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Effective Strategies to Improve Job Satisfaction and Reduce Property Manager Turnover

Rita Khan, PhD, CPM®, ARM®, ACoM®, December 2024
Funded by the J.T. Aveni Center for Research and IREM Foundation

This report looks at why property managers leave their jobs and what leaders can do to keep them. Based on real-world insights from industry professionals, it highlights four things that make a big difference: better work-life balance, opportunities to grow, feeling valued, and a positive team culture. Backed by the IREM Foundation’s J.T. Aveni Center for Research, the study offers practical, easy-to-apply strategies to help real estate companies keep great people and build stronger, more stable teams.

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The Value Proposition of a Mindfulness Intervention on Perceived Stress and Employee Well-Being in the Property Management Industry

Erin A. Hopkins, PhD, December 2024

The primary objective of this study was to begin to fill this research gap by exploring the potential beneficial impacts of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on perceived stress and employee well-being of property management professionals.

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Renters’ Perceptions of Residential Property Management

Funded by the J.T. Aveni Center for Research and IREM Foundation

Suzanne Leland, Eric Morris, and Dustin C. Read, August 2024

This report aims to empower property managers and property management companies with information they can use to better communicate their value proposition to the renters. The study reached three conclusions of great relevance to the property management industry.

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Insights into the implementation of IREM’s Certified Sustainable Property (CSP) program

Prepared for and funded by Elaina’s Sustainability Fund and the IREM Foundation

Erin A. Hopkins, PhD, December 2021

The IREM CSP program helps to fill in the green property management framework gap by creating a standardized process to implement green property management practices and services. Ten best practices, based on interviews that were conducted for this research study, are put forward that should be helpful for owners, managers, and related parties during the planning and implementation of IREM’s CSP

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IREM Jobs Analysis: A tool for assessing real estate management talent (eBook)

This research is critical to the development of our certifications—the Certified Property Manager (CPM®), Accredited Residential Manager (ARM®), and Accredited Commercial Manager (ACoM). The report details the tasks most critical to a real estate manager’s job and how those tasks vary by IREM certification, organization type, job function, and property type. We’ve also included a self-evaluation so that you can rate your own skills.

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