Author: georgel0990

Properties Tour

My internship is ending today, so yesterday, the owner of our company took me on a tour of all the MN properties. Since I was in TX most of the summer, I didn’t get a chance to see many of our MN portfolio. We spent the afternoon going out to […]

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Back up North for good

I spent most of my summer in Dallas, Texas. I was down there at a few different properties, getting a hands on experience and learning while I go. I made some new friends, and it was a great experience. I came back last week, and I’m staying up here until […]

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Boat Cruise

Last week, Oaks Properties went on a boat cruise on the Mississippi river. It was a fun associate event that brought everyone together for good food and fun games. It was a good night!

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Eviction Court

Today, I joined the property manager of the property that I am currently at to court. We had three evictions to go through. We sat through a bunch of other cases, some taking 30 seconds and some taking 15 minutes. Nothing too crazy happened, but it was a good experience […]

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That is not an emergency…

The other day, we got a call to the office at the end of the day. A resident had a light bulb out in a closet. I told her that I would put in a work order, and that a maintenance member would be out the next day. She then […]

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Dedication Gets Noticed

Today, we are celebrating something pretty special for someone in our office. She has been with our company for 30 years, so today is a fun day and we are going out for a lunch to celebrate!

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Case of the Mondays

Mondays on their own can be grueling to deal with. But today, and for most of the week, Half of our employees are gone on a conference, and it is empty in the office. This makes Monday even worse. Looking forward to Tuesday coming fast!

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Intern = Grunt Work

Today, I’m back at the home office because there is a project that I was set to work on. I got in this morning and it turns out that the project is to make copies to send to electric and water companies for the release of billing information for residents. […]

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Today at the Office

I’m still over here in Minnetonka, filling in for the full time resident manager. Today I had an interesting task of figuring out how to use our phone entry system for the front door. We recently had a power outage and some of the settings got reset, so it was […]

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Another day, another property

Yesterday, I started working at a different property. This time, I’m in Minnetonka filling in for a manager that is on vacation for the week. I will be here taking over his duties and working on getting real experience to help me moving forward in this internship and in my […]

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Maintenance Crew

Yesterday, I got to spend the day out on one of our properties in Minnesota to help with maintenance of the property. I spent most of the day outside working on landscaping, but I also got to help with some work orders in apartments. Mostly basic stuff, but it was […]

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Property Shopping

I got an interesting chance to spend time going out to competitors’ properties to figure out what the necessities are for a new development site down here in Texas. It was a fun experience! LG

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Too Hot for A/C

It keeps getting hotter down here in Texas. This means ten people a day call for A/C maintenance. I’m glad our A/C works in the office. 95 Today! LG

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