Last week Friday I started my day at another new property La Bella Vita, and after helping the Community Director move a dryer I went back to Elements to help them since they were a little short handed that day. It is a nice feeling knowing that I was able […]
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Maintenance
On Wednesday last week I was able to help the assistant community director with some of the maintenance that he had to get done for the day. We moved a dishwasher and fixed a thermostat which was nice to learn how to do some things like how to hook up […]
Read MoreWorking at a lease up
Last week Monday the third I worked at Elements which is a brand new property that opened for its first residents last December and will be getting another building, the 4th of 6 buildings, in the coming weeks
Read MoreGaining New Responsibilities
Unfortunately for our team, one of our leasing consultants is moving to Colorado. So, in turn I am taking on all of the responsibilities that she has on a daily basis. Her position is a leasing position, but she also does a lot of what an Assistant Community Director would […]
Read MorePower Hour
Power Hour at Weidner takes place from 9am-10am before our office opens. It gives us time to tidy up the office, vacuum, clean the glass doors, pick up trash, sweep the entrance, clean up the fitness center, fluff pillows, and put balloons out. It also gives us a chance to […]
Read MoreLease Expiration
One very important thing to keep track of is when leases expire. This is important because you need to watch when leases expire because you don’t want to have a lot of vacancies at one time which makes a business lose money. Also, more people are willing to move during the summer […]
Read MoreShowing Apartments
Being able to show an apartment is crucial. It helps the future resident figure out if it really is the right place for them. It lets them imagine where they can fit their furniture. It gives them an idea on how to change this home into their home. A few […]
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Regression Analysis Assignment
My next assignment for Insight is to create tables that will be used for a regression analysis to predict values based on various property features. The blueprint for this analysis is found in the scholarly article [first picture]. Basically, there is a data set of comparable sales of industrial properties that […]
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Can’t Beat Camping In Colorado!
Finished off my birthday weekend with my best friends from home with some camping up in the mountains. No other camping will ever compare to camping in Colorado, it is breath taking, but really cold!
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Diving Into My Birthday!
This week Friday, 7/7, was my birthday!! I decided to go skydiving with my two best friends from home over the Royal Gorge. This was hands down the most amazing, crazy moment of my life! P.S. I am terrified of heights! 🙂
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Paint Chipping To Get Ready For The Weekend
This week I had to chip all the paint of our front curbs, so I could repaint them! It was a lot of work but worth it because I got to have Thursday and Friday off for my friends to visit for my birthday!
Read MoreLong distance lease
Today I did my first distance lease where I didnt meet with the tenant once, and rather did everything with them, explained the apartment, talked over the steps, explained everything via email and over phone. I was really nervous when the guy first came in, because I didnt even know […]
Read MoreCar break in
Today, we got two phone calls from tenants in the same building who told us about break ins that happened in their vehicles. The first vehicle had some very important things in their car, and the second one, nothing was really stolen. They called us about it trying to get […]
Read MoreHome break-in
Without going into too much detail, to we had the police crime scene and multiple cops on the complex because there had been an apartment that had broken into. I guess the person had stolen some items out of a tenants town home while they were out of town. But […]
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