While the main road is being reconstructed by the city, workers down the road happened to block a main drainage system causing a backflow of the storm drains. Due to the massive amount of rain and sediment building up, the backflow from the drains bled into one of our properties […]

Things picked up in the office finally after weeks of being sorta slow. By the end of the week, I received 5 applications, consider me in the hunt for “leasing superstar” one of my #1 goals for my internship. Two of those applications ended up being declined due to various […]

On Wednesday our realtor key box busted and in turn we were locked out of our master key and mailroom key box. So I had to my expertise and break into the boxes so we could replace the locks. Something different every day.

During week 5 we had a load of move-ins from the previous week’s applicants. Monday we had a water fountain flood near the bathrooms, that was quite the cleanup. On Wednesday we had our “Team” meeting at a sister property. following that, we had a nice MIT/Intern lunch with a […]

Came back from my 4th of July vacation to maintenance being extremely far behind on a turnover to have someone move in the next day at 9 am. We completely replaced the flooring and baseboards due to extreme pet damage. I ended up staying until 8.30 pm painting and installing […]

I started week 3 hitting the ground running, as I got my first lease and started doing a ton of property tours to get some units rented. I also had to return a kitty cat to her apartment because she is smart enough to undo the deadbolt, unlock the door […]

During my 2nd week, I completely ripped out some vinyl flooring that was pet damaged and I started installing some new LVP to help our maintenance guy out. On my first week, I noticed 20 bikes behind our property that were abandoned in the parking garage. Ended up listing them […]

My first week was exciting, I started to dip my toes into every section of running the building—office, leasing, and maintenance. The building is still a maze for me but I am enjoying my time so far.

This week the Colliers office sponsored a team trip to a CARW event. (Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin) This trip was a great introduction to meeting professionals in eastern Wisconsin and learning about the current market trends. As a college student, I found many opportunities to create conversation and learn […]

This week for my internship in commercial management, I toured each building to understand the layouts and procedures and learn about the tenants and vacancies. This is a preliminary procedure for property inspections as well and a great way to understand the properties that I will be working with from […]