From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Difficult Servicer

Part of my duties here at CUNA is completing files that may be incomplete and reaching out to our loan servicers to get any files that we might be missing. Most of the time when I reach out I get a nice person from the company and they send me […]

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Week 5- Sweden!

Before I was hired, I made it known to my superiors that from June 18-28 I would be on a family vacation to Sweden! So, I was not at work during this time. Sweden was unlike anything I have ever seen before, I would highly recommend it to anyone who […]

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Week 4- Grind

Into week 4 I would finally consider myself “in the swing of things” for reasons both that I’m used to my work schedule and the things I am required to do. Also, getting into late June means the resort blows up, like it is packed 24/7 so from now until […]

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On the road

This week I got to experience inspecting houses! It was great learning what makes each house unique, I look forward to tagging along on more of these trips.

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Young Professionals Week of Cleveland

Week 4! This week NRP had a whole week of activities planned for the interns with Engage Cleveland. Everyday we took a few hours out of our work day to listen to professionals speak and eat lunch with all the interns. They talked about there careers and experiences. It was very […]

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Fourth Week at Lake Shore Landing

I had the task of showing customers new and used manufactured housing units which Lake Shoe Landing has for sale on the property. I became very good at reading people and giving them the facts that they needed about the home.

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Week 3- Getting in the Routine

So into my 3rd week at Trappers Landing Lodge I finally felt myself getting into the groove. I was working Front Desk a lot and getting a hang of the computer system we used and really improving on my interactions with resort guests. I really started to feel comfortable, until […]

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Saturdays are for Cleaning the Model

The model at the apartment community is something that every prospect sees when they take a tour at the property which is why it needs to be kept clean, inviting and smelling good. We open the model first thing in the morning and close it after our showing hours are […]

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Filing leases and organizing the office

Spent some time in the office gathering prospect guest card together and gave a tour to prospect. After the tour the prospect decided to apply I did my first application by myself. I also did some organizing in the office, threw away some useless stuff.

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Cars being tow for parking during sweeping.

At Elmcreek Apartment we had our parking lot striping and sweeping on June 25th and 26th. Both day we had over 10 cars towed due to the car not move from the lot. After the car was tow resident came in complaining about car being towed. We gave out notice […]

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Dealing with the Unique Building

I have been helping with the maintenance team at my property lately trying to see their side of things. Our property in Minneapolis is a refurbished historical building which means most floors have completely different floor plans. This can cause some interesting situations for maintenance. We had a work order […]

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Turn Around Day

In the field of property management having a fast unit turn around is very key to a successful property. High occupancy percentage is one of the biggest priorities a manager has at a property. In the scenario today, a resident abandoned their unit so we spent the day clearing everything […]

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Lunch – Bonding time

Multiples studies shown that over half of the American population eats their lunch alone during work. In fact, having lunch with colleagues can boost performance, increase productivity as well as maintain a close relationship within the team. The interns set designated time to eat lunch together for almost everyday. It allowed […]

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Week 2- Settling In

Week two was spent learning, learning, and more learning. Both getting familiar with the Walker Minnesota area, as well as the resort as a whole. I spent some time learning about our units for rent, working the front desk of the resort and learning our computer system. Decided this week […]

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