We had our monthly Community Director meeting that my CD was kind enough to invite me to. I had the opportunity  to learn about other properties and what they’re doing right to help better myself. We also went over what the expectations are and what we can do to help […]

We are hosting an ice cream social event to welcome new tenants and show appreciation to current tenants. We have invited a few vendors out that provide services for us to help negotiate prices with people as well as promote themselves. People are loving the opportunity to lower their cable […]

I learned today that even after posting numerous pieces of papers to residents door, explaining the rules while they broke them, and putting up an official pool rule board that it won’t stop the rules from being broken. At the end of the day, the residents are at “home” and […]

Sat in on my first big meeting for our area. They have monthly meetings talking about how the month went and what can improve. The meeting is mainly for Community Directors but Weidner encourages all interns and MIT’s to sit in and participate in the meeting. It was a great […]

On Wednesday the COO of Weidner will be visiting the properties in Colorado Springs. In preparation, this week will be cleaning up the grounds heavily as well as the common areas. Normally the properties would be worried with leasing up to 100% occupancy so there are no vacant units when […]

We had a 1 bedroom leased up 3 weeks prior to the ready move in date. The apartment was set to move in the next day and the tenant canceled the day before. Then the tenant had the nerve to ask for her security deposit. The tenant hadn’t responded in […]

We had a turn this week that the counter tops didn’t match. We just picked up some counter resurfacing product at ACE and sprayed it evenly over the spaces. After an hour or so of drying the surfaces matched and looked new!

Today I learned how to quickly replace a screen. The screen took only a few minutes to replace. You just pop the screen out of the window. Then you pull out the rubber that jammed in the crease to keep the screen net there. Remove the old screening and lay […]

I had a mother and daughter walk into the office randomly. They were looking for a 2 bedroom as soon as possible. Luckily, we had just turned a 2 bedroom and was available for show that same day. I gave them a showing of the unit and they filled their […]

The property I work at is actually one of Weidner’s first properties. In fact, Dean Weidner’s mom bought the property in 1977 and was it’s first manager. The name of this property is Autumn Lane in Colorado Springs, CO. Bought and managed by Dean’s mom in 1977, it was transformed […]