wherein Liz continues to be very busy
Aug. 12th, 2020 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingThings done today at work:
1. More apartment inspections. Some were fine, some had super-minor easy fixes, and some needed actual work. Also, one apartment was supposed to be done yesterday but was really, truly not ready when Maintenance Guy and I went to inspect it around noon, and then the tenant started moving in while some senior "management" figures were still clomping around going "ohhh. hmmm. huh." and otherwise being generally in the way and unhelpful. *headdesk* I had no time to stage anything, but I did get some un-staged pictures that I think are slightly better than the previous set of unfurnished pictures.
2. Staged, photographed, and un-staged two studios.
3. Continued uploading shiny new photos to our website.
4. Responded to inquiries and arranged one confirmed tour for tomorrow, plus one unconfirmed tour.
5. Had a somewhat frustrating conversation with two senior "management" figures who stopped in to ask, without coming out and saying in so many words, whether the Commons office was worth the time and money, which they seemed to judge solely on whether I was getting walk-in inquiries. That is SO NOT HOW RENTALS WORK THESE DAYS. EVERYTHING IS ONLINE, with phone calls as a secondary source. Walk-ins are hardly ever a thing. *headdesk*
I'm down here for three main reasons: 1) take over a bunch of Commons residential tours so Mr. Geniality isn't running back and forth between the commons and the main downtown office so much (we're working on that); 2) do all Commons residential staging and photography because nobody else had any time to do that at all (which I am doing very efficiently, thanks ever so); and 3) just generally be a physical presence on the Commons for tenants who need to pick up/drop off keys or get locked out or want to report a maintenance issue and for whatever reason feel a need to do that in person rather than sending an email or making a phone call (done some, will probably do more as people realize I'm here).
I am also doing work on downtown's web presence in general, but I could do that anywhere; that's not tied to a specific office as tightly as the other three tasks.
6. Began planning a list of apartments to stage and video on Friday and Saturday when we'll have someone (presumably Ms. Rise-and-Shine's daughter in law?) in to help with that job. It will need revisions tomorrow as I get a better sense of which apartments will actually be turned over and ready (as well as vacant), but at least I have a solid starting point. My current plan is for them to do a couple-three South Hill apartments on Friday morning, then spend noon to 6pm doing Commons apartments. They can do the rest of the South Hill apartments on Saturday.
This works best with scheduled move-in dates, and also with my own weekend schedule since Saturday is going to be... kind of patchy, shall we say?
(To summarize: Saturday is my church Board of Trustees/staff joint annual retreat. This year we're doing everything virtually through Zoom, so my plan is to bring my laptop to work and just lock the office door during my meeting periods (one hour board-only in the morning, and three hours board/staff joint meeting in the afternoon), though I will be physically present to handle any key issues or emergency lock-outs all day.)
7. Adjusted my one-bin studio staging kit to incorporate some new materials Aunt Boss sent down from the Collegetown office. It's good to switch things up every few apartments so the photos don't get too samey, you know?
...
I need to go buy some cheap, flashy refrigerator magnets. I've been using a handful of my own that I brought in to the office temporarily, but they're small-ish and I do want several of them back.
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In non-work news:
1. I am now into season 4 of Rusty Quill Gaming. I continue to enjoy it a lot. :)
2. Several of my peppers are bearing fruit, which pleases me. Marauding wildlife ate all my early eggplants, but the plant is blooming once more so I have hope for a second round of fruit. This time I'm going to spray animal repellent around my back porch to hopefully protect my veggies.
3. I successfully repaired a couple items with superglue (or an equivalent thereof) and Lexel clear gel. I have plans to repair a few more items this week or weekend.
4. My new laptop weirdly doesn't seem to have any microphone input programs installed? I am pretty sure it HAS an inbuilt microphone -- it would be incredibly weird NOT to in the year 2020 -- but diagnostics do not detect any software for accessing or processing audio input. :(
On the bright side, the webcam definitely works! And I was able to join a Zoom call via my phone, so not having computer-based audio input is not the end of the world.
5. I sent Susan some birthday presents.
6. My parents have returned to NJ from Minnesota and they had BETTER be self-quarantining if they know what's good for them.
...
