Author: Alyssa Wieser

Headed Home

My mom flew in to help me drive home. I got everything all packed up. We were leaving the next morning. So in the morning my mom and I got up and went to the space needle and the glass garden. After we did our last site seeing we stopped […]

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Last Day

My last day at Asbury Park was bitter sweet. I was going to miss my coworkers but I was really excited to get home. I was going to miss some of the residents too. Especially the residents that I moved in and created a bond with. There are two little […]

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Reasonable Accommodation Requests

We had a resident make a complaint about the air fresheners in our office and workout center. So we sent him a form called a reasonable accommodation request. This form gives a formal request to have something of the property changed however it needs a doctors signature to prove that […]

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Portland

Two other interns and I took a trip to Portland. We went to voodoo donuts which was fun and the donuts were really good. We also took a picture with the keep Portland weird sign. We also walked around the city a little bit. The city itself is pretty different […]

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Resident Complaints

We had a lot of residents complain about parking. We have enough parking just not all the parking is as close as some residents would like it to be. So some residents park illegally especially when the office is closed. We had some residents complain that they could not get […]

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Timmy

In our apartment community we sometimes find very interesting things. Our maintenance tech found something more interesting then normal. He found a  brown paper human doll/dummy thing. It had a face drawn on it. We were very confused what it was used for. One person thought maybe they were trying […]

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Company Picnic

Weidner has a company picnic for all on-site staff and there families every year in the summer. We had it at Remlinger Farms. There was face painting, blow up obstacle courses, games, a train to ride, paddle boats, and a petting zoo. Then later you could go farther into the […]

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Power Outage

We had the power go out at Asbury Park. A bird or animal had hit the line according to Puget Sound Energy. There was over 2000 people out of electricity. Even the traffic lights were not working when I was driving in. We were told we wouldn’t have electricity til […]

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Advertising

Our property had a few unexpected lease breaks due to residents buying houses so our exposure levels were getting high. We decided to increase our advertising to help bring down exposure. We lowered prices and marketed them at great deals/specials. I reached out to local colleges offering any students that […]

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LEAD Start

Weidner’s LEAD Start team came to Asbury Park on Friday. They did our power hour for us and spruced our vacant. We got to sit back and just enjoy the morning. We answered emails and had a relaxing morning before we opened. LEAD start is a training program for new […]

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Maintenance Blitz

We had a maintenance blitz at Aspen Creek. It ended up being a long hard day, but it was a good experience. It taught me how much we need to appreciate maintenance. I spent all day scrapping off paint from the curbs and railings. This way we the curbs and […]

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Tuesday in Charge

My CD was gone and our leasing consultant is still very new so I was put in charge. I had to deal with the resident complaints. I was also trying to train our new leasing consultant and answer all of her questions. We had a lot of renewal questions that […]

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Maintenance For A Day!

I got to follow around maintenance for a day. I learned a lot. Our maintenance tech name is Colby and our maintenance supervisor’s name is Nick. I helped them in the morning fix the pool door lock. Then Nick went to the other property he supervisors and I assisted Colby. […]

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Area Director Back!

I finally was able to meet my area director, Renee. She had been on maternity leave and just came back. She is very friendly and easy to talk to. She also is great at teaching. I walked vacant apartments with her and she helped me learn what to look for […]

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