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Real Property Administrator

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 complete 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, enhancing your standing in the industry, and positioning you for long-term success.

What Will I Learn?

The RPA® program teaches you how to enhance the asset’s value through proper strategic decision-making. The components of this program include the 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 Enrol?

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

“It was a terrific experience and helped refine my working knowledge of property management.  I wish I had done this sooner!”

-Sean H. Feng, RPA®

Required Courses

BOMI Budgeting and Accounting course

Budgeting & Accounting

Design Operation Maintenance Buildings I wb

Design, Operation & Maintenance, I

Design Operation Maintenance Buildings II wb

Design, Operation & Maintenance, II

Environmental Health and Safety wb

Environmental Health & Safety Issues

Ethics is Good Business wb

Ethics is Good Business®, Short Course

Law and Risk Management wb

Law & Risk Management

Real Estate Investment and Finance

Real Estate Investment & Finance

Elective Courses (choose one)

BOMI Asset Management course

Asset Management

Leasing and Marketing wb

Leasing & Marketing

Managing the Organization wb

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.

RPA Capstone Exam questions

The RPA® Capstone Exam includes:

  • Two-hour, 100-question multiple choice exam
  • 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
  • Optional Online Self-Paced Capstone Exam prep courses are available for the RPA®

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. The criteria are outlined in the RPA®  Capstone Experience Form. This form may be submitted at any time following enrolment.

Prior Education

For those who have prior education in an area that overlaps with the RPA, you may be eligible to receive credit for one or more courses. To review the requirements please refer to the Administrative Competency Chart in the RPA Competency Credits form below, which outlines what is eligible and how you go about applying to get credit for a course.

Register Today

  • Courses may be taken in any order.
  • Choose the flexible course delivery option that works best for you – online self-paced, collaborative virtual learning, accelerated review or classroom setting, where applicable.
  • Enrol in the RPA® Designation and/or register for a class using the methods below:
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