I should check on that, actually.
...
I think I will.
1. More apartment inspections. Some were fine, some had super-minor easy fixes, and some needed actual work. Also, one apartment was supposed to be done yesterday but was really, truly not ready when Maintenance Guy and I went to inspect it around noon, and then the tenant started moving in while some senior "management" figures were still clomping around going "ohhh. hmmm. huh." and otherwise being generally in the way and unhelpful. *headdesk* I had no time to stage anything, but I did get some un-staged pictures that I think are slightly better than the previous set of unfurnished pictures.
2. Staged, photographed, and un-staged two studios.
3. Continued uploading shiny new photos to our website.
4. Responded to inquiries and arranged one confirmed tour for tomorrow, plus one unconfirmed tour.
5. Had a somewhat frustrating conversation with two senior "management" figures who stopped in to ask, without coming out and saying in so many words, whether the Commons office was worth the time and money, which they seemed to judge solely on whether I was getting walk-in inquiries. That is SO NOT HOW RENTALS WORK THESE DAYS. EVERYTHING IS ONLINE, with phone calls as a secondary source. Walk-ins are hardly ever a thing. *headdesk*
I'm down here for three main reasons: 1) take over a bunch of Commons residential tours so Mr. Geniality isn't running back and forth between the commons and the main downtown office so much (we're working on that); 2) do all Commons residential staging and photography because nobody else had any time to do that at all (which I am doing very efficiently, thanks ever so); and 3) just generally be a physical presence on the Commons for tenants who need to pick up/drop off keys or get locked out or want to report a maintenance issue and for whatever reason feel a need to do that in person rather than sending an email or making a phone call (done some, will probably do more as people realize I'm here).
I am also doing work on downtown's web presence in general, but I could do that anywhere; that's not tied to a specific office as tightly as the other three tasks.
6. Began planning a list of apartments to stage and video on Friday and Saturday when we'll have someone (presumably Ms. Rise-and-Shine's daughter in law?) in to help with that job. It will need revisions tomorrow as I get a better sense of which apartments will actually be turned over and ready (as well as vacant), but at least I have a solid starting point. My current plan is for them to do a couple-three South Hill apartments on Friday morning, then spend noon to 6pm doing Commons apartments. They can do the rest of the South Hill apartments on Saturday.
This works best with scheduled move-in dates, and also with my own weekend schedule since Saturday is going to be... kind of patchy, shall we say?
(To summarize: Saturday is my church Board of Trustees/staff joint annual retreat. This year we're doing everything virtually through Zoom, so my plan is to bring my laptop to work and just lock the office door during my meeting periods (one hour board-only in the morning, and three hours board/staff joint meeting in the afternoon), though I will be physically present to handle any key issues or emergency lock-outs all day.)
7. Adjusted my one-bin studio staging kit to incorporate some new materials Aunt Boss sent down from the Collegetown office. It's good to switch things up every few apartments so the photos don't get too samey, you know?
...
I need to go buy some cheap, flashy refrigerator magnets. I've been using a handful of my own that I brought in to the office temporarily, but they're small-ish and I do want several of them back.
---------------
In non-work news:
1. I am now into season 4 of Rusty Quill Gaming. I continue to enjoy it a lot. :)
2. Several of my peppers are bearing fruit, which pleases me. Marauding wildlife ate all my early eggplants, but the plant is blooming once more so I have hope for a second round of fruit. This time I'm going to spray animal repellent around my back porch to hopefully protect my veggies.
3. I successfully repaired a couple items with superglue (or an equivalent thereof) and Lexel clear gel. I have plans to repair a few more items this week or weekend.
4. My new laptop weirdly doesn't seem to have any microphone input programs installed? I am pretty sure it HAS an inbuilt microphone -- it would be incredibly weird NOT to in the year 2020 -- but diagnostics do not detect any software for accessing or processing audio input. :(
On the bright side, the webcam definitely works! And I was able to join a Zoom call via my phone, so not having computer-based audio input is not the end of the world.
5. I sent Susan some birthday presents.
6. My parents have returned to NJ from Minnesota and they had BETTER be self-quarantining if they know what's good for them.
...
I should check on that, actually.
...
I think I will.
