Recently my property hired a new leasing consultant. In order to train this new employee Weinder brought over one of their gold star leasing specialists. These specialists have worked as leasing consultants for a number of years and have excelled at the position. This consultant works with the new hire […]
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Case of the Mondays
Mondays on their own can be grueling to deal with. But today, and for most of the week, Half of our employees are gone on a conference, and it is empty in the office. This makes Monday even worse. Looking forward to Tuesday coming fast!
Read MoreCommunication with Emergency Maintenance
I worked on this previous Saturday and we ran into a hot water emergency. I had to connect with the on-call maintenance member and illustrate the problem with him. It took a while to convey the whole situation but he responded very promptly. We had the emergency handled in no […]
Read MoreFirst Day at New Property
So Today I transitioned from my first property at Bigos property management to my second property that I will be working at. My new property is much closer to my home so the transition has been an easy one. I believe the quality of my new property is slightly lower […]
Read MoreWeidner Cares
This last week was our Weidner Cares event. All of the offices were closed this day so we could go to the local Boys and Girls Club and do community service. We transformed their club by painting walls, staining decks, power washing, and doing some serious landscaping. This type of […]
Read MoreIntern = Grunt Work
Today, I’m back at the home office because there is a project that I was set to work on. I got in this morning and it turns out that the project is to make copies to send to electric and water companies for the release of billing information for residents. […]
Read MoreLast Day at First Property
Today is my last day at my first of two properties with Bigos Management. It’s bitter sweet because I’m really going to miss my crew that I have here and really enjoy the property itself. However, the new property I’m going to is only 5 minutes away from my house […]
Read MoreToday at the Office
I’m still over here in Minnetonka, filling in for the full time resident manager. Today I had an interesting task of figuring out how to use our phone entry system for the front door. We recently had a power outage and some of the settings got reset, so it was […]
Read MoreUrban Legends Meeting
Every month, we have a meeting with our team which consists of the downtown Minneapolis properties; Vue, 222 Hennepin, and 7 West. Our team is called the Urban Legends, during the meetings we discuss how our properties are doing, new strategies that we are implementing, and how we can help […]
Read MorePlanning A Party
For one of the mini projects we have to do for the Bigos Internship is we have to plan a party for the Residents. I’ve planned parties in the past but never one with a budget. It’s weird trying to plan a party that I won’t really be involved in […]
Read MoreGrounds work never ends
I pulled weeds all day today and I have to do the same tomorrow. It’s not a fun job but someone has to do it.
Read MoreWeidner Cares Day
Tomorrow is Weidner Cares Day for the South Seattle Region. Weidner Cares Day is a day where all properties in that region close their offices for the day and spend the whole day working on a community service project. This day happens once a year and it is a great […]
Read MoreNo Leasing Consultant
Two weekends ago the leasing consultant at my property quit unexpectedly. This has left our property without a leasing consultant for the past two weeks. At first, we missed his presence as he was a major part of our daily operations, but now we have embraced and are excited for […]
Read MoreFile Audit
Ever sense I landed in Texas I have been working on a file audit at the property I am staying at. A file audit consists of looking through every file to make sure the rent price in the file is matching the rent we have in our online property management system.
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