On Wednesday our realtor key box busted and in turn we were locked out of our master key and mailroom key box. So I had to my expertise and break into the boxes so we could replace the locks. Something different every day.

During week 5 we had a load of move-ins from the previous week’s applicants. Monday we had a water fountain flood near the bathrooms, that was quite the cleanup. On Wednesday we had our “Team” meeting at a sister property. following that, we had a nice MIT/Intern lunch with a […]

Came back from my 4th of July vacation to maintenance being extremely far behind on a turnover to have someone move in the next day at 9 am. We completely replaced the flooring and baseboards due to extreme pet damage. I ended up staying until 8.30 pm painting and installing […]

I started week 3 hitting the ground running, as I got my first lease and started doing a ton of property tours to get some units rented. I also had to return a kitty cat to her apartment because she is smart enough to undo the deadbolt, unlock the door […]

During my 2nd week, I completely ripped out some vinyl flooring that was pet damaged and I started installing some new LVP to help our maintenance guy out. On my first week, I noticed 20 bikes behind our property that were abandoned in the parking garage. Ended up listing them […]

My first week was exciting, I started to dip my toes into every section of running the building—office, leasing, and maintenance. The building is still a maze for me but I am enjoying my time so far.

This week the Colliers office sponsored a team trip to a CARW event. (Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin) This trip was a great introduction to meeting professionals in eastern Wisconsin and learning about the current market trends. As a college student, I found many opportunities to create conversation and learn […]

This week for my internship in commercial management, I toured each building to understand the layouts and procedures and learn about the tenants and vacancies. This is a preliminary procedure for property inspections as well and a great way to understand the properties that I will be working with from […]

A little screenshot into a recent move out. Not everything goes the way you hope, but that is why we have a great maintenance team. To help get the unit turned around and ready for the next person to make it home.

If given the chance it may take me the entire rest of my internship to finish this book. For every product we have on property there are 5-15 pages of Safety Data Sheets. Each product needs to be documented in here and this book needs to be updated every time […]

We had a special visitor come into work today for a little bit. Some found her running around some units and someone brought her in. Soon her owner was located, and she went back home. Little Skyla was so friendly and fun to hang with for a while though.