From the Field

Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.

Side Projects

Since this is my last week, i have been assisting in multiple side projects to keep myself busy. The first project was some excel coding to help HR view and manage their documents a little easier. The second reviewing all of the safety talks for the last 9 months for […]

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Last Day of Summer Internship

Today is my last day here at Vue in Minneapolis. I have learned a lot over the summer and had my share of unexpected issues arise that they always talk about in the property management industry. I will miss my team here and lots of the residents as well as […]

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Meeting with Excel

I had an interesting meeting with excel energy about putting underground in for stoplights instead of overhead. We wanted to discuss this because in the future the new road could go from three lanes to five lanes. If that happens Southern Estates does not want to be stuck with the […]

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Not everything is perfect here at Bigos

From what I’ve experienced here at Bigos Property Management has been nothing but amazing people, great properties and a positive work environment. Both sites I’ve been at as well as the corporate office is nothing but pleasant experiences and a good working atmosphere. However that’s not always the case with […]

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Unexpected Commission

So last week our office was experiencing a little bit of a hectic rush. I was just casually sitting at my desk doing some work through our CRM program and all of a sudden I was asked if I could do a tour. I happily agreed to do it, however […]

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Bus Tour

Yesterday, various Bigos employees and myself boarded a bus and went around touring some of the other properties Bigos owned. It was interesting to see all the different layouts and amenities of other properties. It was like going on a showing but with a whole crew of property managers/leasing agents […]

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Office Cleanup

This week has been extremely slow for me so I have been asking my coworkers if they have anything for me to do to keep myself busy. I talked the special services manager and he had some cleaning around the office that he had been meaning to get to but […]

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Oaks Hiawatha Station

I spent the last four days working at a property over in Hiawatha, while the manager was gone on vacation. It is always nice to get out of the home office and get out onsite.

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Corporate Leases

Signed my first corporate lease today and boy was it for some huge money. They signed a lease for 3 months that was close to double what a 12 month lease term was. That should boost our revenue this quarter by a ton. It’s honestly like having another unit to […]

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The Final Stretch

As the last week in my internship my boss is making sure I have the opportunity to learn everything I can. Today we’re going through some deposit accounting that needs to be done to return security deposits for people that moved out last week. We go through the units and […]

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Made My First Commission!

As an interning leasing agent we are allowed to receive Commission on apartments we rent to people. At my previous property I had leased an apartment to somebody during my last week there and just received notice that I will be receiving commission for what I did. It’s a great […]

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Capital Improvements

Last week I had to attend a meeting on how Bigos goes about remodeling their apartments and facilities. It covered how they go about the process and some of the things that they keep in mind during the renovation process. It was interesting to hear how the design team goes […]

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Tutorials

A couple of weeks ago we had a constructive brain storming activity with most of the employees in the northern branch. A lot of the criticism was towards our hours system called blueforce. It is a difficult program to operate but with a little playing around it becomes fairly easy. […]

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Phone Screening

Last week I had to phone screen over 30 applicants for our open positions. I called using my cell phone in a different room so I could hear the conversation. I left voicemails for 80% of the people I called and left them my desk phone to call back. By […]

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