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IREM Key Report - From Good to Great to Best-in-Class: A Real Estate Leader's Guide to Optimal Performance
Christopher Lee

This is a new, highly instructive and insightful guide for today's real estate leaders; it highlights proven strategies to help any organization achieve optimal performance, profitability, and a competitive edge. Authored by real estate industry expert Christopher Lee, this key report provides an in-depth analysis - accompanied by new tables and diagrams - of important trends and changes currently impacting today's real estate management industry.

The report concludes with 50 predictions on events that are likely to occur over the next decade and could significantly impact the real estate management industry; also, a "Worth Reading" list of recommended texts.

IREM, 2008
Softcover, 163 pages
ISBN: 978-1-57203-133-3

IREM Key Report: Preparing for Pandemic Flu
Robin Stinson, CPM

Learn about the current state of the H5N1 influenza virus, the risks to the real estate industry, and proven strategies that will help keep your business going in the event of a pandemic.

IREM, 2008
Softcover, 32 pages
ISBN: 1-57203-126-3

IREM Key Report - Insider's Tips to Operating a Successful Property Management Company
Richard F. Muhlebach CPM, SCSM, CRE, RPA and Alan A. Alexander

Operating a property management company requires more than good communication and management skills. To be competitive, companies must have a sound infrastructure, strategic direction, and sufficient resources to achieve success. This report offers comprehensive guidance on all aspects of developing a successful property management business, and includes detailed coverage of:

• Strategies for successful staffing and company organization
• Components of a management proposal
• How to maintain ethical practices and professional standards
• Owners evaluation and selection of a firm
• Leasing commissions and other financial incentives
• Steps for managing new accounts and expanding business profitability

IREM Key Report - A Practical Guide to Energy Management
John Klein, Sharon Levin, and Deborah Cloutier

• Creating and implementing an action plan to improve energy performance
  
• Starting with simple strategies—turning off lights and equipment when not in use, adjusting thermostat temperature settings up during the cooling season or down during the heating season
  
• Managing after-hours HVAC use and costs
  
• Heating and cooling vacant space only when and as needed
  
• Including water conservation as an energy issue
  
• Cleaning offices during daytime hours to use less light
  
• Purchasing energy economically—working with the utilities, seeking special rates, aggregating power purchases
  
• Reviewing utility (electricity, gas, etc.) bills and learning to understand them
  
• Encouraging changes in occupant behavior

The authors also recommend being fair with your tenants in regard to pass-through charges, discussing the advantages of submetering. And because energy management should be a team effort, they outline ways to recognize the team and the individual team members.

IREM, 2005
Softcover, 64 pages
ISBN: 1-57203-112-3