Today I had to deny one girl because of bad credit and 1 person had to be put back to refer on both credit and criminal background. It was the first time I had a straight deny, so it was a little stressful and a big bummer to call these […]
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Final Inspection
I got the opportunity to tag along with my mentor, Tony Lesicka, in a final inspection tour of the property. A final inspection is necessary when an appraiser is hired to value a new construction or renovated property. The client is a bank that requests two appraisals, an “as-is” appraisal […]
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As the market changes, our vacancy is a little higher than normal. Taking this in mind we spend the day going through the vacant apartments and making sure that they are appealing to prospective tenants.
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Property Project Blueprints
Just looking at a set of plans on one of the many property projects we got going on. Interesting stuff! Learning a lot!
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Escape Room With Weidner!!
Our first night in AZ, we did team building with many members of Weidner as well as all the other interns from around the US. My escape group and I escaped with 55 seconds left!
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National Intern Meeting in Phoenix Arizona
This week Weidner Apartment Homes sent all of their national property management interns to Phoenix, Arizona. We toured apartment communities there, and met the C.O.O. of the company, Jack O’Connor. I’m so happy to work for a company that values all of their associates so much, even the interns!
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Trip To Alyeska Ski Resort and Tram
Today my roommate Joy and I went to the Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood, AK. We witnessed even more incredible views and we took a Tram up the side of one of the many mountains here in Alaska. The Tram was a little scary, but it was a great trip. […]
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Armson Estate Live Auction
Friday was the day of the live auction. We had to get there about 7am to finish everything up before the auction hit. Once it hit 9:30, the auction had started. There were about 50 people at the auction at first, and for how hot it was out side, more […]
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Curb Appeal
During the middle of the week, we took more of the expensive equipment and put it in rows by the road so people driving past could see what type of equipment was there for the estate auction. We had to write down and put everything online that was going to […]
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Estate Auction
This past week we worked out at a farm going through all there buildings and putting things on trailers for a live auction on Friday. We had to put everything in boxes and record what is in each box so we could know what to start the bidding price at.
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It was another great week here in Menomonie, some rain slowed down some of our outside projects here at A&J Management but we ended the week on a great note. With both the manager and maintenance supervisor gone for the weekend I am the on call maintenance man for the […]
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Cleaning and Taking Care of the Hot Tub
One of my every day jobs is taking care of and managing our hot tub. It’s an important job because it needs to stay at an appropriate level of chemicals at all times. If it is ever broken or not chemically balanced, there is always the risk of harm or […]
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Monthly Newsletter
Every month I have to create a newsletter for all of our tenants. It includes special events and information for tenants to be aware of. We put them in all of the elevators in each building so there is a good chance everyone will see them. Here is an example […]
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Marketing
Everyday I am required to post 3 apartment rentals in craigslist. We do that in order to flood the market with our available units and hopefully get some leads on prospective tenants. Here is an example of a posting I made today. Here is link: https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/apa/6181016114.html
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