety come before everything else?

Because a caller who smells gas may start with the unit number or an apology. Asking about danger first means the safety steps come in the first seconds, not after the paperwork.

How many kinds of call should a property manager plan for?

Six cover nearly everything: life safety, emergencies, repairs, prospects, resident questions, and owners, vendors and others. Anything left becomes a callback message.

Should leasing and maintenance have separate phone numbers?

They can, if different teams answer them: give each number its own agent and rules. One number also works, because the first questions sort the call.

Where should owners’ calls go?

To the person who handles owner relations or accounting, put through during office hours and as a message headed Owner the rest of the time.

What happens when on-call doesn’t answer?

After 20 seconds, the virtual receptionist takes a full message and emails it at once to everyone on the call notifications list, so a backup and the manager see it too.

How often should the flow be reviewed?

Whenever something changes, such as a new on-call rotation or a new building, and after any call that went wrong: the recording shows exactly where.

Can I draft my own flow before building it?

Yes. Start with the escalation builder for who gets which calls, and the call script builder for the words.

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