When they ask you to come in on Saturday but forget to give you the code to shut the alarm off (insert face palm emoji). We had to spend about a half hour on the phone with the security system because the information they had for our office was way […]

We now get to wear jeans on Friday’s instead of fully business professional! For women, this means jeans with a nice shirt and blazer. For men, this means jeans with a button up and tie or suit coat.

This week, I spent the entire week learning about what an Assistant Property Manager does. I learned invoicing, audits, and other essential business items on Entrata. It was fun to work alongside my property manager to see the tasks she does on a day-to-day basis. Each day was something new […]

Bigos Management hosted an accounting topic workshop for all of the interns from 9 AM-12 PM. During the workshop, we learned the procedures to move-in, move-out, process payments, deposit checks, and renewing leases.Following up the workshop, a chef came in and cooked ribs, chicken, and corn on the cob for […]

Today, I attended the quarterly APM meeting at another Bigos Property named Willow Creek Apartments in Plymouth, MN. We began the day with an ice breaker, and I met several new managers. I personally met Stout graduates, who have been recently hired. I learned much new information. They provided us […]

Today I completed my tenth tour by myself. Surprisingly–this coming weekend alone–I will be conducting five more tours! Our busy season is about to begin as prospects call and walk-in almost every day to secure an apartment. I have learned so much in this environment!

Today, my property manager and I went up to one of the units and head to clean for a new resident moving in. The cleaners were in earlier this week, but they had to install new carpeting and that caused a lot of dust to arise. It’s always fun getting […]

This is one of my favorite parts of the job so far. I love going into new properties that we are starting to manage and take pictures to market the place for rent. These are very important because they help rent out the properties faster. The ones we just started […]

We start managing new properties beginning in July. Having a new investor, I have to make copies of all of the leases. I also have to make new files for each property and then each unit inside of that. Lastly, I have to add all of the new tenants into […]