From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Car Parked in Handicap

Today we got a call from a man saying that they red mustang was back, at first i was a little confused as to what he was talking about until he explained to me that the mustang was parked in a handicap spot. I told him I would go and […]

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Skips

Today, we went to several different apartments after not hearing anything from them, 3 people said they would try to pay, which no matter how hard it was, we had to say sorry no exceptions, if you dont pay today you will be locked out and evicted. Then at the […]

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Notice

Today we called all the people who owed us money and had to tell them that they needed to pay before the 9th or evictions would be starting to take place. Many people said they were paying, set up a payment plan or just flat out didnt answer or get […]

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Move out Complaint

Today we had a lady call in multiple times, email us with pictures and make comments how a tenant was trying to move out of his apartment on the second floor. It was a very hot day in west Texas, so the guy had parked his truck in front of […]

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Applying what I’ve learned

Today i Had a long meeting with both the Manager and the owner. We sat down and discussed the different things that I’ve learned in the courses that I have taking at UW-Stout and how they apply to what I’ve been doing so far this summer. They very impressed with […]

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Pre-Walks for Residence Who Have Given Notice

When we have a residence who has given us a notice to move out, we do pre-walk inspections generally two-three weeks before their move out date. We conduct these in order to see what we might need to fix in the apartment to “turn it” in the near future. This […]

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Job Hiring

We needed to hire a pool attendant for the summer, so I helped with the interview process and went through and selected potential interviewees that I thought would be a good fit. I also got to sit in on an interview which was a good experience.

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Reputation.com

Bigos Management has recently rolled out a new software program that allows all reviews and ratings on the internet to be funneled through one app. This allows for Managers to be able to access the reviews and reply in a timely manner to make sure that our customers know we […]

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Saturday Pool Party

We decided to do a little resident event for when the pool opened. We decided it would be a fun kick off to summer to do a pool party on Saturday. Residents can come and use the pool and we would get them a frozen treat. Residents seemed excited until […]

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Arizona Day 2

The second day in Arizona was very educational. First we listened to Jack O’Conner talk about the company. He explained Weidner to us like he said he would to the Wall Street Journal. He talked about his start in the industry how he got to Weidner, he talked about Dean, […]

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Taking Shape

Our 10,000 square foot warehouse is starting to take shape. Got beams, rafters, girts, and purlins all put up today. Was a busy week for the crew considering it was only a 4 day work week.

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End of the Week

The end of the week here at A&J Management was pretty uneventful. Both the property manager and owner were out of town. I manned the office, taking in rent checks and phone calls most of the day.

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No CD

For the past week, my community director went on vacation for the week, so it meant at the office we had an assistant director, 2 leasing consultants, an intern, and a full maintenance team. We constantly had people calling saying they wanted to speak to the manager or the boss, […]

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Pool

Since I have started here at High Plains (5 weeks ago), our pool has been opened maybe 5 days. It has been very difficult dealing with very unhappy tenants who want to enjoy the pool, but people who live here and people who just work off the streets have ruined […]

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