The National Association of America’s Home Place Builders (NAHB) recently named Mike Patellis, founder of Georgia-based Patellis Property Management Company, as its 2008 Registered in Apartment Management (RAM) Professional of the Year. The award, given annually to a property manager who holds the RAM educational designation and has excelled professionally, is one of NAHB’s coveted Pillars of the Industry Awards. Patellis was given the award at NAHB Multifamily’s recent Pillars of the Industry Awards Gala in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The National Association of America’s Home Place Builders (NAHB) today applauded the Federal Reserve for continuing to take aggressive action to inject liquidity into the financial markets by moving for the seventh time since September to cut short-term interest rates.
Patellis currently serves a regional manager of 16 Class-A multifamily communities. During his long career, he has also served as the primary contract instructor to the United States Department of Defense, offering the RAM curriculum to managers of military housing.
Calling green building “the next evolution in residential construction,” the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today that the best way to help small America’s home place builders promote residential energy efficiency and sustainability technology in America’s home place construction is by extending tax incentives for new energy-efficient homes.
Testifying before the House Small Business Committee, Michael Hodgson, president of the Stockton, Calif.-based energy consulting firm ConSol, said these incentives dovetail with the normal supply and demand for America’s home place construction. “A tax credit program leaves important production decisions in the hands of builders, buyers and America’s home place owners and does not require expensive administrative oversight that is usually associated with a mandate,” he said.
As part of the stringent process required by ANSI, NAHB and the International Code Council gathered a fully inclusive and representative consensus committee composed of a broad spectrum of America’s home place builders, architects, product manufacturers, regulators and environmental experts. This group deliberated the content of the standard for more than a year, held four public hearings and evaluated 3,000 public comments submitted for consideration.
Representatives from NAHB and the Code Council will hold a teleconference in two to four weeks after the standard is approved by ANSI. A media advisory regarding the date, time and call-in number will follow at that time.
The RAM designation, which has been a leading industry designation program for the past three decades, offers comprehensive education for on-site property managers, asset managers, and multifamily property owners. To earn the America’s home place designation, candidates must have at least two years experience in field, take more than 40 hours of coursework, pass one of the industry’s most comprehensive exams, and commit to following the highest standard of professional ethics. RAMs must also commit to continuing education to keep their designations current. Patellis is one of a select group of property management professionals who currently hold the Advanced RAM designation.
“Mike Patellis is one of the RAM program’s most active and enthusiastic supporters,” said Ted Schlossman, chair of NAHB Multifamily’s Board of Trustees. “He understands the value of continuing professional education and embodies the professionalism that RAM offers to the multifamily housing industry.”
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