AAGD’s New Emergency Blog
May 17, 2012
AAGD is starting a new “emergency” t
hemed blog. We’ll be updating you with disaster preparedness tips, weather alerts, and lots of other information to keep your property and residents safe.
Independent Rental Owner Professional
May 12, 2012
The Independent Rental Owner Professional (IROP) designation program is offered to the rental owner who manages their personally-held multifamily property or properties. The independent rental owner serves several roles in property management, public relations specialist, administrator, chief financial officer, marketing director and operations manager. Independent rental owners who take the IROP course will learn the many business practices of professional property managers and can now earn the IROP designation after completing the course of study and passing the online exam. With the help of other independent rental owners who devoted their time and expertise to this program, you will receive an “insider’s view” of property ownership and management practices.
Some of the benefits of earning the IROP designation are:
- Improving the efficiency of your operation
- Sharing industry best practices that have been developed over time by regional and national apartment management companies
- Making you aware of federal laws and regulations that you must comply with to avoid fines and penalties
- Demonstrating ways to increase income and reduce costs
Among the updated content in the Independent Rental Owner Professional course:
- Media relations
- Personal safety
- Emergency response and disaster planning
- Human resource management
- Physical versus economic occupancy
- Alternative income opportunities
- Scheduling move-ins/outs
- Lease terminations (military and domestic violence situations)
- Key control
- Resident and neighbor relations
Subjects include:
- Ownership and property management
- Employees
- Preparing the property
- Rent
- Marketing
- Applications
- Screenings
- Rental agreements and leasing forms
- Moving in
- End of the lease
- Resident problems
- Evictions
- Resident retention
- Taxes
- Protecting your investment
- Section 8
Earning the IROP Designation:
Independent rental owners who complete the IROP course can now earn the IROP designation/certificate by taking a 65-question, multiple choice online exam.
To take the class create a login and password on the AAGD Learning Management System http://aagdallas.com/general.asp?id=170
Ask Y with Andrew
April 25, 2012
Look out for the first of a new column written by Generation Y for Generation Y. The AAGD Young Leaders group ECHO accepts questions from members about any topic in our industry. The group gets together and formulates the answers as they see them. It is a really informative insight into the ideas of the generation that will be running our industry sooner than later.
If you would like to submit a question to ECHO submit it to Shirley Aguilar at AAGD saguilar@aagdallas.com . The next column will be in the July issue of Rooflines.
If you are interested in becoming part of the ECHO young professionals group or starting a chapter of ECHO in your area contact Shirley Aguilar saguilar@aagdallas.com for more details.
The ECHO Social- The Premiere Event!
April 12, 2012
Join the ECHO group for a networking occasion for Generation Y Industry Professionals. This is a great opportunity to meet the members of the group and find out what they do within the multi-family industry and how you may be able to contribute to the group’s mission.
All generations welcome. The event will feature Anne Sadovsky who will be speaking about how to leave your mark in our industry! Also speaking will be the current AAGD president Kin Oldham.
Tuesday, April 24th
6:30pm-8:00pm
The Social House
5100 Beltline Road #410
Addison, Texas 75254
Make-A-Splash with the YMCA this summer!
April 10, 2012
For a third consecutive year, the AAGD Board of Directors is excited to announce that we have partnered with the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas to provide community education and water safety instruction to apartment residents. Last summer, the YMCA taught swim lessons to over 900 children at 22 different apartment communities. This summer, we are attempting to double those numbers and we need your early commitment to participate in this program. There is nothing worse emotionally or financially than a child drowning in an apartment pool. The great aspect of this program is that is trains the adults as well about the need to supervise their children at all times while in the water.
