From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Learning how to make a key

I never made a key myself but I have seen people and minute key kiosk at Walmart making a key. It is different from what we have here Elmcreek. The machine at Walmart and the kiosk are different because those ones you just insert the key and hit start the […]

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Attention to Detail

The office was a little slow at times this week, so I was able to do touch-up painting around the hallways and stairwells of the property. Often times this job requires you to dress down and help keep the property in tip top shape. I even had a resident thank […]

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Organizing 4th of July Resident Event

The property I work at (A-Mill Artist Lofts) has an amazing rooftop patio that overlooks the Stone Arch bridge. With there being a very high demand for the residents to view the fireworks from this area, I was given the task of organizing and taking reservations. The city has been […]

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Working from Home

At CUNA Mutual Group they believe in working from home if life gets busy. With this last week being the Fourth of July and with most of my coworkers being out of town myself and another Analyst, Dan, decided at 11am that we were going to go home for the […]

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Short, but productive

We had a short week, but it didn’t lack in my learning.  I worked a lot with computer systems this week, and I learned like I really like that part of appraisal.  It’s a step in the right direction to know I’m going into the perfect profession for me!

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Fifth Week at Lake Shore Landing

This week I learned how to process  the rent for Lake Shore Landing. I learned a lot working with real numbers and seeing  how the entire process works. Its cool to see all the numbers come together and add up.

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“Midterms” For NRP Group

What an eventful week once again! This week was very busy with it being fourth of July. At the beginning of this internship the president of NRP Group gave his property management interns an assignment to accomplish once our leasing segment was finished. This week is when it was due so I […]

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Budgets, budgets, budgets

This week I have been working a lot on our 2020 budgets, mostly finding data for our contract pricing and utilities for each property. Last week my boss went to a conference and brought back a bunch of knickknacks and books from the speakers she saw. Here is what she […]

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Learning never stops.

I have built a handful of the business relationship and even personal relationship during this internship. One of my colleagues is a friend of the regional manager of Lincoln Property Management. She introduced me to them and we spent a wonderful evening together giving me career choice advice. It is […]

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Team fitness challenge in Dakota County

The employees that work for Dakota County are eligible for a wellness incentive in 2020. Even though the interns are not eligible for the rewards, we are still invited to join the fitness challenge. We have to keep track of the mileage from jogging, running biking and walking. The eligible […]

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Application Time

This week I traveled to one of our properties in Savage, MN to take applications for our new property in Shakopee, MN opening in September. Myself and another intern worked together helping applicants fill out their paperwork and complete the application. Here’s a picture of me during our down time […]

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