I don’t take many selfies, but when I do its when I’m harnessed in on a roof 60 feet up.
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From the Field
Keep up with UW Stout coop education and internship experiences.
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 […]
Read MoreProgress Meeting
Meet with the owner of A&J Management today to discuss my progress and what I expected out to the rest of my time here this summer. It was a good meeting and I look forward to being able to branch out and do a few things on my own the […]
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Getting Stuff Done
Really starting to take shape. Got half of the warehouse walls fully sheet-ted. Got a lot done before the rain started to hit us. Good week of work.
Read MoreFinancial Meeting
About once a month, depending on the time of year, the owner and manager sit down for a meeting to talk about the current financial state of the company. I was fortunate enough to be able to join them this month for their meeting. It was very informative and such […]
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Mother Nature
Lots of fog this morning on the way to work. Saw a couple cars parked on the side of the road trying to wait it out. Not fun driving in but what do you do.
Read MoreMaternity Leave
Since I have worked at High Plains, I haven’t had my own desk, computer nor phone until now. Although I am very sad that one of my co workers left on her maternity leave, especially for how much she has taught me, I am very happy that I get to […]
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Thirsty Thursday
On Thursday, I volunteered for a “Thirsty Thursday” game at the AAA Midland Rockhound’s game. It was myself and three other leasing consultants from other properties around Odessa. We were responsible for passing out free can koozies, ice chests, chap sticks and information about Weidner. We also did a free […]
Read MoreFirst Saturday!
Today was my first Saturday working by myself! I have worked everyday from Monday-Friday with other people, and my manager thought this week was the perfect week to start on my own. I got one day off of the week, and then it was off to 9am Saturday shift to […]
Read MoreMaintenance For A Day!
I got to follow around maintenance for a day. I learned a lot. Our maintenance tech name is Colby and our maintenance supervisor’s name is Nick. I helped them in the morning fix the pool door lock. Then Nick went to the other property he supervisors and I assisted Colby. […]
Read MoreArea Director Back!
I finally was able to meet my area director, Renee. She had been on maternity leave and just came back. She is very friendly and easy to talk to. She also is great at teaching. I walked vacant apartments with her and she helped me learn what to look for […]
Read MoreShowing the Ropes
Since Tanya only was able to spend a few days with the floating leaser I was put in charge of helping her learn the basics. This made me realize just how much I have learned. I really made sure I knew exactly what I was doing this way I did […]
Read MoreNew Leasing Consultant
Our new leasing consultant had her first day of work today. She has worked in similar industries but never in property management.She is very nice and very professional. Right away you can tell that she is a hard worker. Her name is Tanya and I think she will be a […]
Read MoreThe Floating Leaser
At Weidner Apartment Homes they have a position called the floating leaser. The floating leaser goes from property to property to help the ones struggling to lease apartments. They help with curb appeal, advertising, and training new leasing consultants. We had the floating leaser come to our property to help […]
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