We currently listed a farm that hasn’t had much work done on the outside. I was given the task to go to the property to weed wack around the buildings and to cut some trees down at the property to make it look more presentable.
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Chicken Coop Gutting Out
One of the properties that we have, one of the buildings on the property was a chicken coop. We had to gut it out to make it look more welcoming and to catch peoples attention. I had to rip all the walls and the ceiling out of the building so […]
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Building Materials Auction
This week was a very busy week at United Country Hamele Real Estate and Auction. The biggest thing that we had to get ready for was the building materials auction that was held at the auction barn late in the week. The cabinets came off the truck had we had […]
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Dirty fridge
Today as we were getting a mini model ready, we did some last little clean ups around the apartment complex, but as we were checking the refrigerator, we noticed that it hasn’t been clean out yet. There was still food stuck on the fridge, food in the freezer. So it […]
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Pool
Since I have worked here, we haven’t had a working pool. The week before I started, some kids who didn’t live at the apartment complex broke the drain for the pool. It took two weeks for us to get the part for the pool, and then we had to replace […]
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Enjoying my Friday
Good week of work. Got a lot done on the current project were working on called Country Side Co-op. Now spending some time biking the trials in Menomonie/Durand Wisconsin. Happy 4th of July Weekend!
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Creating the Community Newsletter
Recently I was assigned the job of creating the July 2017 newsletter for The Club. The newsletter is a way for us to communicate what is going on during the month of July. I used it to remind the residents of what fireworks are prohibited during the Fourth of July […]
Read MoreInsurance
Today I spent about 4 hours on the phone with the company that provides insurance to our properties here at A&J Management. I spend about 2/3 of that time on hold, and the rest of the time answering question about the location of the property. It was a great experience […]
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Laser
This is a laser that we used to check how level the ground is. It’s very accurate and can get within 1/16 of an inch if needed.
Read MoreSending in Bills
Today I learned how to properly code and turn in property bills and invoices. The main thing we need is the correct code for whatever bill or invoice is being filed and we need an explanation of what it’s for. An example would be for our carpet cleaning. What’s needed […]
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Bird’s eye view
Went to one of the big commercial projects we are currently working on. Rode some scissor lifts and got some different views of the steel framing that is currently going up.
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Posting Notices To All Residents
At the property I am interning at, there are 285 apartments. There are 12 buildings, with 24 apartments in each building, and 4 sets of 3 flights of stairs for each building as well. Each time we put up notices, we have to go to each apartment and climb all […]
Read MoreStorm Damage
We had a pretty bad storm roll through the area last night. One of our properties on Lake Tainter just north of Menomonie got some serious damage including a flooded basement. Today I spent most of my time helping clean up the property the best we could. I expect to […]
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Food Trucks
Insight’s office is located right in Lowertown St. Paul so we walk to different places to eat everyday. When the weather is nice, food trucks line the blocks of Mears Park. Today was especially busy so we stopped at one food truck and got Po Boy’s, sat in the park, […]
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