From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Volunteering

This past week I joined some of the other interns here at CUNA Mutual and went to Centro Hispano here in Madison to help the organization clean and organize their space. Something that I really like about CUNA Mutual is that they really are heavily involved within the Madison community […]

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Grand Opening – Harvestview Place

This week we had our grand opening for our new apartment complex, Harvestview Place in Rochester MN. I helped a lot with making sure the grand opening and move- in day was a success. On Friday we moved in 40 out of the 60 residents on the hottest day of […]

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Seventh Week at Lake Shore Landing

Every Day I got to work around this beautiful lake named lake Walter. The lake is full  of wild life and has incredible views. When ever work started to get hot and hard it was so nice to take a quick second to relax and look at the lake.

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First Move-in Orientation!

After shadowing a few move-in orientations, I was able to do my first one this week. This resident is someone who I first toured and helped throughout the application and lease process all the way to the date of their move-in, which I found exciting. I have enjoyed doing the […]

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NRP Goes Paperless

This week was a slower week for me. NRP decided to go paperless as of the first of July and all staff has had to make sure they get all written information up and into the system. This is a very long process because I had to go through every […]

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Illegal parking at Elmcreek

This car had been parked at a handicap spot without a handicap tag for multiple time, we tagged 3 times already. It was tolled twice already, don’t understand why they can’t move the car 3 spot down to a regular parking spot. Guess they have extra money to spend on tow […]

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Tour of Historic A-Mill Artist Lofts

This past week I had the opportunity to give a tour to my fellow Dominium interns at my property. A-Mill artist lofts is a very historic building located in Minneapolis and has many unique features to it. One being the hydro-generator under the building which supplies a lot of energy […]

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Dealing with Illegally parked Cars on Property

Working at a property in downtown Minneapolis can bring its challenges when it comes to regulating parking. We have only 200 parking spots in our underground garage and 251 units. The other people can park in the alley or street. Some people try to be sneaky such as in the […]

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Budgets!

Throughout my internship, I have spent time coding all of our bills and sending them to the corporate office in Seattle, Washington. This is actually one of my favorite things to do in the office. I love to code the bills into specific accounts and compare them to our budget […]

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Files, Files, Files

This week I have been working more with my main project for the summer. The part of the project that we have entered now is the final valuation/data entry stage. At my job we use a program called PAM for Mortgages by State Street. It is a really interesting tool […]

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Sixth Week at Lake Shore Landing

We brought in fill and a slab of concrete to make the site level for the new home. when the new home came we had to finish putting the home together because the home is double wide.

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Week 6 – Unlocking My Potential!

I just got the privilege of starting a new 4 week program called AMP! This program is designed to help real estate agents grow, become organized, and fully understand all of the technology, tools, and marketing techniques and skills that it takes to become a successful agent. The first day […]

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Catching Up

After the 4th of July week, we had lots of catching up to do in the office.  I was running lots of errands, and looking at properties.  After this week, we are caught up and ready to take on Monday.

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Leasing the Unique Floor Plan

The Winnipeg floor plan is our most unique floor plan and two of these apartment homes became available last week. It was a plus to have one of these was ready for move in and available for prospects to come and tour if they were looking for a two-bedroom home. […]

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