Last week I had to attend a meeting on how Bigos goes about remodeling their apartments and facilities. It covered how they go about the process and some of the things that they keep in mind during the renovation process. It was interesting to hear how the design team goes […]
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Tutorials
A couple of weeks ago we had a constructive brain storming activity with most of the employees in the northern branch. A lot of the criticism was towards our hours system called blueforce. It is a difficult program to operate but with a little playing around it becomes fairly easy. […]
Read MorePhone Screening
Last week I had to phone screen over 30 applicants for our open positions. I called using my cell phone in a different room so I could hear the conversation. I left voicemails for 80% of the people I called and left them my desk phone to call back. By […]
Read MoreCost Plus Billing
Last week I had the pleasure of joining the accounting team for Cost Plus Billing. I put together countless pages of billing for each manager to confirm the costs accrued throughout the month. At the end of the week I had to scan each packet to the manager so they […]
Read MoreBoiling Point
The tensions between our day manager and the staff at International Plaza finally boiled over at the end of last week. A new manager at the building has been hovering over our manager for the last couple of days and it caused her to break down. She was in tears […]
Read MoreContract Abstract
Throughout this internship I have been working on a “never ending” project that the last intern started. I am proud to say that i have finished reading every single contract that we have and it is now put into an excel document which is accessible to all members of the […]
Read MoreHines Proposal
Still no word on if we won the Hines bid for the properties of Wells Fargo Center, Mayo Clinic Square, Galleria, 50 South Sixth, International Plaza, U.S. Bank Plaza but It from the projects I worked on last week, it sounds like they want to switch to a flat fee […]
Read MoreMaintenance Program
Last week I found out that we have no preventative maintenance program in our company. I found this to be very odd because we use so many different types of equipment that require maintenance. I have been producing a simple preventative maintenance guide for our managers to use to reduce […]
Read MoreInternational Plaza Walk Around
Last week, I had the pleasure of walking the International Plaza building in Bloomington. The purpose of these rounds is to meet with the property manager and discuss the progress of our cleaning staff. The building is around 230,000 Sq/Ft and it took about an hour walk the areas that […]
Read MoreInspection
Last Friday we were doing an inspection for asbestos at a property in the Apple Valley area. It was my job to let the inspectors into all of the units, where they then took samples of the flooring and ceiling.These samples will then be taken to a lab to be tested.
Read MoreEvictions
Yesterday i was greeted around 10am by a crying girl no older than the age of 23 entering the office saying she saw the 3 day notice on her door but didnt have the money to pay the balance. This is an extremely tough process but you need to separate […]
Read MoreTeam Meeting
This last week I had my last team meeting with everybody. Since I only have a few more days on site, this was my last team meeting and we had a home made breakfast, which was a very good way to start the day.
Read MoreFood Trucks
I have been assigned the tasks of getting a food truck in for our residents. I went with pretzel sandwiches, which were a very bid hit. This can be directly tied to our resident retention program in the way that it makes our community enjoyable to live in, which will […]
Read MoreCommunity Event
Today is the day of my community event for my property. I created the community event and we went with root beer floats! Thus far, all I’ve done today is whip up root beer floats for everyone and it’s going great!
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