From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Move Out

A little screenshot into a recent move out. Not everything goes the way you hope, but that is why we have a great maintenance team. To help get the unit turned around and ready for the next person to make it home.

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Safety Data Sheets

If given the chance it may take me the entire rest of my internship to finish this book. For every product we have on property there are 5-15 pages of Safety Data Sheets. Each product needs to be documented in here and this book needs to be updated every time […]

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Special Visitor

We had a special visitor come into work today for a little bit. Some found her running around some units and someone brought her in. Soon her owner was located, and she went back home. Little Skyla was so friendly and fun to hang with for a while though.

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Weidner Internship- Week 8

This week was busy when it came to move-ins, we had five, four of which were on the same day! That being said, we had to be very strategic with our scheduling and were in a bit of a time crunch to finish any last-minute maintenance. Luckily, everything went smoothly […]

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Office Duty

Just in time to dodge the heat, I have been working office duty throughout this week. I answer incoming calls. I respond to customer emails. I have been completing daily routes for the crews. I print invoices and process payments in QuickBooks. Payments come in through the mail, customers call […]

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Weidner Internship – Week 9

This last week, I went to Milwaukee twice for two different meetings. One of the meetings was for all of the CDs in Madison and Milwaukee. The other meeting was to learn more about the MIT program. These meetings allowed me to gain more knowledge about Weidner Apartment Homes and […]

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Country Thunder Rush

This weekend at the Grand Geneva has been crazy! The Country Thunder Music Festival is taking place very close to our hotel, and therefore we are completely and utterly booked. Apparently there was a glitch in our system allowing for guests to purchase a pass to the Geneva Club for […]

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Weidner Internship- Week 7

As for this week, there wasn’t much activity when it came to tours but we were able to get applications for and lease all of our 3-bedrooms!! Other than that, with this extra time, we got a lot of our to-do list done! Our other leasing consultant (Tim) and I […]

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Internship Week 8

This week was a busy one. We had four move ins and a bank inspection. The majority of the week was spent putting together the files for the move ins and tidying up for the bank inspection. I’ve finally become comfortable enough with the move in process to work through […]

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Internship Week 8

This week has been very slow. We have had very few tours and move-ins. Therefore, I have learned more about different scenarios and job duties on the property. I helped maintenance out for a week and got to see start and finish how to turn an apartment. I got to […]

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Working With Guest Services

Recently I stumbled upon an exciting opportunity, allowing me to take some time off from working as a Guest Attendant at the Grand Geneva Resort, and to transfer into the Operations division for a weekend. I have been working in the PBX branch, which can only be described as an […]

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Plan for Snow

In property management we are always thinking and planning ahead. Even though we are in the longest and hottest days of the year, we need to be sure all of our snow maintenance contracts are submitted to property managers. Every property in our snow maintenance route must have a signed […]

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Week 6-Open House

Week six I did a lot of tours because we were hosting an open house for prospects. It was very exciting to talk to people who were touring because they heard about the open house. For the open house, I helped to prepare the setup, and F&B, and also help […]

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Week 5- Team event

In the fifth week of my internship, I have done my first few independent move-ins. Our property also went to a local Axe throwing range to celebrate the leasing that we have been doing and reach our goal for the month. I learned this week more about the procedures we […]

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