The other day, we got a call to the office at the end of the day. A resident had a light bulb out in a closet. I told her that I would put in a work order, and that a maintenance member would be out the next day. She then […]
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Slow day in the office
Well today has been pretty slow and the phones aren’t ringing. When you have days like today, it is a great time to call everyone on your prospect pipeline and make sure people are still interested in your apartments. If someone hasn’t showed up for a showing make sure you […]
Read MoreRoof Scandal
This morning I came into work and pulled up our emails and the first thing that I saw was pictures of a couple on an air mattress on the roof of our building. These same residents have had many noise complaints, late rent payments, and we have been suspicious of […]
Read MoreTag Labor
Yesterday my boss and I visited with Rice Real Estate Company concerning the Medical Arts Building in downtown Minneapolis. Rice was looking for tag labor which is labor that is outside of the scope of work that is defined in our contract with them. This labor creates increased revenue for […]
Read MoreHines Properties Bid Meeting
Last week I had the pleasure to sit in on a bid meeting with Hines Real Estate Investments. Our 3 year contract with them had expired and it was time to put in a new bid to clean their buildings. We had the first meeting because of our past work […]
Read MoreCops on property
Today was my first interacting with cops while managing the property. It wasn’t anything serious but it got me think what the future will hold when dealing with a location that houses so many people with the possibility of anything happening. I’ve had heard many stories of dealing with bad […]
Read MorePit bulls on Property
So we are a pet friendly community with many dogs on our property. Well, pit bulls aren’t usually allowed on our property because we have a few breed restrictions and this is one of them. We recently had a resident move in who has a pit bull as a service […]
Read MoreComing in early and staying late…
Today, we started the day off early because we had a meeting at 7 West with some other employees in the Minneapolis area talking about “opening up shop” as Weidner calls it. We just went over how the first hour of the day is supposed to be used to walk […]
Read MoreDouble amount of lots
Last week I was in a meeting with my boss, a city council member, and the EDC vice president. Last year we developed 104 lots in Grand Forks all together. The city wants us to double that number and get it to 200 next year. That will be a very […]
Read MoreProperty Event
My Community Director has faced me with the challenge of creating a property event before I leave in a few weeks. My current top choices would be root beer float event or a grill out. I’m leaning towards a root beer float event so people can come in and grab […]
Read MoreLaundry Leaks
Today we got on property to a laundry leak. We are currently unsure if the pipe is fully broken or if it needs to be snaked. After having troubles with snaking it ourselves, we decided to throw in the towel. The plumbing professionals are on their way.
Read MoreSlow Traffic Week
Last week our property was experiencing unusually low traffic. This left us with a lot of downtime in the office. We used this time to figure out why our traffic was so low. We called other competitors and looked at adjusting our prices. What we found out was that our […]
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Study: Graduates of UW-Stout Make More Money at Career Start
A new Money Magazine study shows that graduates of University of Wisconsin-Stout make more money in the first five years of their careers than all but two other institutions in the UW System. Money magazine’s 2016 college ratings showed that UW-Stout’s graduates made an average of $47,400 in the first […]
Read MoreCall in the Big Guns
Last week we visited Blaine Medical Center to do a walk around on the account. On our way there, one of the suite managers called my boss and said he found 5 blades of grass in their suite. Safe to say he was not a happy camper and which resulted […]
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