Real Property Administrator (RPA)

BOMA Georgia partners with BOMI to offer courses to earn the Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation.

Why the RPA?

The RPA Designation program positions property managers for success by providing insight into and knowledge of operating a commercial building. You’ll gain a full understanding of the diverse aspects of property management involved in analyzing a building in its entirety. The RPA program will teach you to maximize a building’s net income while minimizing risks, thereby enhancing your standing in the industry and positioning you for long-term success.

What Will I Learn?

In the RPA program, you’ll learn how to enhance the value of the asset through proper and strategic decision making. Components of this program include design, operation, and maintenance of an office building. You will become fully versed in budgeting and accounting for commercial real estate, risk management, and best practices in bidding. This program also covers reviewing and selecting contract providers, marketing and leasing the building, and operating the asset from an owner’s perspective through a comprehensive asset management component.

Who Should Enroll?

Assistant property managers, property managers, and those who manage real estate assets.

Required Courses

  • Budgeting and Accounting

  • Environmental Health and Safety Issues

  • Ethics is Good Business ShortCourse

  • Law and Risk Management

  • Real Estate Investment and Finance

  • Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part I

  • Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part II

Elective Courses (choose one):

  • Asset Management

  • Leasing and Marketing for Property Managers

  • Managing the Organization

The Capstone Experience

The Capstone Experience program reduces the administrative hurdle of completing the complex Experience Form by only requiring employment history verification. To maintain the integrity of BOMI's programming, the Capstone Experience includes a culminating RPA Capstone Exam once all RPA course requirements are complete.

The RPA Capstone Exam is not a cumulative final exam, but a 125-question multiple choice test reflective of your three years of industry experience.

The exam includes:

  • Two-hour, 125-question multiple choice exam, 100 of which are scored and 25 of which are not scored.

  • Proctored exam to be taken at Pearson VUE

  • Questions are application-based, using scenarios that rely on the learners' three years of experience in commercial property and facility management

Experience Requirement

You can begin pursuing your RPA at any time during your career. Before you are awarded the RPA designation, you are required to demonstrate three years of verifiable property management experience.

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