The Institute of Real Estate Management® (IREM®) Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 is pleased to announce that Kosal Saren with Barkan Management Co. has earned the ARM® (Accredited Residential Manager®) designation.
The residential property management certification teaches early-career real estate managers the core competencies to manage residential properties successfully. As such the ARM designation is widely recognized in the residential property management industry with recipients noted for demonstrating excellence in residential property management.
Saren, a resident of Methuen, Massachusetts, is a property manager with Barkan Management Co. in Newton, Massachusetts.
“It’s a pleasure to recognize Kosal for achieving the ARM designation,” said Melissa Fish-Crane, 2021 president of IREM Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 and principal and COO of the Peabody Companies. “To become an effective residential property manager, you need to know it all: budgeting, leasing, maintenance, risk management, resident relations and retention – all while being accessible to your residents around the clock. And that’s exactly what the ARM certification helps industry professionals, like Kosal, achieve, each and every day.”
About the Institute for Real Estate Management®, Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4
IREM® is an international institute for property and asset managers (headquartered in Chicago) providing complete knowledge to take on real estate management’s most dynamic challenges. For more than 85 years, IREM has been the world’s strongest voice for all things real estate management; today membership encompasses close to 20,000 leaders in commercial and residential management.
IREM Chapters are independently incorporated, organized groups working in partnership with IREM headquarters to advance the institute’s strategic initiatives and grow the real estate management profession. They offer local connection, continuous learning through IREM courses, networking via business or social events, and volunteer opportunities through chapter leadership and community outreach.
The Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 was founded on May 4, 1938. The growth of the chapter has paralleled the expansion of the real estate industry and the property management profession in its region of influences and is now the largest chapter of the organization. Melissa Fish-Crane serves as the chapter’s 2021 president. Offices are located at 202 Parke Avenue, Quincy, MA 02171. For more information, please call 617-436-7565, email iremboston@iremboston.com, or visit www.iremboston.org.
