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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This week I started learning the process that the appraisers go through when appraising a property. I learned how to do a neighborhood, site, and zoning description. I started working with Trevor (a Stout graduate) on finding asking rents and comparables for two properties he’s appraising in Anoka and Shakopee. […]

Week 2 at Diversified Real Estate Services was very similar to week 1, except there was less filing as I got most of that done last week. I completed more setup files which are mostly taking pictures of maps (area, regional, plat, state, and aerial) and then adding a dot […]

My first week at Diversified Real Estate Services in Minneapolis was pretty laid back. I organized my desk first thing, which was later filled with files. I learned how to complete a setup file for a report. I threw away old files and organized and stored the new files that […]