A week ago today, I finished my 12-week internship with Weidner Apartment Homes. I had an opportunity to work at one of their properties in Fitchburg, WI. Throughout this opportunity, I have learned so much. I toured prospects that were interested in renting an apartment, managed and signed leases for […]
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Making Connections – Week 5
Working at the Grand Geneva has been a very eye opening experience for both me and my family. Before my internship my family didn’t have a very clear idea of what I was going to college for, and why I was so driven to persue my desired career path. Recently […]
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Expanding the Network
This week the Colliers office sponsored a team trip to a CARW event. (Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin) This trip was a great introduction to meeting professionals in eastern Wisconsin and learning about the current market trends. As a college student, I found many opportunities to create conversation and learn […]
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Tenant and Property Relations
This week for my internship in commercial management, I toured each building to understand the layouts and procedures and learn about the tenants and vacancies. This is a preliminary procedure for property inspections as well and a great way to understand the properties that I will be working with from […]
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Geneva Resort Internship — Week 4
I have officially completed week four of my hospitality internship at the Grand Geneva Resort! Looking back at all of the goals I had set for myself at the beginning of the summer, it is so apparent just how much I have succeeded and surpassed each and every goal I […]
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Move Out
A little screenshot into a recent move out. Not everything goes the way you hope, but that is why we have a great maintenance team. To help get the unit turned around and ready for the next person to make it home.
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Safety Data Sheets
If given the chance it may take me the entire rest of my internship to finish this book. For every product we have on property there are 5-15 pages of Safety Data Sheets. Each product needs to be documented in here and this book needs to be updated every time […]
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Special Visitor
We had a special visitor come into work today for a little bit. Some found her running around some units and someone brought her in. Soon her owner was located, and she went back home. Little Skyla was so friendly and fun to hang with for a while though.
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Weidner Internship- Week 8
This week was busy when it came to move-ins, we had five, four of which were on the same day! That being said, we had to be very strategic with our scheduling and were in a bit of a time crunch to finish any last-minute maintenance. Luckily, everything went smoothly […]
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Office Duty
Just in time to dodge the heat, I have been working office duty throughout this week. I answer incoming calls. I respond to customer emails. I have been completing daily routes for the crews. I print invoices and process payments in QuickBooks. Payments come in through the mail, customers call […]
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Weidner Internship – Week 9
This last week, I went to Milwaukee twice for two different meetings. One of the meetings was for all of the CDs in Madison and Milwaukee. The other meeting was to learn more about the MIT program. These meetings allowed me to gain more knowledge about Weidner Apartment Homes and […]
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Country Thunder Rush
This weekend at the Grand Geneva has been crazy! The Country Thunder Music Festival is taking place very close to our hotel, and therefore we are completely and utterly booked. Apparently there was a glitch in our system allowing for guests to purchase a pass to the Geneva Club for […]
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Weidner Internship- Week 7
As for this week, there wasn’t much activity when it came to tours but we were able to get applications for and lease all of our 3-bedrooms!! Other than that, with this extra time, we got a lot of our to-do list done! Our other leasing consultant (Tim) and I […]
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Internship Week 8
This week was a busy one. We had four move ins and a bank inspection. The majority of the week was spent putting together the files for the move ins and tidying up for the bank inspection. I’ve finally become comfortable enough with the move in process to work through […]
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