For the last week of my internship, I was able to choose what positions I wanted more time in. I decided to help out in multiple different areas. I first started in leasing for the first two days answering the phone and giving tours. It took a few hours to […]
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Internship Week 9
This week of the internship was the corporate rotation. On Tuesday, Trinity flew all of the interns out to their corporate headquarters in Irvine, California! Wednesday we heard presentations from the East and West Presidents of Redwood Construction, a sister company that focuses on the renovation and construction projects of […]
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Internship week 7
This was my second week with the Property Manager. During this week I had the opportunity to see how the Property Manager prepares quotes for a large capital project. At this site, there is a massive issue with the gutter and drainage systems on all of the buildings. Over time, […]
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Internship Week 6
For the next two weeks, I will be working with the Property Manager. This first week, I was shown how to use the software Yardi to create purchase orders and submit invoices. I was also given the opportunity to plan a resident event. The Property Manager gave me a few […]
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This is my second week with the Assistant Property Manager. This week was somehow even busier than last week. On Friday alone, we had 8 new move-ins and 2 move-outs. With it being so busy, we weren’t in the office very much as we were doing both move-in and move-out […]
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After completing the leasing rotation, for the next 2 weeks, I am with the Assistant Property Manager. This first week was crazy busy due to a ton of move-ins and move-outs. This property is also doing renovations on the older units and is budgeted to complete 100 unit renovations this […]
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This was the second week of my Leasing rotation. This week I focused on perfecting the tour. There are a lot of things to remember, but I was able to get into a routine when it came time for a tour. First I would verify their information, what floorplans they […]
Read MoreDiversified Week 8
This week I continued to do set ups and update city descriptions. One of the appraisers had a printed out table of comparables and wanted me to create an updated version of it on excel. So I had to use Costar to find all the properties, print them out with […]
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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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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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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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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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Diversified Week 4
Week 4 I continued searching for asking rents and comparables for various different properties. On Tuesday I went with Trevor and Maxx (both Stout alumni) to a multi-tenant retail property (pictured) inspection out in Shakopee. While we were out there we tried out Thai Tempo which is a local thai […]
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