Last Friday, the office staff at Highlands worked until 2:00pm, and then spent the rest of the day on a team-building hike with our Area Director, Brad. It was cool to get to know my co-workers outside of the office, and witness some incredible Alaskan scenery. At the end of […]
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Camelback Pointe Apartments, the community I am working at, has been hosting a food truck event for the past three years. This year, I became in charge of picking and booking the food trucks that would attend our event. This week, I booked our last truck and finished the flyer! […]
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Last week, I leased my first apartment on my own, where I not only showed the apartment, I took them through the process of filling out the application, went through everything with them from their first look at the apartment to moving in them fully.
Read MoreToday I had to deny one girl because of bad credit and 1 person had to be put back to refer on both credit and criminal background. It was the first time I had a straight deny, so it was a little stressful and a big bummer to call these […]
Read MoreI got the opportunity to tag along with my mentor, Tony Lesicka, in a final inspection tour of the property. A final inspection is necessary when an appraiser is hired to value a new construction or renovated property. The client is a bank that requests two appraisals, an “as-is” appraisal […]
Read MoreAs the market changes, our vacancy is a little higher than normal. Taking this in mind we spend the day going through the vacant apartments and making sure that they are appealing to prospective tenants.
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Just looking at a set of plans on one of the many property projects we got going on. Interesting stuff! Learning a lot!
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This week Weidner Apartment Homes sent all of their national property management interns to Phoenix, Arizona. We toured apartment communities there, and met the C.O.O. of the company, Jack O’Connor. I’m so happy to work for a company that values all of their associates so much, even the interns!
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Friday was the day of the live auction. We had to get there about 7am to finish everything up before the auction hit. Once it hit 9:30, the auction had started. There were about 50 people at the auction at first, and for how hot it was out side, more […]
Read MoreIt was another great week here in Menomonie, some rain slowed down some of our outside projects here at A&J Management but we ended the week on a great note. With both the manager and maintenance supervisor gone for the weekend I am the on call maintenance man for the […]
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Every month I have to create a newsletter for all of our tenants. It includes special events and information for tenants to be aware of. We put them in all of the elevators in each building so there is a good chance everyone will see them. Here is an example […]
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Everyday I am required to post 3 apartment rentals in craigslist. We do that in order to flood the market with our available units and hopefully get some leads on prospective tenants. Here is an example of a posting I made today. Here is link: https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/apa/6181016114.html
Read MoreAt Asbury Park people tend to live in the community for 1-3 years. So it is important to keep your residents happy since they will be around for awhile and you want them to enjoy living in your community. This means getting their maintenance requests done asap, and doing what […]
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Asbury Park is a 161 unit property located in Kirkland, WA. Amenities include 24 emergency maintenance, 24 fitness center, seasonal pool, clubhouse access with free wifi, free uncovered parking. The property does offer carports with $40/month. We have three floor plans a studio, 1 bed 1 bath, and a 2 […]
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