After multiple talks with our area manager, we were finally able to get rents reduced by about $50-$75 so traffic has slowly started to pick back up, and I have a few solid leads to hopefully close on In the next few days. I also went to a different property […]
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Week 5
This week was cut short for me as I tested positive for covid on Wednesday and was actually pretty sick because of it, I could barely get out of bed the first two days. I was super nervous I was going to take out the entire office with covid, thankfully […]
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All across the region, Weidner increased rents this week anywhere from $150-$200 causing traffic to decrease drastically as our 1×1 units are going for about $1,350 and our 2×1 units are going for about $1,450. Of those who do contact us about half won’t even income qualify to rent as […]
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This week has really started to pick up for me regarding responsibilities while at work, and I have also grown more comfortable when answering the phones. One thing I have started to do this week is show apartments by myself which has led to me securing 3 leases this week […]
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Diversified Week 7
This week was a shortened week since I had the fourth of July off. I did similar things I’ve been doing in the past. I finished the city descriptions that needed to be done for the week, did neighborhood, site and improvement descriptions, writeups, setups, found asking rents. I did […]
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Assessing Services Week 8
This week was pretty short because of the holiday weekend so not much to write about. That being said we did go out in the field to do some single family RA. We also did some virtual RA and property sketching. The internship is still going good, learning a lot […]
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Internship- Week 5
This week we had an event for the residents where they could come and get mini pancakes one evening. The residents at my property really enjoy it when we bring different vendors to the property. On Friday of this week, we had three move-ins which was a lot. We had […]
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Diversified Week 6
Week 6 I did more set ups and a neighborhood description. I searched for some sale comps for a lumber and hardware properties out in Hackensack and Backus, Minnesota. Comps were hard to find since it was sort of a warehouse/office, with outdoor storage, and a lumberyard. They had these […]
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Assessing Services Week 7
This week we were out in the field a lot, we spent most of each day assessing homestead properties and large farms. The farm properties take a while just because of the number of buildings on the property and the size of the lots. After seeing the properties in person […]
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As I get more comfortable working, I have been noticing several things and situations that I wish I could handle differently or things I would change if I were a manager. One major thing is that our maintenance staff is understaffed. There are only two guys who work on the […]
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Diversified Week 5
This week I stayed in the office. I assisted an appraiser with a huge report for Nolan Mains apartments in Edina, MN by creating a map of the neighborhood area. I had to find a way to put all of names of the shops, restaurants, etc. onto the map picture […]
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Experience Profile
Grant Geissler Hometown: Green Bay, WI High School: Bay Port High School, Green Bay, WI Grant Geissler is a Junior in the Real Estate Property Management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Grant is completing a Cooperative Education (Co-Op) experience as a Real Estate Intern at Arrive Eden Prairie in […]
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Assessing Services Week 6
This week we were out in the field doing in-person reassessments. In short the process is a week prior to visiting the property we call and send a postcard letting the owner know we are coming by for reassessment, they also have the option to schedule at an exact time. […]
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Internship – Week 2
For the second week of my internship, I started working with the leasing team. During this week I was trained on the Entrata software that we use for pretty much everything. We use Entrata for current residents as well as creating a profile for prospective residents. I also was trained […]
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