Hello, my name is Daniel Walker. I am from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. I graduated from Champlin Park High School, located in Champlin, Minnesota. I am a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in the Real Estate Property Management program. This summer, I am interning with Property Care as a property management […]
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This fourth week in Colorado has been an amazing learning experience! I’ve assisted with leasing, office work, and touring, and I’ve also had the opportunity to work on learning the art of setting up an apartment model to Weidner’s standards. Additionally, I received an in-depth tour from our maintenance department, […]
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Wrapping up the theme of safety and risk management, this week I reviewed the incident reporting process and attended a risk management meeting. The process of creating an incident report is normally a drop everything situation that requires all your attention. The process of remediation after an incident can […]
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Any student completing an internship through the University of Wisconsin Stout is responsible for coming up with 5 learning goals to be worked on through the course of their internship. One of my learning goals was to become adept at using CRM software in a property management context. I’m happy […]
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Over the past week, I took a few days off for a trip, yet the business continued as usual. I’m in the process of organizing a cookout for some tenants at my internship, and we’ll be setting it up this week. I’m juggling several projects, including bidding on jobs, systematizing […]
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Week #6 was a great week. I learned many new things, including application screening, and participated in several tours. I also worked on a few different projects. In the first project, I navigated our software system to determine which units needed furnace filters paused for the summer months. In the […]
Read MoreThis week I have continued to work on the Excel Project and have nearly finished. I am in the process of scheduling a meeting to go over what I have finished, and any improvements they would like me to make before it is completed. There was supposed to be a […]
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This week, I began working at the next building in my rotation for the summer. I am working with a fantastic team that is managing a class A, large national retail headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. This two-week rotation has an emphasis on security, emergency, and risk management which is fitting […]
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This week has been extremely busy. We started off the week going over the delinquency and move our walk throughs of several units. I also had to deal an emergency property fire. It caused 3 units to be damaged and required emergency unit transfers for the tenants. I also helped […]
Read MoreMy third week was very similar to my second week. I continued to work on the Excel project that I was assigned, while also improving the other spreadsheets that the company currently uses to make them all uniform. This project is helping me learn a lot about Premier Housing Management […]
Read MoreHello Irem, This is week 3 for the internship with HPI Properties. There has been a lot of high energy in the office lately with new general maintenance projects. I have been assigned to a few different projects and still hustling strong to fill the residential side of the business. […]
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The second week of my internship with Weidner Apartments has been mainly focused on touring prospective residents. I’ve spent this time learning the ins and outs of the Stitchweld property, including amenities we offer, different pricing structures, as well as learning about the surrounding area. I’ve given roughly twenty tours […]
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Throughout the week, I focused on various marketing tasks for different properties. I met some of our new tenants and conducted several showings on my own. Additionally, I completed a few projects, including reviewing tenants’ move-in inspection sheets in Rent Check to ensure that necessary maintenance was addressed.
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