Member since July 2026
Anna is a speaker, coach, and property management professional who believes that property management may never slow down—but sacrificing yourself to keep up with it isn't part of the job description.
With 16 years of experience spanning residential, office, and industrial property management, Anna has experienced the demands of the industry from nearly every angle. She has worked her way from leasing agent to assistant manager, general manager, and operations manager, giving her a firsthand understanding of the relentless pace, competing priorities, and never-quite-finished workload property managers face every day.
She also knows what happens when ambition goes unchecked. Earlier in her career, Anna tried every strategy she could think of to keep up—coming in early, skipping lunch, staying late, and turning “I’ll just finish this one thing tonight” into an almost nightly routine. Eventually, convinced that residential property management was the reason she couldn't find balance, she made the leap to commercial property management—taking a demotion and accepting a $12,000 pay cut along the way. She was certain the change would finally give her the work-life balance she'd been looking for.
Instead, she found herself making $12,000 less a year—with the same amount of stress.
It became one of the most valuable—and expensive—lessons of her career: Changing asset types didn't create work-life balance. Changing the way she managed her mindset, boundaries, habits, and energy did.
Today, Anna is the founder of Addicted to Busy, where she helps ambitious property management professionals challenge the belief that exhaustion and overwork are simply the price of success. Her message isn't about becoming less driven. It's about learning to channel that drive intentionally so property managers can continue performing at a high level, rediscover what they enjoy about the industry, and still have energy for a life outside of it.
A Maxwell Leadership Certified Team Member, Anna has spoken to property management professionals across the country through organizations including NAA, NARPM, IREM, BOMA, and IFMA. Her industry accomplishments include selection for the National Apartment Association's Diversity Leadership Program, multiple honors from the Institute of Real Estate Management, MADACS awards from the Minnesota Multi Housing Association, and recognition from Willow Bridge.
Anna is also the host of the Addicted to Busy podcast, where she continues the conversation about work-life balance for high-achieving property management professionals.
Anna’s speaking style is upbeat, empathetic, and engaging, blending relatable stories with a touch of humor and practical strategies audiences can immediately apply. She has a knack for making property managers feel seen while challenging them to rethink what sustainable success can look like.
Her goal is simple: Show property managers realize they don't have to choose between a successful career and a fulfilling life.
Anna might have too many passions—and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
When she’s not managing properties or running Addicted to Busy, she’s usually finding a new challenge to take on. She’s run marathons, taken improv, writing, and watercolor classes, learned to salsa dance, traveled to new countries, hosted a podcast, and is always looking for the next thing that sparks her curiosity.
But that’s also the point.
Anna knows firsthand that a demanding career in property management doesn’t have to take up all the available space in your life. You can be ambitious about your career and your life outside of it.
Her greatest passion is helping property managers build careers they’re proud of—and lives they actually have time to enjoy.
After a particularly difficult site visit with the property owners, I mentally resigned myself to working late—again. One by one, my staff went home, the lights were turned off, the office got quiet, and once again, I was sitting there alone. I was frustrated about how poorly the site visit had gone, but I was also frustrated with myself.
I started thinking about the person I used to be outside of work. I used to run 5Ks. I scrapbooked. I read. I had hobbies. Somewhere along the way, I had stopped doing all of it because there was always something at work that seemed more urgent.
Then I had this incredibly simple thought: I can't fix everything at work tonight, so I might as well go for a run.
I packed up, went home, and went running. Truthfully, it wasn't particularly relaxing. Most of the run was spent arguing with myself: "You should be working. You should be answering emails. You don't have time for this." But I kept running. That night, I slept better than I had in a long time. I got a full night's rest and walked into the office the next morning feeling completely different. I remember thinking, “Is this what it's like to show up to work with energy?”
That run didn't make the demands of property management disappear. There were still late nights, difficult site visits, deadlines, resident issues, and more work than could possibly fit into a day. What changed was the way I thought about taking care of myself. I stopped assuming that work automatically got everything it wanted from me and that I could take care of myself with whatever was left.
That night taught me something I wish I'd understood much earlier in my career: taking care of myself wasn't taking something away from my performance. It was one of the things that made better performance possible. I couldn't fix everything at work that night, but I could go for the run—and that small decision changed the way I approached my career from that point forward.
After a particularly difficult site visit with the property owners, I mentally resigned myself to working late—again. One by one, my staff went home, the lights were turned off, the office got quiet, and once again, I was sitting there alone. I was frustrated about how poorly the site visit had gone, but I was also frustrated with myself.
I started thinking about the person I used to be outside of work. I used to run 5Ks. I scrapbooked. I read. I had hobbies. Somewhere along the way, I had stopped doing all of it because there was always something at work that seemed more urgent.
Then I had this incredibly simple thought: I can't fix everything at work tonight, so I might as well go for a run.
I packed up, went home, and went running. Truthfully, it wasn't particularly relaxing. Most of the run was spent arguing with myself: "You should be working. You should be answering emails. You don't have time for this." But I kept running. That night, I slept better than I had in a long time. I got a full night's rest and walked into the office the next morning feeling completely different. I remember thinking, “Is this what it's like to show up to work with energy?”
That run didn't make the demands of property management disappear. There were still late nights, difficult site visits, deadlines, resident issues, and more work than could possibly fit into a day. What changed was the way I thought about taking care of myself. I stopped assuming that work automatically got everything it wanted from me and that I could take care of myself with whatever was left.
That night taught me something I wish I'd understood much earlier in my career: taking care of myself wasn't taking something away from my performance. It was one of the things that made better performance possible. I couldn't fix everything at work that night, but I could go for the run—and that small decision changed the way I approached my career from that point forward.