About IREM

The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2008. For more than seven decades, IREM has been the source for education, resources, information and membership for real estate management professionals. An affiliate of the National Association of Realtors, IREM is the only professional real estate management association serving both the multi-family and commercial real estate sectors. With 80 U.S. chapters, eight international chapters and several other partnerships around the globe, IREM is an international organization that also serves as an advocate on issues affecting the real estate management industry.

Membership includes more than 18,000 individual members and 500 corporate members. IREM promotes ethical real estate management practices through its credentialed membership programs, including the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation, the Accredited Residential Manager (ARM) certification, the Accredited Commercial Manager certification and the Accredited Management Organization (AMO) accreditation. These esteemed credentials certify competence and professionalism for those engaged in real estate management. In addition, IREM offers Associate, Student and Academic memberships.

Collectively, IREM CPM Members in the United States manage over $1.5 trillion in real estate assets, including 8.4 million residential units and 8.4 billion net square feet of commercial space. An additional 977,400 residential units are managed by IREM ARM Members. IREM Members are employed by some of the most prestigious real estate firms in the world and nearly 70% hold upper-level management positions. Due to their professionalism and vast experience, property owners and investors worldwide continually seek out the management services of IREM Members.

To learn more about the Institute of Real Estate Management and its chapter network, call (800) 837-0706, Ext. 4650 (outside the U.S. call (312) 329-6000) or visit www.irem.org.

About SNJ 101

The Southern New Jersey Chapter No. 101 of the Institute of Real Estate Management was chartered on November 10, 1985, through the efforts of then IREM Region II Vice-President David Holtzman, CPM, Michael B. Simmons, CPM and Lawrence Q. Corrin, CPM with nineteen Charter Members. Since then it has grown to encompass thirty-four Certified Property Manager (CPM) Members, one Lifetime Member, three Accredited Management Organization (AMO) Member Firms, fourteen Certified Property Manager Candidates and seventy-two Accredited Residential Manager (ARM) Program Participants.

The Southern New Jersey chapter was founded to serve the need for professional association among CPM members in the eight southern counties of the State of New Jersey. The counties under the jurisdiction of Chapter No. 101 include: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and Salem.

An Award Winning Chapter

In 2000, in 2002 and again in 2003, Chapter No. 101 was awarded the IREM Gold Award in Category Two in IREM’s Chapter of the Year competition and an Honorable Mention for the 1999 Chapter Government Relations Award. Previously, the chapter was honored to receive the Presidential Award for 1998, given to the best of the first place (Gold Award) chapters in all six size categories. The ARM Committee received the second place award in the 1992 ARM Committee of the Year Competition. The chapter was honored to be the recipient of the Chapter of the Year “Gold” Award in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 1999. It received the “Silver” Award in 1995 and 1997.

For 1998 it received the First Place Award in the Large Category in the prestigious 1998 ACCREDITED RESIDENTIAL MANAGER (ARM) Committee of the Year competition and the Most Improved Award in Category Two for its contributions to the Institute’s national Income/Expense Analysis® Program. The chapter won the "Outstanding New Chapter Award" for 1987, which was presented at the Mid-Winter Education Conference in 1988 and it received special recognition for “Significant Progress” made in 1992.

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