From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Visiting one of the state’s most historic buildings

My friend who works for Dominium property management group took me on a tour at one of their signature property. It is the A Mill Artist Lofts, a historic restore building in Minneapolis by the Stone Arch Bridge. It is fascinating to see such a property as they turned a […]

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Getting Licensed in BOTH states!

This week my license from the state of Minnesota was finalized and I am now a licensed realtor in both states! This was crucial for me as my office is located near the St. Croix River. Often times, agents work with buyers and sellers in both states. Knowing the laws […]

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Move – in Time

This week I am in Rochester at our new apartment complex, Harvestview Place. Our grand-opening is next week and we have a lot to get done still! I will be here for the next two weeks helping with miscellaneous tasks and making sure we are prepared for our residents to […]

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Maintenance and Swapping Properties

This week was a change in my usual routine. I was doing the maintenance portion of my internship and got to follow the maintenance team around. It was fun to see behind the scenes of the apartments. I got to see the steps it takes for flipping an apartment and the applications […]

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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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