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The Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part I August 25, 2008
Facilities Planning & Project Management September 22, 2008
The Fundamentals of Real Property Administration October 20, 2008
BOMI Education
Are You Working Toward Your RPA or FMA? BOMA Sacramento is offering six BOMI Institute accelerated classes in 2008. Click here for a class listing to help you plan your schedule today.
Is The RPA Right for You?
Here are 10 question that can help you decided if the RPA designation would be right for you. Do you:
- Manage a commercial building for a property management firm, developer, or corporation?
- Strive to maximize the net income of an owner’s properties while minimizing risks?
- Serve as the main customer contact whether the customer is an owner or a tenant?
- Need to meet an owner’s expectations for the short- and long-term financial performance of a property?
- Work hand in hand with portfolio and asset managers to enhance the value of properties?
- Represent the building owner in working with various professional services, including legal, architectural, and insurance?
- Lease and market space?
- Approve annual operating budgets?
- Compose and/or implement a risk management program?
- Need to understand critical operation issues such as life-cycle costing, preventive maintenance, and energy management?
To earn the RPA designation, you must successfully complete these six mandatory courses plus the Ethics Is Good Business short course.
- Design Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part I
- Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part II
- Real Estate Investment and Finance
- Environmental Health and Safety Issues
- Budgeting and Accounting
- Law and Risk Management
Also, you must successfully complete one other course, which you may select from the following list of electives:
- Fundamentals of Real Property Administration
- Leasing and Marketing for Property Managers
- Asset Management