Weidner Apartment Homes Work Values

Daily Duties at Weidner Apartment Homes:

Responsibilities: Leading all property management, leasing, compliance and resident service coordination activities for a portfolio of 2,373 multifamily housing units. Key objectives: Aggressively managing a growing portfolio of A, B and C class properties, working to increase the value of each asset, building strong on-site management teams through coaching and motivation, creating innovative marketing plans to reach the target market, developing strategies to improve performance at the property level, and increasing portfolio occupancy and income. Key Results: • Responsible for 12 large scale apartment housing communities with an annual revenue budget of $22+ million • Recruited, trained, coached and managed 61 on-site associates and 4 corporate associates • Authorized approval of each property budget and incentive bonus plans for on-site associates • Created the company acquisition and due diligence checklist for efficient reporting and management • Re-wrote Rental Agreement and all new resident addendums with the help of an attorney to stay in compliance with Washington State Landlord Tenant Law • Introduced internal communication policies company-wide to include: Published job postings to reduce employee turnover, pre-construction planning agendas for major construction projects, and proposed action plans for associate benchmark performance • Produced and directed a multi-million dollar preventative maintenance campaign for the company • Set “quality in service” benchmarks for over 300 on-site associates through a performance based incentive “Secret Shopper” program • Developed a risk management credit screening service for class A vs. B and C assets • Facilitated weekly status meetings with the Regional Team (Area Director, Area Leasing and Marketing Specialist, Regional Maintenance Coordinator, Recruiter, Trainer, Administrative Assistant) • Portfolio’s Net Operating Income to budget exceeded 5% in 2006 • Pushed market rents 10% year-over-year in 2006 and 2007 • Delegated and directed over $10 million worth of capital improvements

What they like about Weidner Apartment Homes:

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Tags

project manager, public relations, commercial real estate, leadership coaching, strategic planning, property management, interpersonal communications, self-starter, strong work ethic, fast learner, Microsoft Office System, Attentive to detail

Skills

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Weidner Apartment Homes: