From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

6/9 Coop social media post

Today at the new property I worked with a leasing consultant and we worked together to run the apartment community for the day and I was able to learn some new things and new ways to do some things from her as well.

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6/8 Coop social media post

Today we had an intern event with the regional director and the area directors for the Colorado region, we went on a hike in the mountains and it was a very cool experience and nice to get to know the area directors and regional director.

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6/6 Coop social media post

Today I started working at a new property than I was working at before since the property that I was originally supposed to be at is under construction, so I am getting to experience many different properties and I get to learn from many different people!

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6/3 Coop social media post

Today I worked with two other leasing agents for the day and got to experience some of what it is like to take care of a property and any issues that resident’s might have as well as showing future residents apartments.

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6/1 Coop Social media post

Today I worked with the maintenance staff at a different property to get an apartment ready for the people who are moving in tomorrow, this was a good experience to see what goes into getting apartments ready for move in.

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5/30 Coop social media post

Today I learned how to do move in inspections before people are moving in for the next day to make sure that everything is in proper condition and record any imperfections. This is what we do to ensure that our resident’s new apartment home is perfect for them.

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5/23 Coop social media post

Today, my second day of work, we had Weidner cares day which is when everybody who works for Weidner volunteers for a day! We volunteered at a homeless shelter called Urban Peak where we did heavy cleaning and revamped their outdoor areas as well as painting inside and out!

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5/23 Coop social media post

Yesterday I started my internship with Weidner Apartment homes in Colorado Springs, I spent most of the day doing training in the office but the last part of the day I got to go to the property that I would be working at and got to tour the property and […]

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Safety Meetings

  Every so often we go over OSHA rules and regulations to make sure everything is up to date. Also we have safety meetings that everyone has to participate in.

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Weidner Internship Meeting in Arizona

Yesterday we flew from Anchorage, AK to Phoenix, AZ. Today, we spent the day with a bunch of upper management at the very first US Intern Meeting. This was such an incredible opportunity and it just goes to show how much Weidner cares about all of their employees, even the […]

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Eminent Domain

Throughout the courses I’ve taken within Real Estate PM, the term eminent domain always was brought up in discussion. By definition, eminent domain is the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. Today I’ve been asked to assist one of […]

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Progress and Expectations Meeting

Today I Met with the owner who hired me at A&J management where we discussed what I’ve done so far in my first few week and what more I was interested in learning about. It was a great meeting and I look forward to meeting more in the future.

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Zoning Maps & GIS

The first week consisted mostly of getting familiar with the front end work of an appraisal report (property info, tax info, zoning). One of my main tasks is the create exhibits of the property so they can implement those exhibits in the report so the reader can have a clear […]

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