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Assessing Services Week 12

This is week 12 the last week of my internship, we primarily focused on putting all the new construction details into the system. We also did some sketching and RA work throughout the week. Overall it was a good experience working in Assessing Services, I have learned a lot and […]

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Assessing Services Week 11

This weeks primary focus was to appraise all of the new construction going up in the area, we checked to make sure what we had on record was accurate to what was being built and then put that into the system when we got back to the office. We also […]

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Assessing Services Week 9

This week I was out in the field to shadow a couple of the full time appraisers. It was primarily single family and duplexes this week. We also did some virtual reassessments as usual and did a little more training in the office. 

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Assessing Services Week 8

This week was pretty short because of the holiday weekend so not much to write about. That being said we did go out in the field to do some single family RA. We also did some virtual RA and property sketching. The internship is still going good, learning a lot […]

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Assessing Services Week 7

This week we were out in the field a lot, we spent most of each day assessing homestead properties and large farms. The farm properties take a while just because of the number of buildings on the property and the size of the lots. After seeing the properties in person […]

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Assessing Services Week 6

This week we were out in the field doing in-person reassessments. In short the process is a week prior to visiting the property we call and send a postcard letting the owner know we are coming by for reassessment, they also have the option to schedule at an exact time. […]

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Assessing Services Week 5

This week was mainly spent in the office doing reassessments. We also had a staff meeting going over procedure and regulation changes. Later in the week we had some more training days and projects related to the training. Other then that this week wasn’t to exciting, mainly a repeat of […]

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Assessing Services Week 4

This week we worked a lot more with the GIS software, did some more training, and learned how to digitally “sketch” properties and put them into they system. We also went through some more procedure stuff. Other then that it has continued to be a fun work environment, learning a lot! 

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Assessing Services Week 3

Week three was a short week and mainly was a repeat of the previous week. We had some meetings and did some virtual reassessments using the GIS software we learned how to use last week. Other then that the people here are great to work with and include the interns […]

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Assessing Services Week 2

Week two I got to meet the other three interns I would be working with over the summer. We also did more training, a few meetings, and worked more with the software. We did some field days where we visited some co-ops and some new construction to see how the […]

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Assessing Services Week 1

The first week started by meeting everyone in the office and doing some team bonding by going out to eat as a team for lunch. It also consisted of setting up my workstation, working on training, reading through the manuals/ rules, and gaining familiarity with the GIS software. The dress […]

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