* Course qualifies for early pricing.
Classroom offerings: Register 30 days or earlier prior to the start date of an eligible course to save $100. Online courses are excluded from early pricing.

The ARM Certification is regarded as the most recognized credential for residential real estate managers, and the ARM Track experience will get you one step closer to earning it. The ARM Track explores key concepts related to ethical real estate management and reviews the following key competency areas related to effective residential site management: human resources and relationship management, property financial management, maintenance and risk management, and marketing and leasing.

ARM Track Courses:

• Day 1: Ethics for the Real Estate Manager (ETH800) **
  
• Days 2-5: Managing Residential Properties (RES201)
• Day 6: ARM Certification Exam (ARMEXM)

** The "Real Estate Management Ethics Online - ETH001" self-paced course also fulfills the ethics education requirement for the ARM Certification.

Standard Calculator Required: Note that a standard calculator is required for this track.

Cancellation Policy

* Course qualifies for early pricing.
Classroom offerings: Register 30 days or earlier prior to the start date of an eligible course to save $100. Online courses are excluded from early pricing.

While it may not seem important on a day to day basis, understanding financial concepts can help you build value and increase income for your business holdings. Let’s be honest. Fluctuations in the financial and real estate market are inevitable. But with this course, you’ll learn to produce higher revenue for your portfolio – despite the turbulence of the market.

Register and learn the ins and outs of financing and leverage:

• Financing and Where to Get it. Public and private lenders, lender perceptions and requirements.
• Loan Structure and Fees. You’ll learn about common loan types and detail the elements of a loan package used to secure financing.
• Loan Calculation. Compare financial calculation tools, calculate principal and interest, and understand effective interest rate.
• Here’s the Important Part: Loan Analysis. Your value to clients and employers will multiply exponentially when you can determine leverage position and conduct a break-even analysis.

Take this course on its own or together with Performance and Valuation of Investment Real Estate (ASM604) and Asset Analysis of Investment Real Estate (ASM605) with the Asset Management Track.

Financial Calculator or App Required: The HP10bII or HP10bII+ financial calculator or similar financial calculator app is required. Course materials illustrate keystrokes for the HP10bII+ calculator. Students are encouraged to download the interactive HP10bII Financial Calculator Tutorial and the HP10bII Financial Calculator Quick Reference Guide and review it prior to taking this course.

Laptop Computer Strongly Recommended: In addition to the financial calculator, course materials extensively use the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet to facilitate hands-on learning in the classroom. With your registration confirmation, you will receive a link to the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet. It is strongly recommended that you download the spreadsheet to your laptop prior to attending the class.

Maximize your preparation with the HP10bII Calculator Tutorial and IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet webinars.

Review the learning objectives of this course.

Please note: taking FIN402, ASM603, ASM604, ASM605, and MPSAXM in consecutive order is strongly recommended.

• Finance & Asset Management Forms and Checklists
• IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet
• Loan Analysis tutorial
• IREM Asset Management White Paper: Using Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to Score Investments
• Sample Management Agreements Package

Classroom: The classroom course is 2 days, including lunch and breaks. Typical course timeframe is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Select a specific offering of the course from the dropdown menu above for exact dates and times. The course exam is taken online within 7 days after completing the course; instructions to access the exam are provided during the course.

Access to the online course ends when you complete the course or 6 months after registration, whichever comes first.

Cancellation Policy

* Course qualifies for early pricing.
Classroom offerings: Register 30 days or earlier prior to the start date of an eligible course to save $100. Online courses are excluded from early pricing.

It’s time to think long term. Here you’ll receive the tools and skills to determine the performance of real estate assets, allowing you to enhance the long-term financial outlook of your portfolio and secure the future prosperity of your business. While your competitors are thinking about tomorrow, you’ll be playing the long game, thinking 1, 5, and 10 years down the road. And that’s a mindset that investors need and crave in their managers.

Register today and get all the knowledge and skills you need to measure property performance and assess value:

• The Key Financial Concepts of Investment Real Estate. Time value of money, discounted cash flow analysis, and equity capitalization, all broken down so you can understand them and apply them right away in your job.
• The Four Tests of Investment Return. Do you know them by heart? Cash-on-cash rate of return, value enhancement, net present value, and internal rate of return are all covered in-depth.
• Valuing Properties. Get every edge you’ll need for pinpoint accuracy, by comparing common valuation methods, deriving the cap rate, and defining highest and best use.
• Lease Analysis and Taxation Essentials. Become a master at calculating effective rent, comparing lease proposals, and defining taxes related to real estate.

