From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

The Coffee Cups

We just received some new coffee cups for all of the employees! We also each got a t-shirt and pens. It’s nice to bring to work to get our name out to people who visit our office!

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Learning How to Serve Papers

Although it may not be the most fun part of the job, I have to learn how to do it. If people aren’t paying rent, we have to start filing for an eviction and they have to be served papers to make them aware of this. I was kind of […]

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New Appliances in Rentals

We had new appliances delivered this week for one of our rental properties. They all got brand new washers and dryers. All of the tenants were pretty excited, plus it made our rental look a lot nicer!

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Exciting Things Are Happening

Even though last week was a little wonky, what with the 4th being in the middle of the week, we still had something exciting happen here at Zeller. We have officially purchased the Capital Center building in Indianapolis! So last week I started working on the due diligence process that […]

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Unfortunate event

Unfortunately, the leasing consultant at my property decided to quit this week without giving a notice. Luckily they have me to fall back on for a couple weeks while they find someone to take her spot.

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Keeping up with the prospects

Here at Windtree, we try to keep the prospect pipeline below 40. Sometimes we get busy and it gets a little out of hand like it is right now or we call the people and just forget to update their guest card. I had some down time today so I […]

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Miscommunication

Today we had a prospective resident who was in our office practically all day. Her husband is deployed and apparently he had already started filling out an application but didn’t tell her so then when she started to fill one out, our system wouldn’t let her continue because he started […]

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Remember Those Cats I Was Looking After?

Yesterday the residents  who left for Mexico for two weeks came back! They were surely missed by us and by their cats: Kodie and Canela. It was a pleasure to take care of them while the both of them relaxed and enjoyed their vacation. It was a lot of litter […]

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Midterm Evaluations Came In…Yes!

Today I received an email after work that my CD submitted my Midterm Evaluations. After reviewing her comments on my work, I realized what I have to work on and what I excel at. I learned that I should have more confidence in my abilities and should be more independent […]

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Two Sundays Alone (Power Hour All Day!!)

On Sunday, I completed my second day alone…it was worse than last Sunday! I drove back to 7west from La Crosse, WI. I nearly made it back on time. I began my shift with a lonesome Power Hour, but I was approached resident after resident! My Power Hour quickly turned […]

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Halfway Through Internship

It is week 5 of the 10 week internship. The internship has taught me countless lessons, and the people that I am working with are very nice and helpful. They are willing to go out of their way to assist you in any way possible. I truly enjoy the internship […]

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First Application Approved

This week I can check off one of my goals for the summer. I got my first application approved and ready to sign. I feel like I am developing skills, constantly learning new techniques, and contributing to the Mears Park Place team.

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Busy Days at Mears

This week at Mears Park Place was crazy one even though many left for the 4th of July. We still had many walk-ins, and I have never had the time to slow down and relax. However, it makes the days go by fast and sharpens my knowledge and skills.

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Posting 3-Days

Today we had to post 3 days, meaning they have reached the end of the 3 day grace period for rent and if they don’t pay by the date given, they will be sent to collections. This is usually a wake up call and most of them pay by the […]

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