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So into my 3rd week at Trappers Landing Lodge I finally felt myself getting into the groove. I was working Front Desk a lot and getting a hang of the computer system we used and really improving on my interactions with resort guests. I really started to feel comfortable, until […]
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The model at the apartment community is something that every prospect sees when they take a tour at the property which is why it needs to be kept clean, inviting and smelling good. We open the model first thing in the morning and close it after our showing hours are […]
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Spent some time in the office gathering prospect guest card together and gave a tour to prospect. After the tour the prospect decided to apply I did my first application by myself. I also did some organizing in the office, threw away some useless stuff.
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At Elmcreek Apartment we had our parking lot striping and sweeping on June 25th and 26th. Both day we had over 10 cars towed due to the car not move from the lot. After the car was tow resident came in complaining about car being towed. We gave out notice […]
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I have been helping with the maintenance team at my property lately trying to see their side of things. Our property in Minneapolis is a refurbished historical building which means most floors have completely different floor plans. This can cause some interesting situations for maintenance. We had a work order […]
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In the field of property management having a fast unit turn around is very key to a successful property. High occupancy percentage is one of the biggest priorities a manager has at a property. In the scenario today, a resident abandoned their unit so we spent the day clearing everything […]
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Multiples studies shown that over half of the American population eats their lunch alone during work. In fact, having lunch with colleagues can boost performance, increase productivity as well as maintain a close relationship within the team. The interns set designated time to eat lunch together for almost everyday. It allowed […]
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Week two was spent learning, learning, and more learning. Both getting familiar with the Walker Minnesota area, as well as the resort as a whole. I spent some time learning about our units for rent, working the front desk of the resort and learning our computer system. Decided this week […]
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One fun part of my property management internship with Weidner Apartment Homes is spending time planning resident events. The past couple of weeks, my team in the office has been busy getting our summer events planned and executed. I have really enjoyed creating the save the dates and marketing flyers […]
Read MoreI began work at Trappers Landing Lodge, this is 2.5 hours north of my hometown of Milaca, MN. I started with a long 8 hour orientation and begun training at the front desk and manager shadowing of the managers on site. This happened the week of May 13th, but unfortunately […]
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I finally feel like I’m settling into my role in this company. All of the new things I’ve learned are becoming much easier to do on my own, and I feel way more comfortable doing my job. It’s a blast learning the real world work that I will be doing […]
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Over this last week, the staff and myself at 222 Hennepin worked hard to put on our summer kick-off event for our residents! We had brought in a DJ, bartenders, and chef staff to pull it all together.
Read MoreThis is my third week here in Cleveland and I am learning more and more every day. I am gearing up to start giving tours on my own along with leasing. Towards the end of the week a few other interns and I were shipped back out to a property […]
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For the past few weeks I have been going through our portfolio of loans and completing analysis and Proforma’s on each of the loans. Typically this process takes all summer but I decided to try something new. I created an Excel spreadsheet that mimics the worksheet that we were originally […]
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