Turbocharge your education: Take this course on its own or together with Financing and Loan Analysis of Investment Real Estate (ASM603) and Asset Analysis of Investment Real Estate (ASM605) with the Asset Management Track.

Financial Calculator or App Required: The HP10bII or HP10bII+ financial calculator or similar financial calculator app is required. Course materials illustrate keystrokes for the HP10bII+ calculator. Students are encouraged to download the interactive HP10bII Financial Calculator Tutorial and the HP10bII Financial Calculator Quick Reference Guide and review it prior to taking this course.

Laptop Computer Strongly Recommended: In addition to the financial calculator, course materials extensively use the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet to facilitate hands-on learning in the classroom. With your registration confirmation, you will receive a link to the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet. It is strongly recommended that you download the spreadsheet to your laptop prior to attending the class.

Maximize your preparation with the HP10bII Calculator Tutorial and IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet webinars.

Review the learning objectives of this course.

Please note: taking FIN402, ASM603, ASM604, ASM605, and MPSAXM in consecutive order is strongly recommended.

• Finance & Asset Management Forms and Checklists
• IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet
• IREM Asset Management White Paper: Using Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to Score Investments
• Income/Expense Analysis Reports

Classroom: The classroom course is 2 days, including lunch and breaks. Typical course timeframe is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Select a specific offering of the course from the dropdown menu above for exact dates and times. The course exam is taken online within 7 days after completing the course; instructions to access the exam are provided during the course.

Access to the online course ends when you complete the course or 6 months after registration, whichever comes first.

Cancellation Policy

* Course qualifies for early pricing.
Classroom offerings: Register 30 days or earlier prior to the start date of an eligible course to save $100. Online courses are excluded from early pricing.

This deep dive into asset management puts you in the driver’s seat, using real-world investment scenarios, to enable you to consistently deliver forecasted returns for owners and investors. Hands-on application of essential financial concepts will help you perform multiple cash flow analyses. Get ready for the big time.

Register today and walk away with the financial acumen to strengthen client relationships and win new business.

• Make it Work. Learn to apply concepts to conduct cash flow analysis.
• Weigh your Options. Analyze alternatives to test potential courses of action for a property.
• Make your Two Cents Count for A Lot More Than Two Cents. Learn to make an informed recommendation, given the ownership goals, and what you’ve learned.
• The Mighty Management Plan. Unlock the key elements of writing a management plan for investment real estate.

Take this course on its own or together with Financing and Loan Analysis of Investment Real Estate (ASM603) and Performance and Valuation of Investment Real Estate (ASM604) with the Asset Management Track.

Financial Calculator or App Required: The HP10bII or HP10bII+ financial calculator or similar financial calculator app is required. Course materials illustrate keystrokes for the HP10bII+ calculator. Students are encouraged to download the interactive HP10bII Financial Calculator Tutorial and the HP10bII Financial Calculator Quick Reference Guide and review it prior to taking this course.

Laptop Computer Strongly Recommended: In addition to the financial calculator, course materials extensively use the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet to facilitate hands-on learning in the classroom. With your registration confirmation, you will receive a link to the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet. It is strongly recommended that you download the spreadsheet to your laptop prior to attending the class.

Maximize your preparation with the HP10bII Calculator Tutorial and IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet webinars.

Review the learning objectives of this course.

Please note: taking FIN402, ASM603, ASM604, ASM605, and MPSAXM in consecutive order is strongly recommended.

• Finance & Asset Management Forms and Checklists
• IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet
• Sample Management Agreement Package
• Management Plan Skills Assessment
• Income/Expense Analysis Reports

Classroom: The classroom course is 1 day, including lunch and breaks. Typical course timeframe is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Select a specific offering of the course from the dropdown menu above for exact dates and times. The course exam is taken online within 7 days after completing the course; instructions to access the exam are provided during the course.

Access to the online course ends when you complete the course or 6 months after registration, whichever comes first.

Cancellation Policy

* Course qualifies for early pricing.
Classroom offerings: Register 30 days or earlier prior to the start date of an eligible course to save $100. Online courses are excluded from early pricing.

