This week we had a lot more tours than we did last week, which was good to see! In fact, on Friday we got in 4 applications which is the most we have ever received in one day since I have been working. I began processing the applications in order […]
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Diversified Week 8
This week I continued to do set ups and update city descriptions. One of the appraisers had a printed out table of comparables and wanted me to create an updated version of it on excel. So I had to use Costar to find all the properties, print them out with […]
Read MoreInternship- Week 6
Over the past couple of weeks, several residents have been putting in their thirty-day notices due to moving out of state or buying a house. Our occupancy rate is lower than where we would like it to be. We reached out to the regional manager and worked with her to […]
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After multiple talks with our area manager, we were finally able to get rents reduced by about $50-$75 so traffic has slowly started to pick back up, and I have a few solid leads to hopefully close on In the next few days. I also went to a different property […]
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This week was cut short for me as I tested positive for covid on Wednesday and was actually pretty sick because of it, I could barely get out of bed the first two days. I was super nervous I was going to take out the entire office with covid, thankfully […]
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All across the region, Weidner increased rents this week anywhere from $150-$200 causing traffic to decrease drastically as our 1×1 units are going for about $1,350 and our 2×1 units are going for about $1,450. Of those who do contact us about half won’t even income qualify to rent as […]
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This week has really started to pick up for me regarding responsibilities while at work, and I have also grown more comfortable when answering the phones. One thing I have started to do this week is show apartments by myself which has led to me securing 3 leases this week […]
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Diversified Week 7
This week was a shortened week since I had the fourth of July off. I did similar things I’ve been doing in the past. I finished the city descriptions that needed to be done for the week, did neighborhood, site and improvement descriptions, writeups, setups, found asking rents. I did […]
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Assessing Services Week 8
This week was pretty short because of the holiday weekend so not much to write about. That being said we did go out in the field to do some single family RA. We also did some virtual RA and property sketching. The internship is still going good, learning a lot […]
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Internship- Week 5
This week we had an event for the residents where they could come and get mini pancakes one evening. The residents at my property really enjoy it when we bring different vendors to the property. On Friday of this week, we had three move-ins which was a lot. We had […]
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Diversified Week 6
Week 6 I did more set ups and a neighborhood description. I searched for some sale comps for a lumber and hardware properties out in Hackensack and Backus, Minnesota. Comps were hard to find since it was sort of a warehouse/office, with outdoor storage, and a lumberyard. They had these […]
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Assessing Services Week 7
This week we were out in the field a lot, we spent most of each day assessing homestead properties and large farms. The farm properties take a while just because of the number of buildings on the property and the size of the lots. After seeing the properties in person […]
Read MoreInternship- Week 4
As I get more comfortable working, I have been noticing several things and situations that I wish I could handle differently or things I would change if I were a manager. One major thing is that our maintenance staff is understaffed. There are only two guys who work on the […]
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Diversified Week 5
This week I stayed in the office. I assisted an appraiser with a huge report for Nolan Mains apartments in Edina, MN by creating a map of the neighborhood area. I had to find a way to put all of names of the shops, restaurants, etc. onto the map picture […]
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