Today I did my first distance lease where I didnt meet with the tenant once, and rather did everything with them, explained the apartment, talked over the steps, explained everything via email and over phone. I was really nervous when the guy first came in, because I didnt even know […]
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Home break-in
Without going into too much detail, to we had the police crime scene and multiple cops on the complex because there had been an apartment that had broken into. I guess the person had stolen some items out of a tenants town home while they were out of town. But […]
Read MorePre-Walks for Residence Who Have Given Notice
When we have a residence who has given us a notice to move out, we do pre-walk inspections generally two-three weeks before their move out date. We conduct these in order to see what we might need to fix in the apartment to “turn it” in the near future. This […]
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Reputation.com
Bigos Management has recently rolled out a new software program that allows all reviews and ratings on the internet to be funneled through one app. This allows for Managers to be able to access the reviews and reply in a timely manner to make sure that our customers know we […]
Read MoreNo CD
For the past week, my community director went on vacation for the week, so it meant at the office we had an assistant director, 2 leasing consultants, an intern, and a full maintenance team. We constantly had people calling saying they wanted to speak to the manager or the boss, […]
Read MorePool
Since I have started here at High Plains (5 weeks ago), our pool has been opened maybe 5 days. It has been very difficult dealing with very unhappy tenants who want to enjoy the pool, but people who live here and people who just work off the streets have ruined […]
Read MoreWisconsin Dells Estate Pick Up
This week, we had a pick up from the online auction in the Wisconsin Dells. The pick up was from 9-2 and we had over 100 people who bid on items. Out of all the online auctions that I have seen this summer, this was the most interesting. This auction […]
Read MoreInsurance
Today I spent about 4 hours on the phone with the company that provides insurance to our properties here at A&J Management. I spend about 2/3 of that time on hold, and the rest of the time answering question about the location of the property. It was a great experience […]
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Bird’s eye view
Went to one of the big commercial projects we are currently working on. Rode some scissor lifts and got some different views of the steel framing that is currently going up.
Read MoreAuditor
Today, we have our auditor is in to view our apartments, look at the affordable housing apartments, and view files. Having her here has been very stressful for everyone, but at the same time once we find out the results, we’ll know how well we’re doing. I started off this […]
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Tuesday Meetings
Every Tuesday the Insight Realty team gathers for a weekly Tuesday meeting. During the meeting we go over the different projects we are working on. I mostly am there to listen in, but it is interesting to listen to them bounce different ideas off of each other on how to […]
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Know your competition, and your sister properties!
In this Industry it is very important to be as knowledgeable as possible about your comps and other properties within your company! Comps are a great way to know whether to raise or lower rent rates, and to see what other properties are offering that differentiate them from you! Knowing […]
Read MoreDeferred Maintenance
Today I had a lengthy meeting with the Property Manager about the deferred maintenance at each of the properties owned by A&J Management. It was a great learning experience for me, and learned a great deal on how they go about deciding what tasks need to be completed first. I […]
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10,000 square Feet
Checking up on the concrete crew this morning, 10,000 square feet of warehouse space is being poured full of concrete. Had to bring in the big pump truck to get the concrete where it needed to be. Quite the experience and set up.
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