From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

HPI Properties Co-Op Week 2

Hello Irem! This second week at my co-op I have been doing some similar activities. I have completed start to finish 5 leases, with about 20 phone calls a day. I have been active in showing apartments and talking to people on listing sites like Zillow and Facebook. The owners […]

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Second Week at Trellis Management Company

Throughout the second week at Trellis Management, I worked at Hopkins Village Apartments. While there, I would write up lease reminders for people to come down and sign leases, along with issue late rent reminders. Along with doing late rent, I also learned how to process the rents through ILoveLeasing, […]

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Internship- Week #4

During week four, I had a fun and educational experience. I assisted my property manager, Brooke, with marketing one of the new properties we started managing for an owner. I worked in our software system, took pictures of the vacant unit, and handled all the marketing necessary to get it […]

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First Week at Stitchweld

My name is Declan Roddy and I am from Oak Creek, Wisconsin. It’s currently the summer before my senior year at UW-Stout and I was lucky enough to land an internship with Weidner Apartment Homes. This summer I will be working at Stitchweld, an apartment complex located in Bay View, […]

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Week #2

There have been a lot of firsts this second week in Colorado Springs where I’m interning for Weidner Real Estate Apartment Homes. I’ve been able to assist with the office’s everyday activities thanks to the leadership of an amazing team. Among these responsibilities is answering the office queue, which entails […]

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Week 2

This week, I was assigned a project to combine the numerous accounting Excel files that the company has into one large master sheet that will allow new hires to access accounting information quicker and easier than they can currently. This also is an incredible opportunity for me to get familiar […]

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Week 1

My first week at Premier Property Management was amazing! Everyone in the office has been wonderful, and I have been able to learn so much already. I spent most of my week watching my coworkers work and working on small projects in order to understand how their Yardi accounting software […]

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Experience Profile

Name: Elaina Blazei Hometown: Mendota Heights, MN High School: Two Rivers High School (Originally Henry Sibley), Mendota Heights, MN I am a senior in the Business Administration and Real Estate Property Management programs at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. I am completing a Cooperative Education (Co-Op) experience as a Property Accounting Intern […]

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Introduction

My name is Tayla Spiegel and I am from Marion, Wisconsin. I will be a senior at the University of Wisconsin Stout in the Real Estate Property Management and Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management programs and have a minor in Architecture. I am spending my summer in Seattle, Washington with […]

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JLL Internship Week 1

My first week at JLL has been packed to the brim with learning as much as possible about the operation of the RBC Gateway high rise in Minneapolis, MN. This building is class A and the office portion that I am working in opened in February of 2022. In addition […]

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Internship- Week #3

During my third week at General Property Management, my responsibilities included ensuring that houses were clean, painted, and ready for new tenants. I also helped facilitate the distribution of approximately 80 sets of keys. One of the property managers, Brooke, took me along to meet another property manager who was […]

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Experience Profile

My name is Annie Jacobson, I am from St. Louis Park, MN, and I graduated from Edina High School in Edina, MN. I am currently a senior at the University of Wisconsin Stout in the Real Estate Property Management program with just one semester left! This summer, I am interning […]

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HPI Properties Co-Op Week 1

This week at HPI Properties I am putting my CALP certification to work. Many units open up during the summertime, so they need to be filled. I have been on the phone most of the day calling to schedule showings and get units pre-leased before the move-out days. I have […]

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Experience Profile

Hello everyone! I am Justin Johnson, a Stout student studying property management and business. My hometown is Kronenwetter Wisconsin and I went to school at Mosinee High School. This is my senior year at Stout and I’m doing a Stout Co-opp with a property management and investment company, HPI Properties. […]

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