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May 20, 2010

DHA Sr. Property Manager Achieves CPM® Certification

Below is the announcement from the Raleigh-Durham Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management. DHA congratulates Senior Property Manager Tammy Atkins for this important professional achievement!

IREM Greater Raleigh-Durham Chapter 105 Announces Induction of Three Certified Property Managers
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Recent inductees join a network of close to 9,000 CPM members worldwide

RALEIGH – The Greater Raleigh-Durham Chapter 105 of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) recently inducted three new Certified Property Managers (CPM®) at their January and March general meetings. Shane McGroarty (The Dilweg Companies), Tammy Atkins (Durham Housing Authority) and Dennis Erny (Allen O'Hara Education Services, Inc.) were all sworn in by IREM President Tracey Johnson, CPM®.

CPM is a real estate professional designation that is awarded by IREM and recognized by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR). To attain a CPM designation, candidates must join IREM, as well as their local IREM Chapter. They must also pass several IREM-required courses including marketing, human resources, asset management, and ethics and complete a management plan on a subject building.

Recent inductee Dennis Erny is Regional Director of Allen & O'Hara Education Services, Inc. – a subsidiary of Education Realty Trust. He is responsible for student housing properties at UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University, UNC-Greensboro, and Salisbury University in Maryland. He's been in the student housing management field and with Allen & O'Hara for 32 years. The firm has been involved with IREM for over 25 years. Erny says that he began his "quest" for CPM designation over 20 years ago, but had to take breaks due to promotions and relocations. The last few years allowed him to finally complete the CPM process.

"Being a member of IREM enables me to learn about other types of property management besides student housing and to network with a group of professionals to share ideas and concerns about our properties," says Erny. "I'm proud to be recognized by such a reputable organization and would encourage all real estate professionals to get involved with IREM due to their excellent training, professional learning in the classes offered, and to become involved with a group of professionals that place ethics at a high priority."

IREM provides education and professional recognition for real estate managers and management organizations. It serves as the nation's leading resource in real estate management and provides training, information, research, analysis, and practical advice for professionals managing all types of income-producing real estate at all career levels. IREM's services are designed to support its members' commitment to maximizing the value of the real estate entrusted to them and to safeguarding the people who live, work, and shop in the properties they manage.

About the Greater Raleigh-Durham Chapter 105

The Greater Raleigh-Durham Chapter 105 is one of ninety IREM chapters that are located throughout the US and Canada. The organization offers courses in many other countries including Poland, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Japan and Mexico. Our mission as property managers in this area is to be committed to professionalism and ethics within the property management industry. For more information about our Chapter, visit www.irem105.org.

Press Contacts:
Tracey A. Johnson, CPM®, President
Drucker and Falk
(919) 846-7300
tjohnson@druckerandfalk.com

Candi McDowell, Administrator
York Properties
(919) 821-1350
candimcdowell@yorkproperties.com

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