Since Tanya only was able to spend a few days with the floating leaser I was put in charge of helping her learn the basics. This made me realize just how much I have learned. I really made sure I knew exactly what I was doing this way I did […]
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New Leasing Consultant
Our new leasing consultant had her first day of work today. She has worked in similar industries but never in property management.She is very nice and very professional. Right away you can tell that she is a hard worker. Her name is Tanya and I think she will be a […]
Read MoreThe Floating Leaser
At Weidner Apartment Homes they have a position called the floating leaser. The floating leaser goes from property to property to help the ones struggling to lease apartments. They help with curb appeal, advertising, and training new leasing consultants. We had the floating leaser come to our property to help […]
Read MoreImportance Of Grounds
One task I have been doing to help out Maintenance is to do grounds. This involves walking around the property make sure garbage is picked and the property is clean. Also, make sure everything is where it should be. This is important because you want to keep the property nice […]
Read MoreKatie’s Last Day
Katie was the leasing consultant at Asbury Park when I first came to the property. She was 20 years old and had been at the property for about a year and a half. A little after I came to Washington she applied for an ACD (assistant community director) position at […]
Read MoreLemonade and Leasing
As an advertising plan to try to get more apartments leased. So we did lemonade and leasing. We bought lemonade so future residents could have a summer refreshment while touring. We advertised the event as an open house and I tried to advertise with catchy lemonade themed headings. For example […]
Read MoreMIT Intern Meeting
The interns got to attend the MIT meeting at corporate. We got to learn a lot more about the MIT program. We played a little game with starbursts to learn more about each other. We learned about how MITs come from all different walks of life. Not all are straight […]
Read MorePower Hour
Power Hour at Weidner takes place from 9am-10am before our office opens. It gives us time to tidy up the office, vacuum, clean the glass doors, pick up trash, sweep the entrance, clean up the fitness center, fluff pillows, and put balloons out. It also gives us a chance to […]
Read MoreLease Expiration
One very important thing to keep track of is when leases expire. This is important because you need to watch when leases expire because you don’t want to have a lot of vacancies at one time which makes a business lose money. Also, more people are willing to move during the summer […]
Read MoreShowing Apartments
Being able to show an apartment is crucial. It helps the future resident figure out if it really is the right place for them. It lets them imagine where they can fit their furniture. It gives them an idea on how to change this home into their home. A few […]
Read MoreSaturday Pool Party
We decided to do a little resident event for when the pool opened. We decided it would be a fun kick off to summer to do a pool party on Saturday. Residents can come and use the pool and we would get them a frozen treat. Residents seemed excited until […]
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Arizona Day 2
The second day in Arizona was very educational. First we listened to Jack O’Conner talk about the company. He explained Weidner to us like he said he would to the Wall Street Journal. He talked about his start in the industry how he got to Weidner, he talked about Dean, […]
Read MoreArizona Day 1
Weidner took all of us interns to Arizona for a gathering. When we arrived we got settled. Then went to an escape room. There were four teams. Two teams got out and two teams didn’t. My team got out with nine minutes to spare. It was a great problem solving […]
Read MoreResident Relations
At Asbury Park people tend to live in the community for 1-3 years. So it is important to keep your residents happy since they will be around for awhile and you want them to enjoy living in your community. This means getting their maintenance requests done asap, and doing what […]
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