For the second week of my internship, I started working with the leasing team. During this week I was trained on the Entrata software that we use for pretty much everything. We use Entrata for current residents as well as creating a profile for prospective residents. I also was trained […]

Week 4 I continued searching for asking rents and comparables for various different properties. On Tuesday I went with Trevor and Maxx (both Stout alumni) to a multi-tenant retail property (pictured) inspection out in Shakopee. While we were out there we tried out Thai Tempo which is a local thai […]

This summer, I am interning with Trinity Property Consultants at their Arrive Eden Prairie property in Minnesota. Trinity’s Arrive brand is their luxury apartments and the property is gorgeous. The first week I shadowed the Facilities Manager, Rick, as he showed me how the maintenance team keeps the property running […]

This week I started learning the process that the appraisers go through when appraising a property. I learned how to do a neighborhood, site, and zoning description. I started working with Trevor (a Stout graduate) on finding asking rents and comparables for two properties he’s appraising in Anoka and Shakopee. […]

Charlie Casper, Hometown: St Paul, MN High School:  Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul, MN Charlie Casper is a Junior in the Real Estate Management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.  Charlie is completing a Cooperative Education (Co-Op) experience as an intern at Dominium’s A-Mill Artist Lofts in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  During the […]

For my first week at Dominium’s A-Mill Artist Lofts in Minneapolis, I was introduced to my site team and many of the responsibilities I would be taking on. I shadowed the Community Manager and the Leasing Consultant of my site, learning many of the tasks that had to be done […]

Week 2 at Diversified Real Estate Services was very similar to week 1, except there was less filing as I got most of that done last week. I completed more setup files which are mostly taking pictures of maps (area, regional, plat, state, and aerial) and then adding a dot […]

My first week at Diversified Real Estate Services in Minneapolis was pretty laid back. I organized my desk first thing, which was later filled with files. I learned how to complete a setup file for a report. I threw away old files and organized and stored the new files that […]

This week at Town Centre we finally got our new hire.  I was responsible for training her in and showing the ropes, such as day to day basis and some tips on how to handle certain situations.  I had her shop some other properties just to see how different company’s […]

This week I was going back and forth between Lofts and Town Centre apartments.  When I was working at lofts I need to focus on leasing apartments.  I made sure that I knew every question I could about the apartment and where everything was again.  I got a couple of […]

This week was a little different for me Weidner is going through some position changes within our section.  They had me work at there Lofts apartment complex in St. Paul right next to the St. Paul Saints baseball field.  It was cool but it was kind of hard to relearn […]

This week at Town Centre I worked on trying to clean up our storage lockers.  I had to go to every floor and check out what units were empty and which ones were occupied.  Than I had to compare it to the list of units we had rented out.  This […]