For the last week of my internship, I was able to choose what positions I wanted more time in. I decided to help out in multiple different areas. I first started in leasing for the first two days answering the phone and giving tours. It took a few hours to […]
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Internship Week 9
This week of the internship was the corporate rotation. On Tuesday, Trinity flew all of the interns out to their corporate headquarters in Irvine, California! Wednesday we heard presentations from the East and West Presidents of Redwood Construction, a sister company that focuses on the renovation and construction projects of […]
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Internship week 7
This was my second week with the Property Manager. During this week I had the opportunity to see how the Property Manager prepares quotes for a large capital project. At this site, there is a massive issue with the gutter and drainage systems on all of the buildings. Over time, […]
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Internship Week 6
For the next two weeks, I will be working with the Property Manager. This first week, I was shown how to use the software Yardi to create purchase orders and submit invoices. I was also given the opportunity to plan a resident event. The Property Manager gave me a few […]
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Assessing Services Week 12
This is week 12 the last week of my internship, we primarily focused on putting all the new construction details into the system. We also did some sketching and RA work throughout the week. Overall it was a good experience working in Assessing Services, I have learned a lot and […]
Read MoreCastle cap-ex project and operations tour
This week I spent 2 more days at castle apartments, to help out as they are down a leasing consultant and it keeps things interesting. My first day back there was perfect timing as executives from Seattle were touring the property to look at the exterior doors that have suffered […]
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Assessing Services Week 11
This weeks primary focus was to appraise all of the new construction going up in the area, we checked to make sure what we had on record was accurate to what was being built and then put that into the system when we got back to the office. We also […]
Read MoreCommunity bbq
This week has really started to pick up traffic-wise, my CD is thinking we finally hit our sweet spot for pricing our rental units. I also got to spend some time with maintenance this week. The maintenance supervisor showed me the maintenance checklist when turning units and went over what it […]
Read MoreInternship- Week 8
This week, my manager showed me how to do quite a few things on Yardi which is the software that we use. She showed me how to enter delinquency notes and how to keep track of who is not paying their rent and the steps we are taking to try […]
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Assessing Services Week 10
Assessing Services Week 9
This week I was out in the field to shadow a couple of the full time appraisers. It was primarily single family and duplexes this week. We also did some virtual reassessments as usual and did a little more training in the office.
Read MoreWeek 5
This is my second week with the Assistant Property Manager. This week was somehow even busier than last week. On Friday alone, we had 8 new move-ins and 2 move-outs. With it being so busy, we weren’t in the office very much as we were doing both move-in and move-out […]
Read MoreWeek 4
After completing the leasing rotation, for the next 2 weeks, I am with the Assistant Property Manager. This first week was crazy busy due to a ton of move-ins and move-outs. This property is also doing renovations on the older units and is budgeted to complete 100 unit renovations this […]
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This was the second week of my Leasing rotation. This week I focused on perfecting the tour. There are a lot of things to remember, but I was able to get into a routine when it came time for a tour. First I would verify their information, what floorplans they […]
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