Students, alums receive scholarships and national awards for commitment to property management. Students in the real estate property management program at UW-Stout are discovering ways to address the housing shortage in Wisconsin and how to provide resources to renters through their involvement in the Institute of Real Estate Management student […]
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Real estate management program receives $1M donation from industry partner Weidner
Private support for workforce-based programs at Heritage Hall tops $11 million. The Weidner Center for Residential Property Management is in Heritage Hall at UW-Stout, thanks to a 2012 donation from Dean Weidner and Weidner Apartment Homes. Private support for the renovation of Heritage Hall at UW-Stout has continued to grow, […]
Read MoreUW-Stout student Hunter Kuester appointed to System President’s Advisory Committee on Disability Issues
He’s working at the local and national levels to promote accessibility, equal opportunities for the blind. UW-Stout student Hunter Kuester is an advocate for the blind at the university, state and national levels and was recently appointed to the UW System President’s Advisory Committee on Disability Issues. Kuester, of Watertown, […]
Read MoreIn a class of its own: UW-Stout offers Service Excellence course in new collaboration with Forbes Travel Guide
Unique offering gives students hands-on experiences in luxury to anticipate guest expectations. Guest speakers in the Service Excellence will include Pete Hayda, managing director of sales and marketing at the Little Nell Hotel in Aspen, Colo. Photo of the Little Nell Hotel in winter provided by Aspen Snowmass. Strolling into […]
Read MoreInternship Week 10
For the last week of my internship, I was able to choose what positions I wanted more time in. I decided to help out in multiple different areas. I first started in leasing for the first two days answering the phone and giving tours. It took a few hours to […]
Read MoreInternship Week 9
This week of the internship was the corporate rotation. On Tuesday, Trinity flew all of the interns out to their corporate headquarters in Irvine, California! Wednesday we heard presentations from the East and West Presidents of Redwood Construction, a sister company that focuses on the renovation and construction projects of […]
Read MoreInternship week 7
This was my second week with the Property Manager. During this week I had the opportunity to see how the Property Manager prepares quotes for a large capital project. At this site, there is a massive issue with the gutter and drainage systems on all of the buildings. Over time, […]
Read MoreInternship Week 6
For the next two weeks, I will be working with the Property Manager. This first week, I was shown how to use the software Yardi to create purchase orders and submit invoices. I was also given the opportunity to plan a resident event. The Property Manager gave me a few […]
Read MoreAssessing Services Week 12
This is week 12 the last week of my internship, we primarily focused on putting all the new construction details into the system. We also did some sketching and RA work throughout the week. Overall it was a good experience working in Assessing Services, I have learned a lot and […]
Read MoreCastle cap-ex project and operations tour
This week I spent 2 more days at castle apartments, to help out as they are down a leasing consultant and it keeps things interesting. My first day back there was perfect timing as executives from Seattle were touring the property to look at the exterior doors that have suffered […]
Read MoreAssessing Services Week 11
This weeks primary focus was to appraise all of the new construction going up in the area, we checked to make sure what we had on record was accurate to what was being built and then put that into the system when we got back to the office. We also […]
Read MoreCommunity bbq
This week has really started to pick up traffic-wise, my CD is thinking we finally hit our sweet spot for pricing our rental units. I also got to spend some time with maintenance this week. The maintenance supervisor showed me the maintenance checklist when turning units and went over what it […]
Read MoreInternship- Week 8
This week, my manager showed me how to do quite a few things on Yardi which is the software that we use. She showed me how to enter delinquency notes and how to keep track of who is not paying their rent and the steps we are taking to try […]
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