From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

HUD

I had a move in with HUD (Section 8) where they need to inspect the apartment and get proper paperwork before they approve a tenant to live at an apartment complex. Since she submitted her application I have gotten all the paperwork completed and everything done so she can move […]

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Pool

Today we had quite a few people at the pool and because we had so many people, and because our pool has been shut down for a couple days, we need to make sure we are monitoring the pool and making sure we have residents there. So as I was […]

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More roofing

So that white stuff on the ceiling is insulation. That’s what the client is going to see permanently when they look up at the ceiling, It is very important that no tears are in the insulation or it wont function properly and it will look bad..

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Colorado Springs Coming To A Quick End!

All summer Emily and I would pass this sign and would say we had to stop and take a picture on it before we left. Emily leaves Saturday, so today we had to finally pull over and take a picture on it! Colorado Springs couldn’t have treated us any better, […]

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Colorado was “Meant to Live”!

I went and saw Switchfoot and Lifehouse in concert in Denver with Cory, another intern, on Monday night! It was a show of a lifetime!! I grew up listening to these bands, so it was amazing to finally get to see them live.

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Sunday’s Are For The Farmers Market!

Emily and I ended our long yet eventful week off by going to the local farmers market on Sunday morning. We bought some fresh vegetables, fruit, baked bread, and a lot more! Can’t wait to go again next Sunday!  

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The Fairly Weird Fair!

Emily and I drove up to Denver and went to the Denver County Fair. They call it the “Fairly Weird Fair”. It was very cool to experience a county fair in a different state. We had foot long corn dogs, funnel cakes, and shaken lemonade; it was a fairly normal […]

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The Manitou Incline!

Emily and I woke up at 4:30 am to hoke the Manitou Incline so we could do it during the sunrise. It consisted of over 2,700 vertical stairs straight up the side of a mountain. It took us 1 hour and 6 min to complete, and the views were well […]

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Property Inspection

This week I tagged along with one of the appraisers, Josh, to a property inspection. He had me look up the property and create front-end work for the properties before we toured so that I was familiar with the property. When we got there we greeted the property owner and […]

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Computer Problems

Since the start of my internship I was given a computer system already set up with all the software and programs needed for completing my day-to-day tasks. Because the computer that I was given was set with one of the appraisers, Josh’s, credentials I had to wipe the computer clean […]

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My last week at The Club at Eagle Pointe

This is my last week here at the Club at Eagle Pointe Apartments and I am so very sad to be leaving, but I am having a great last week. I took some time to visit and shadow with our maintenance team and have learned a lot about the make […]

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More Work

Had the day off of work today because I had to go to a wedding rehearsal in Northern MN. After that got back home to the farm and did some chores. Always doing something work related but that’s okay with me because I enjoy it. Busy weekend with farm work […]

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