From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Market Analysis Project

Monday, I spent the day working on a market analysis for Arrive Watertower, my current property as well as one for Solhous in Minneapolis. I was to compile information for all the competition properties and put them together using power point. I had the chance to go out and shop […]

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North End – Aperture & Fresh Thyme

This is the 4th building known as Aperture that is part of the North End that was built in the last four years. It has numerous amenities including an entertainment room, library, and elevated terrace where residents can grill out and play bocce ball. Another great feature to this building […]

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North End – Clubroom

This is yet another amenity of the North End. Several of the buildings on property have a designated clubroom. This one specifically has a home theater system including a projector for movies. There is also seating for parties/events and a kitchen in an adjacent room that can be used to […]

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A Bus Tour with Bigos

I went on a bus tour with all of the interns and many Bigos employees. The bus tour visited 5 different properties, and it started at 8:30 AM and ended at 4 PM. They provided us with many gift bags and other items. It was fun meeting new people and […]

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A Day with the Maintenance Team

I spent the day shadowing and assisting the maintenance at Mears Park Place. I truly did not understand the amount of work that they complete and the importance they hold with reputation and resident satisfaction. The maintenance team at Mears is skilled and makes the leasing job and property manager’s […]

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Pre-Vacate Inspections for July

I joined our assistant property manager and the maintenance team to assist in pre-vacate inspections of all residents moving out at the end of July. The apartments were surprisingly clean, and the residents maintained great care of their apartment. Every team member was excellent explaining the importance of the inspections […]

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Wrong move in date

Today we had a resident come in who thought today was his move in date. His actual move in date isn’t until tomorrow and they still had to finish cleaning the carpets in the apartment. He was very upset and kept telling us we had the dates wrong but everything […]

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Heating Hot Water

It was an interesting day to say the least! One of our current residents, thought it would be okay to bring in a propane tank to their unit. They wanted their water to be hotter and this was their way of heating it up. We had to go up to […]

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North End – Art

The North End is known for its unique artwork. What is really cool about the six buildings here at the North End is that each one is named after photography terms such as chroma, aperture, vignette etc. To go along with each building are local pieces of artwork such as […]

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North End – Another Successful Denim Park Event

This was the North End’s fifth Denim Park Concert Series event for the summer. Many residents showed up as well as people walking down the street. A lot of the residents also brought their dogs with. It’s a nice enjoyable evening where residents can mingle and even network, eat some […]

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Move-Ins

I have had several move in’s this week and have spent much of the weeks getting ready for them. Before someone can move in I need to make sure their prorated rent is paid, have the tenant set up their electricity, set up their renters insurance and make sure all […]

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Troubleshooting

To trouble shoot our slight drop in occupancy we have started spending the little spare time we have in the vacant units sprucing them up. In this process we clean, put new air fresheners in the unit and make sure the temperature is just right for tours.

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Occupancy

This past week we have had to deal a lot with vacant units. Usually our occupancy sits right around 97%, but in the past few weeks that number has dropped and several units are coming available. We have been continuing to post ads and keep up with our marketing, but […]

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Unexpected Birthday Gift

Today was my birthday, and I did not tell anyone that it was my birthday. I made it to the end of the day, and one of the leasing agents remembered it. They left to get me some treats, but one that really caught me off guard was a resident […]

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