This week we have spent a majority of the week trying to battle our occupancy that is continually lowering, due to notices and loss of traffic in our office. We discovered that one of our advertisement companies had been forgetting to send us emails of people that submitted inquiries on […]
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New Property Friday
For the rest of my time out in Utah, I will be going to a new property every Friday with my Regional Manager, Ashley. This Friday I had the opportunity to go to a property downtown Salt Lake City which is called Bridges at Citifront. It is a lot different […]
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Package Room Chaos
The big project this week is the package room. I dealt with this at both of the properties that I was at this week. At Legends, we have a package room to hide the chaos, but at Bridges all of their packages are out in the open. At both properties […]
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Projects in the making!
We are finally moving our tenants in! I have had such an amazing opportunity, I have watched this project go from a white box to a finished office space, and learned a lot about the construction process along the way!
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Bowling @ Pinstripes in Edina
On Thursday night, all the Trinity properties in MN closed early and we went to Pinstripes in Edina. They rented out the entire upstairs in which there was food, drinks, bowling, and bocce ball. It was a fun night getting to other managers from the other properties and seeing how […]
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Tuesday – Thursday Training @ Solhous
Last week, I had the opportunity to move properties. I was transferred to Solhous in Minneapolis. During my time, I sat through a week of training on how to manage a Trinity property. Solhous was recently bought back in December by Trinity and new management was brought in and they […]
Read MoreMarket Analysis Project
Monday, I spent the day working on a market analysis for Arrive Watertower, my current property as well as one for Solhous in Minneapolis. I was to compile information for all the competition properties and put them together using power point. I had the chance to go out and shop […]
Read MoreNorth End – Aperture & Fresh Thyme
This is the 4th building known as Aperture that is part of the North End that was built in the last four years. It has numerous amenities including an entertainment room, library, and elevated terrace where residents can grill out and play bocce ball. Another great feature to this building […]
Read MoreNorth End – Clubroom
This is yet another amenity of the North End. Several of the buildings on property have a designated clubroom. This one specifically has a home theater system including a projector for movies. There is also seating for parties/events and a kitchen in an adjacent room that can be used to […]
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A Bus Tour with Bigos
I went on a bus tour with all of the interns and many Bigos employees. The bus tour visited 5 different properties, and it started at 8:30 AM and ended at 4 PM. They provided us with many gift bags and other items. It was fun meeting new people and […]
Read MoreA Day with the Maintenance Team
I spent the day shadowing and assisting the maintenance at Mears Park Place. I truly did not understand the amount of work that they complete and the importance they hold with reputation and resident satisfaction. The maintenance team at Mears is skilled and makes the leasing job and property manager’s […]
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Pre-Vacate Inspections for July
I joined our assistant property manager and the maintenance team to assist in pre-vacate inspections of all residents moving out at the end of July. The apartments were surprisingly clean, and the residents maintained great care of their apartment. Every team member was excellent explaining the importance of the inspections […]
Read MoreWrong move in date
Today we had a resident come in who thought today was his move in date. His actual move in date isn’t until tomorrow and they still had to finish cleaning the carpets in the apartment. He was very upset and kept telling us we had the dates wrong but everything […]
Read MoreHeating Hot Water
It was an interesting day to say the least! One of our current residents, thought it would be okay to bring in a propane tank to their unit. They wanted their water to be hotter and this was their way of heating it up. We had to go up to […]
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