The Foundations Curriculum 

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Module 1: Real Estate Administration

• Roles and responsibilities of a property manager
• Adding value to a real estate investment
• Strategies for tenant satisfaction
• Contracting with vendors and suppliers and managing supplier agreements
• Property characteristics and leasing and marketing strategies
• Managing risk and understanding commercial insurance coverages
• Property Tour: the property management office

Module 2: The Well-Versed Real Estate Manager

• Developing effective emergency and disaster preparedness plans and programs
• Managing tenant improvements and capital projects
• Budgeting, accounting, and business plan development
• Models for recovering base rents and operating expenses
• Due diligence process for buying and selling real estate
• Understanding OSHA safety requirements
• Understanding indoor air quality issues and EPA recommendations and requirements
• Property Tour: engineering office and non-office occupancies

Module 3: Building Operations I

• How HVAC and plumbing systems work
• How electricity flows through a building and the various levels of power
• Work order systems and best practices for managing services calls
• Property Tour: HVAC, domestic water, fire alarm, fire sprinkler, main electric room

Module 4: Building Operations II

• Types and operations of fire alarm and control systems
• Reactive vs. preventive vs. predictive maintenance of building facilities and systems
• Elevator and escalator systems and operations
• Roofing systems
• Managing solid waste and recycling
• Managing cleaning services and contracts
• Property Tour: elevators/escalators, roof systems, solid waste/recycling, janitorial inspection

Module 5: Putting It All Together

• Successful approaches to pest management
• Types of parking structures and parking management
• Assuring secure and safe buildings
• Understanding and managing landscaping tasks and snow removal
• Learn about BOMA and meet BOMA leaders
• Learning assessment group exercise
• Property Tour: parking, security, pest control, landscaping

Foundations of Real Estate Management has been developed from BOMA/Atlanta’s successful education program Property Management 101