Once a month we have a team meeting, where our team, which is our sister properties, meet and talk about how the team is doing and what is happening at all of the other properties within our team. It was interesting getting to hear about all of the other properties […]
Read MoreFrom the Field
Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.
Intern meeting
Weidner put together an intern/MIT meeting. Intern’s were there all day, and MIT’s were there only in the morning. We talked about different situations that could happen on an everyday basis, and even got to meet Dean Weidner himself. After the meeting, Weidner put together a little field trip for […]
Read MoreShopping Comps
Today was a fun day in the property management industry because me and another intern got the opportunity to go to surrounding properties to find out there prices, how they treat their customers and other helpful tips. I learned that all properties have there own and unique ways of standing […]
Read MoreMy Internship Site
The community that I work at is a great little community in Everett, Washington. There are 131 apartment homes in the community. This is a great size when it comes to managing, because there is enough homes that there is not so much to take care of that you can […]
Read MoreCanceling Move Ins
We had a 1 bedroom leased up 3 weeks prior to the ready move in date. The apartment was set to move in the next day and the tenant canceled the day before. Then the tenant had the nerve to ask for her security deposit. The tenant hadn’t responded in […]
Read MoreResurfacing Countertops
We had a turn this week that the counter tops didn’t match. We just picked up some counter resurfacing product at ACE and sprayed it evenly over the spaces. After an hour or so of drying the surfaces matched and looked new!
Read MoreMHA Judging
Yesterday I had the opportunity to tag along on a judging for property excellence through the Minnesota Multi Housing Association. We toured four properties in the Twin Cities area that had been nominated for the property excellence award. It was cool to see what they thought made them so successful […]
Read MoreShopping Comps
Today I shopped some of the competitors in the area. It was very interesting now that I have worked in the industry to see other companies strategies and practices. It also gives our property a good understanding on where we stand in the market of course.
Read MoreFalse Alarm
I entered an invoice for $448 billed to a tenant today after they pulled the fire alarm in their unit. Firefighters responded to the false alarm and the manager had to respond to help shut the alarm off.
Read MoreReplacing Screens
Today I learned how to quickly replace a screen. The screen took only a few minutes to replace. You just pop the screen out of the window. Then you pull out the rubber that jammed in the crease to keep the screen net there. Remove the old screening and lay […]
Read MoreFlood in the Home
On Saturday, there were only 15 minutes left until we closed for the weekend. The leasing consultant and I were getting ready to start shutting things down, when the phone rang. A resident was calling to let us know there was a lot of water in their home on the […]
Read MoreChange Day
Collected quarters from four complexes today. That was a lot of coins lol
Read MoreNo day is truly ever the same in Property Management
Every person you talk to in the property management industry will tell you the same thing; no day is ever the same. Recently through my internship I have really learned how true that is, One day everything is fine and residents are happy and the next you have 40 work […]
Read MoreBreak In
This morning upon arriving to work, we had learned that our club house was broken into the night before after everyone was gone. Someone had thrown a rock through the window and broke the glass, causing the alarms to go off. Since we have cameras all around the club house, […]
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