This is my last week at my first property with Bigos property management. We get to work at two different properties during our internship. Anyways, I’m at my first site and for my last week the property manager is actually out of the office on “vacation”. This is the only […]

Spent my day taking apart, moving, and reassembling furniture in the office. A new wing opened for construction, so the office is changing rapidly.

Today, we had our Weidner cares day for our north region in Seattle. We went and helped paint, cleaned, and did landscaping. It was a fun day helping out a family in need and getting to know everyone in the north region.

On July 1st, my company (ABM Industries) took over the cleaning of Park Place East and West. At 10:30 am we received our two $9,000 orders of supplies at each building needed to begin and sustain our cleaning efforts of the 396,000 square feet of office space. Our order included […]

Yesterday I found out that I will be assisting in the management of turning over 280 St.Thomas in one week (8/7-8/13). This will be a 24 hour process which includes managing close to 60 employees (full time, part time, temps) for 8 hours each shift. I am extremely excited to get […]

Yesterday, I started working at a different property. This time, I’m in Minnetonka filling in for a manager that is on vacation for the week. I will be here taking over his duties and working on getting real experience to help me moving forward in this internship and in my […]

The company I am working for this summer has close to 1500 units down in the Dallas Texas area. Yesterday they flew me down to Texas bright and early to show me how they do business down here in Texas. I have a two week stay at one of our […]

There are so many different variables and problems that can happen in the property management industry, that change on a day to day basis. Your bound to not know the answers to some peoples questions or how to handle a situation properly. Asking questions to the people around you is […]

We have 2 managers with medical restrictions, 1 about to have a baby and another that just resigned her position. This is where the intern comes in handy to help out all these properties.

Before the residents move in we have a checklist to go through to make sure they feel at home and that it’s clean. We prepare their welcome home letter, comprise a box of goodies as a gift, and do a final inspection of the unit to make sure it is […]

I helped file paperwork for some late payments this month. After a certain period, the outstanding balances need to get sent in for eviction processing. The residents can still pay before the eviction but they pay an attorney’s fee after we process the legal paperwork.