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 MoreLast 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 […]
Read MoreThis past week I had transitioned from my old property in St. Paul to my new property in Maplewood. It was a nerve racking transition but I was able to adjust and fit in here in the new property as well. In the middle of last week I had my […]
Read MoreLast Wednesday (7/20) I met with the center director for North Metro Surgery Center. They specialize in orthopedic, gynecology, general surgery, podiatric, gastrointestinal, spine, ear, nose and throat, and eye procedures and services. They are a small portion of the 60,000 square foot building but require a ton of attention due […]
Read MoreLast week I had to do the market surveys for this new property and compare them with our site’s current rates. It was interesting to see how two different properties and their comps can change so much by just moving across town. Shopping the competition was refreshing to see how other sites […]
Read MoreOn Friday of last week we had a very interesting situation take place. We had a resident come in saying that a little boy came up to her and asked her for some food because he said he hadn’t eaten all day. Upon hearing this, we went out and found […]
Read MoreI have had a great stay down here in Texas. I have met a lot of great people and had the opportunity to see many new things. On the weekend I was able to head into Dallas and see the JFK museum, Holocaust museum, blue lives matter memorial, and even […]
Read MoreYesterday was one of the slower days I’ve had in the office here at Silver Ridge Apartments. Throughout the day we were struggling to find something to do. Whether it’s auditing residents files, doing walk through’s in our buildings or sorting the mail, there is always something to do even […]
Read MoreSo earlier this week we had a very interesting couple come into our leasing office. They smelled of alcohol and cigarette smoke and were pretty aggressive in their attempt to schedule a tour to look at an apartment. The wife could barley stand and the husband was slurring his words […]
Read MoreThe property I am at here in Texas was built in 2001. It is getting at that age where everything needs to be fixed and replaced. So they always give the intern the boring job of closing out all these work orders.
Read MoreThis past week our property had several prospects come in for tours that said they were students in the area. All of them said their reason for liking our property was that it was close to their school. This made us think about how we could better target these students […]
Read MoreAfter already getting two leases in the past few days, I’m hoping that we will have another apartment leased after today which will put us at 100% occupancy here at Vue in Minneapolis. There was an apartment that was supposed to open last week after the construction was finished, however […]
Read MoreToday, we are celebrating something pretty special for someone in our office. She has been with our company for 30 years, so today is a fun day and we are going out for a lunch to celebrate!
Read MoreWell currently Alaska is in a slow market and we have been having trouble renting apartments so we decided to post some crazy deals on Craigslist and it is working! The phone has been ringing nonstop and we have had showings left and right this week. Today we had over […]
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