From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

First Week Interning with Weidner Apartment Homes

I will be interning at Stoneleigh at the Reserve in Plymouth, Minnesota for the summer. It was a busy first week undergoing “Gold Star Training.” The pace at Stoneleigh is quick because it is a busy time of year. I gave a vacant room showing by myself at the end […]

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New Amenities at The North End

Two new amenities were recently added to the North End portfolio. Before the development of our new complex Vignette the only amenities we had available to our residents were the following: Game room Rooftop terrace Clubroom Theater room Pet spa Library Sports Zone Denim Park Bublr bikes Now we have […]

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Denim Park Concert Series

Every Wednesday night, The North End hosts a concert at Denim Park, which is a public amenity that is apart of our community. We provide free drinks, seating, and sometimes food. This last Wednesday we hosted a band by the name of Vitrolum Republic and had a very good turnout.

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Grand Opening of Vignette Building

I live and work at The North End in downtown Milwaukee. The property management company I work for, Mandel group, recently developed a new apartment complex called Vignette, which is where I live. We just had the Grand Opening of the building on June 7th where all of the investors, […]

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Busy with move out season

A&J Management is primarily a student housing provider, and the majority of our leases for our main property were up at the end of May. Very busy time with about 30 move outs in the matter of a week. We then about 24 of the units turned within the next […]

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Creating Templates, Creating Shortcuts

Tony Lesicka, my employer, put me up to the challenge in creating an excel template that will create a shortcut for him and his team when they are reviewing another appraiser’s report. To explain what an appraisal review is further, on occasion a client will present an appraiser a report […]

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Pool Maintenance is not an easy job!

As a resident of the property and an intern for the summer I get to see two points of view when it comes to the property and its amenities. Everyone loves amenities, and a pool is a very desired asset to many properties by residents. What goes on behind the […]

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Move Out Inspections

For the first time today I was able to see how to do a move-out inspection. This also included calculating the amount of money and time it will take to turn the apartment. It’s important to look at the original move-in copy to make sure the residents are not charged […]

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First Day Setup

First day at Insight Realty Advisors, Inc. as a commercial appraisal intern consisted of learning the “front end work” of an appraisal report. Front end work consists of searching through specific county and city websites in order to find tax information on appraised properties in order to include the properties […]

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The First Lease

There was a studio apartment that Asbury Park was having trouble renting. It had a move in concession added to it in order to try to get it off the market. The third day on the job we had an appointment to show the apartment. The guest liked it and […]

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First Day at Weidner

My first day at Weidner started with orientation at corporate followed by the rest of the day at the property I would be working at. My first day at the property I was shown around introduced to the staff and was shown how to answer the phones the Weidner way. […]

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First Property Tour with a Future Resident

Today I was able to do my first property tour with a future resident and it was exciting! I have shadowed multiple tours, but I was finally able to give my own. The most important part that I have learned from giving tours is making sure that you have all […]

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