Had a great day meeting the face of the company. Learned a lot about how he got started and the work that he has put into his company. All the seattle interns sat at a table with him to ask him questions and see what he is all about. He […]

Today was a fun day because I got to follow around our Maintenance staff! I learned how to do a bunch of little things that have to do with toilets, drains, sinks, and garbage disposals. I really got to appreciate the work that they do. Having a solid Maintenance staff […]

On Wednesday the COO of Weidner will be visiting the properties in Colorado Springs. In preparation, this week will be cleaning up the grounds heavily as well as the common areas. Normally the properties would be worried with leasing up to 100% occupancy so there are no vacant units when […]

Today I encountered the difficulty of telling a resident that their service request was not considered an “emergency” therefore the on-call maintenance personal would not be called and their request would not be resolved until tomorrow.  As many can imagine, this is often not the answer a resident want to […]

When trying to lease an apartment home, it is very important to create urgency for the prospect to get their application in. When you are able to create urgency in people, they are forced to make a decision quicker and are more likely to choose your community. If you do not […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!

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 […]

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.

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.