From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Armson Estate Live Auction

Friday was the day of the live auction. We had to get there about 7am to finish everything up before the auction hit. Once it hit 9:30, the auction had started. There were about 50 people at the auction at first, and for how hot it was out side, more […]

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Curb Appeal

During the middle of the week, we took more of the expensive equipment and put it in rows by the road so people driving past could see what type of equipment was there for the estate auction. We had to write down and put everything online that was going to […]

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Estate Auction

This past week we worked out at a farm going through all there buildings and putting things on trailers for a live auction on Friday. We had to put everything in boxes and record what is in each box so we could know what to start the bidding price at.

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On Call for the Weekend

It was another great week here in Menomonie, some rain slowed down some of our outside projects here at A&J Management but we ended the week on a great note. With both the manager and maintenance supervisor gone for the weekend I am the on call maintenance man for the […]

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Cleaning and Taking Care of the Hot Tub

One of my every day jobs is taking care of and managing our hot tub. It’s an important job because it needs to stay at an appropriate level of chemicals at all times. If it is ever broken or not chemically balanced, there is always the risk of harm or […]

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Monthly Newsletter

Every month I have to create a newsletter for all of our tenants. It includes special events and information for tenants to be aware of. We put them in all of the elevators in each building so there is a good chance everyone will see them. Here is an example […]

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Marketing

Everyday I am required to post 3 apartment rentals in craigslist. We do that in order to flood the market with our available units and hopefully get some leads on prospective tenants. Here is an example of a posting I made today.   Here is link: https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/apa/6181016114.html  

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Leasing Agent Shadow

I have been shadowing the leasing consultants during property tours. Good to see the interaction between the consultant and the prospective tenant. Very good experience.

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Helping Curb Appeal

Wednesday we got to go a few different properties to plant flowers to help the curb appeal of the property. We got to do this with other interns and some of the community directors so we were able to get to know them a little better!

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Intern Meeting in AZ

Tuesday we had our meeting where we learned more about Weidner and the MIT program and got to do some team building activities and went on some tours of properties in AZ.

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Resident Relations

At Asbury Park people tend to live in the community for 1-3 years. So it is important to keep your residents happy since they will be around for awhile and you want them to enjoy living in your community. This means getting their maintenance requests done asap, and doing what […]

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My Coworkers

At Asbury Park the staff consists of a community director, leasing consultant, maintenance tech, and a maintenance supervisor (who is in charge of two properties). My community director’s name is Nicole and she started in the MIT program and is now running Asbury Park. The leasing consultant is transferring to […]

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Asbury Park

Asbury Park is a 161 unit property located in Kirkland, WA. Amenities include 24 emergency maintenance, 24 fitness center, seasonal pool, clubhouse access with free wifi, free uncovered parking. The property does offer carports with $40/month. We have three floor plans a studio, 1 bed 1 bath, and a 2 […]

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Orientation

For Orientation at Weidner, it was your typical filling out paperwork and watching videos on how to behave in the workplace. However, they also did more they made sure you understood fair housing and yardi before sending you onsite. They also made sure you had a good understanding of their […]

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