To participate in the “Make a Splash” program, the property will need to provide a copy of liability insurance and meet the city’s minimum standards for swimming pools. The Y has offered to assist with getting your pool ready as well. We sincerely hope that you will consider enrolling in this program. The excitement that it will generate among the children will be contagious; you will reduce your liability; and you just might save a life. For more information or to get started, please contact Bradley Dance, Sports, Aquatics & Teen Director, at 972-560-3888 or email at: bdance@ymcadallas.org
2012 Political Endorsements
April 4, 2012
The Apartment Association of Greater Dallas has made the following endorsements for the May, 29th Texas House and Senate elections for candidates in our service area. This page will be updated as more candidates as more decisions are made by our legislative committee.
Texas House
District 2- Dan Flynn District 67- Jeff Leach
District 4- Lance Gooden District 70- Scott Sanford
District 10- Jim Pitts District 106- Pat Fallon
District 33- Scott Turner District 107- Kenneth Sheets
District 65- Ron Simmons District 114- Bill Keffer
Texas Senate
Senate District 8- Ken Paxton
Mesquite City Council
Brian Hutcheson
Denton City Council
Mayor- Mark Burroughs
City Council Place 6- James King
2012 NAA Capitol Conference
March 21, 2012
In March, a large contingent of AAGD’s leadership attended the National Apartment Association Capitol Conference in Washington D.C. This annual meeting is designed to update and educate local association leaders about federal legislative and regulatory issues that can impact the apartment industry. In addition, the business of NAA is conducted through a series of committee meetings covering important programs like education, membership, IROC, NAA’s budget, strategic planning and many others. AAGD delegates are very involved in most of these committees and provide excellent input into the ongoing governance of NAA.
The majority of the time, however, is spent on legislative issues and as always we had a full agenda of critical concerns that we discussed in great depth with valuable input from both the NAA and the National Multi Housing Council staffs. Mark Obrinsky, the Chief Economist for NMHC, provided an excellent overview of the current state of the apartment industry and a look at its future. Almost all of the indicators, nationally and locally, are very positive including absorption and vacancy rates as well as overall rent growth. Homeownership rates are still in a decline as more people continue to choose renting a home over owning one. Along with a growing younger population and a changing household composition with more singles and couples with no children, it appears that we in the apartment industry should have some strong performing years in front of us.
Sam Houston Elementary Scope of Work
March 9, 2012
The Community Services Committee, chaired by Tim Mathwig Camp Construction and Cary Wright Maintenance Supply Headquarters, will hold its second meeting on Thursday, March 29th at 2:30 p.m. at AAGD’s offices. Our first meeting was a huge success and we had several vendor and owner/management companies in attendance that are eager to begin this year’s project at Sam Houston Elementary School. We have selected 7 areas of the school that need attention, and our committee will assign each of those areas to company sponsored teams. Each team will be responsible for recruiting other companies and volunteers to complete their designated project. Some rooms are going to require an extensive amount of supplies and support, while other may just need a coat of paint. We are expecting to complete the entire project before school lets out for summer, so we need your company’s commitment today!
Please review the scope of work to determine if there are any areas your company can help with. For additional information, contact Casey Wright at (972) 385-9091 or at cwright@aagdallas.com
Scope of Work- Sam Houston Elementary
AAGD Leaders are now on Twitter!
March 8, 2012
Not attending NAA’s capitol conference in Washington D.C.? No need to worry, you can follow all the action on twitter! AAGD President Kin Oldham and board Secretary Mike Clark have already started tweeting and will be doing so throughout the conference.
Follow Kin at www.twitter.com/kinoldham and Mike Clark at www.twitter.com/mclark_TAA
CAM and NALP Offered Online Now!
March 7, 2012
Now you can earn your Certified Apartment Manager (CAM) or your National Apartment Leasing professional (NALP) designations online. This means you can start and stop when you need to. You can go at your pace and make it fit into your busy schedule. The online designation is the same designation you take here at AAGD in the in-person format.
Click the links below to find out more and to register for these online classes.- Make this the year you earn your designation!
CAM- http://www.naahq.org/EDUCATION/DESIGNATIONPROGRAMS/CAM/Pages/CAMOnline.aspx
NALP-http://www.naahq.org/EDUCATION/DESIGNATIONPROGRAMS/NALP/Pages/NALPOnline.aspx
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