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Turn Around Day

In the field of property management having a fast unit turn around is very key to a successful property. High occupancy percentage is one of the biggest priorities a manager has at a property. In the scenario today, a resident abandoned their unit so we spent the day clearing everything […]

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Lunch – Bonding time

Multiples studies shown that over half of the American population eats their lunch alone during work. In fact, having lunch with colleagues can boost performance, increase productivity as well as maintain a close relationship within the team. The interns set designated time to eat lunch together for almost everyday. It allowed […]

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Week 2- Settling In

Week two was spent learning, learning, and more learning. Both getting familiar with the Walker Minnesota area, as well as the resort as a whole. I spent some time learning about our units for rent, working the front desk of the resort and learning our computer system. Decided this week […]

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Resident Events Galore!

One fun part of my property management internship with Weidner Apartment Homes is spending time planning resident events. The past couple of weeks, my team in the office has been busy getting our summer events planned and executed. I have really enjoyed creating the save the dates and marketing flyers […]

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Settling In

I finally feel like I’m settling into my role in this company.  All of the new things I’ve learned are becoming much easier to do on my own, and I feel way more comfortable doing my job.  It’s a blast learning the real world work that I will be doing […]

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Finishing the Project

For the past few weeks I have been going through our portfolio of loans and completing analysis and Proforma’s on each of the loans. Typically this process takes all summer but I decided to try something new. I created an Excel spreadsheet that mimics the worksheet that we were originally […]

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Practicing Leasing Skills!

This is the third week into my internship and I have been able to give tours to prospects and new residents. I have been able to get three leases since I have started giving tours. I have also been learning about the lease renewal, move-in and move-out processes. Something fun […]

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Helped set up art gallery

The awesome aspect to the Dominium A-Mill Loft community is that at least one person per resident has to be an artist. I had the pleasure of helping the residents set up a few of their paintings in the main lobby. Almost all of the decorations displayed around the building […]

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Day full of filing paperwork

Some weeks are just catch up weeks and require lots and lots of paperwork. I am quickly realizing how importing having everything filed correctly can be. My manager told me how strict auditors can be when they start examining your files. Better safe than sorry. It was very beneficial seeing […]

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Lease Renewals

Spent the large majority of the day getting lease renewals ready. It was interesting seeing all the different variations there are for each person depending on their needs. Corporate has a strong push about getting leases to the resident door in a timely manner.

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