The Asset Management Track is comprised of skill-based courses that, when taken in sequence, progressively build your knowledge of financing and valuation of real estate assets. You’ll work hands-on to explore various models of financial analysis in three applications-based courses designed to help you capitalize on your real estate assets. Students will find the tools they learn here indispensable to the properties and the portfolios they manage.

Asset Management Track Courses:

• Financing and Loan Analysis for Investment Real Estate (ASM603)
• Performance and Valuation of Investment Real Estate (ASM604)
• Asset Analysis of Investment Real Estate (ASM605)

Financial Calculator or App Required: The HP10bII or HP10bII+ financial calculator or similar financial calculator app is required. Course materials illustrate keystrokes for the HP10bII+ calculator. Students are encouraged to download the interactive HP10bII Financial Calculator Tutorial and the HP10bII Financial Calculator Quick Reference Guide and review it prior to taking this course.

Laptop Computer Strongly Recommended: In addition to the financial calculator, course materials extensively use the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet to facilitate hands-on learning in the classroom. With your registration confirmation, you will receive a link to the IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet. It is strongly recommended that you download the spreadsheet to your laptop prior to attending the class.

Maximize your preparation with the HP10bII Calculator Tutorial and IREM Financial Analysis Spreadsheet webinars.

Please note: taking FIN402, ASM603, ASM604, ASM605, and MPSAXM in consecutive order is strongly recommended.

Cancellation Policy

Becoming an accomplished business professional takes more than just hard work. In fact, how you respond to ethical challenges has a big impact on your long-term personal reputation and success in business. But being ethical is not just a matter of following the law – it’s meeting the standards and expectations that govern the real estate profession. Professional ethics can make the difference between a career as an all-star and a career as an also-ran. Ethics matter. And people pay attention.

Register today and learn to tackle daily ethical dilemmas head on:

• Welcome to the Real World. Get a full overview of the IREM Code of Professional Ethics, including the study of actual ethics cases and their implications.
• Do the Right Thing. Tactics and strategies to resolve ethical dilemmas.
• Avoiding Conflict. Identifying factors that contribute to conflicts of interest so you’ll know when to avoid them.

Review the learning objectives of this course.

• IREM Code of Professional Ethics
• Real Life Ethics, 2nd Edition
• Transformational Leadership in the New Age of Real Estate, 2nd Edition
• What Property Managers Do: IREM Real Estate Management Job Analysis

Classroom: The classroom course is 1 day, including lunch and breaks. Typical course timeframe is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Select a specific offering of the course from the dropdown menu above for exact dates and times. The course exam is taken online within 7 days after completing the course; instructions to access the exam are provided during the course.

Cancellation Policy

* Course qualifies for early pricing.
Classroom offerings: Register 30 days or earlier prior to the start date of an eligible course to save $100. Online courses are excluded from early pricing.

This is your comprehensive, one-stop-shop solution to understanding and implementing the essentials of residential property management. From operations to finance to human resources, you’ll get every skill you could possibly need to optimize apartment management, and enhance your reputation in your marketplace.

Register today and get ready to take an evolutionary leap in your career:

• Get Talented at Talent Development. You’ll learn management styles, recruiting and hiring, effective communications, and the always-tricky intergenerational dynamics. Find out how to boost productivity and collaboration.
• Be an Operational Expert. Create a maintenance and risk management plan, get smart at emergency planning, and discover the keys to working with contractors.
• It’s All About the Money. Improve your property’s bottom line and earn recognition by mastering accounting, budgeting, cash flow, and operating expenses.
• Market. Lease. Succeed. Understand target markets, comparison grids, marketing strategies and social media, and the ins and outs of relevant laws.

Planning to earn the ARM certification? Take this course on its own or together with Ethics for the Real Estate Manager —ETH800 and the ARM Certification Exam —ARMEXM as part of the ARM Track, which fulfills most of the requirements for earning the prestigious ARM certification.

Review the learning objectives of this course.

• 10 Trends in Multifamily Property Management: Perceptions of Industry Leaders in a Time of Change
• Multifamily Housing
• Income/Expense Analysis Reports
• Practical Apartment Management, 6th Edition
• Sample Residential Property Management Agreement
• Comparison Grids app for iPhone and iPad

Classroom: The classroom course is 4 days, including lunch and breaks. Typical course timeframe is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Select a specific offering of the course from the dropdown menu above for exact dates and times. Note that the ARM exam is completed in the classroom at the end of the course.

Access to the online course ends when you complete the course or 6 months after registration, whichever comes first.

Cancellation Policy