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In 2022 The Virginia Apartment Management Association (VAMA) hired J. Turner Research to conduct a survey of compensation and benefits offered to personnel in the apartment industry. The surveys were emailed to one person in each company on a list provided by the association. The surveys inquired into benefits and compensation of various positions along with the number of units managed and tenure at the company.

The larger companies were given the option to upload their responses in a spreadsheet to make it convenient and less time consuming. A total of 46 companies responded to the survey.  This report breaks down the base compensation and bonus based on the number of units managed and the tenure at their current company.

Inside the Survey:

• List of Participating Companies

• Compensation by Positions - Supervisors of Regional Managers, Regional Managers, Property Managers, Assistant Property Managers, Leasing Agents, Maintenance Supervisors and Maintenance Technicians.

• Information on - 401K employer contribution, Vacation/PTO, Cell Phone Reimbursement, Mileage/Car Policy, Leasing Commissions and Other possible benefits being offered. 

Price to Purchase a Copy of the Survey Results:

Participate Rate:  Companies who participated in the survey get received a copy for FREE to the point of contact for the survey.  The completed survey was sent to the point of contact who took the survey.  If you want to find out if your company took the survey, see list below!

Management Company Rate -  40 units or Less:  If you are a member management company that has 40 units or less that did not participate, but would like to purchase a copy, you can do so for $500 member / $1,000 non member. 
PURCHASE HERE IF YOU HAVE 40 UNITS OR LESS!

Management Company Rate - More than 40 Units:  If you are a member management company with more than 40 units that did not participate, but would like to purchase a copy, you can do so for  $1,250 member / $2,500 non member.  
PURCHASE HERE IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 40 UNITS!

2022 Participating Companies

Artcraft Management, Inc
Baker Investments
BECO Asset Management
Bellsun Apartments LLC
Belvidere Management Holdings
Bonaventure
Boyd Homes
Braden Property
Cathcart Management
CBS Rentals, LLC
City Space, LLC
CMG Leasing, Inc.
Denstock Management LLC
Dodson
Dragas Management
Drucker and Falk
Genesis Properties, Inc.
Grady Management Inc.
Great Eastern Management Company
Greystar
Harrison & Lear, Inc.
JDC Management
KPM LLC
Landmark Property Services, Inc.
Lawson Realty Corp
Main Street Realty
Management Services Corp/ The Caton Companies
Meadowbrook Apartments
Mid-America Apartment Communities
Norcross Station
Park Properties Management Company
Piedmont Housing Alliance
PRG Real Estate
RangeWater Real Estate
Ripley Heatwole Co Inc
Signature Management Corp
SL Nusbaum Realty Co
Steelhead Management.com
Terrace Greene
Thalhimer
The Breeden Company, Inc.
The Franklin Johnston Group
TSB Management Group, LLC
Virginia Supportive Housing
Woodard Properties
WPM Real Estate Management

VAMA's annual magazine, Virginia Communities, was published last month and is now available online. Read it for:

• A recap from VAMACON23, including articles from standout speakers and photos of attendees enjoying the event
• A letter from our VAMA President, Matt Spencer
• A legislative update
• Photos of what members around Virginia have been up to this year
• An interview with NAA Chair Ronda Puryear
• & more!
  

Read the digital edition here.

Our annual magazine, Virginia Communities, was published this month and is now available online. Read it for a recap from VAMACON22, including articles from standout speakers, and photos of attendees having a blast at the event. Plus, you'll find a letter from our VAMA President, a legislative update, photos of what everyone around Virginia has been up to this year, and more. Keep an eye out for your print copy in the mail! In the meantime, read the digital edition here. 

The opportunity to attend college is one of the most unique, exciting, and formative experiences in the lives of many young people. It often represents the transition from adolescence to adulthood. It is the first opportunity to live on your own, determine your career path, forge new friendships, and choose where and with whom you live.

This newfound independence is a key part of what makes the college experience, and more specifically the University of Virginia experience special. Unfortunately, the University seems committed to changing fundamental elements of this experience without attributing proper weight to the wishes of the student body and the impact this decision will have on the local business community.

The University’s 2030 Strategic Plan intends to require all second-year students live on-grounds, preventing these students from exercising agency over their lives by selecting the housing option of their choice.

We at the Virginia Apartment Management Association Blue Ridge Chapter support free housing choice for all. Our engagement with this issue started with concerns over the devastating impact removing every second-year student from the marketplace will have on student housing providers and the businesses that serve the off-grounds population. However, as we spoke with and surveyed students, we found substantial opposition to this mandate from UVA’s student body. 

When VAMA Blue Ridge surveyed students in the fall of 2021, results showed that overwhelmingly, students reported their choice to live off-grounds impacted them positively. Sixty six percent of responses indicated agreement that living off-grounds has “opened up new opportunities for [them] socially, economically, and educationally,” compared to only eighteen percent disagreeing.  Forty five percent stated that living in the community at-large, rather than an on-grounds environment gave them, “greater access to advancement and employment,” compared to twenty nine percent who disagreed. An overwhelming majority of sixty eight percent agreed that “being required to live on-grounds as a second year is NOT a University goal that I want for future students or myself,” compared to twenty one percent who disagreed.

That is not the only area of concern, either. A majority of respondents indicated positively that “living off-grounds has been a financially prudent choice for me,” as well as a majority declaring that the quality of their off-grounds housing “is higher than my peers’ housing on-grounds.” In feedback given in respondents’ own words, they say: “On-grounds I had less control over my space, my stuff, noise, facilities, and even my meals, which I did not like,” and “I wanted somewhere more permanent to stay during the times that the university shuts down. Living on my own makes me feel more independent which is very appealing to me…”

The perspective-altering events of the last 21 months have added new concerns over the communal nature of on-grounds housing. Even as we emerge from the crisis of COVID-19, many students will be understandably skeptical about returning to conditions like assigned roommates, suite-style living, and common air-handling. Students in 2030 will not be confronting COVID, as the current classes are, but the scars of this pandemic may live with us for many years. It is appropriate, given the lessons learned from the pandemic, to allow students the ability to choose a more private, independent off-grounds option if that is their preference.  

The interests of local businesses AND University students lie in direct opposition to the University’s planned second year on-grounds housing mandate. We hope the administration will ask itself if this policy initiative, which acts as a restriction on student choice, is the best course of action. A plan that only works by force is a plan that should be second-guessed. We believe a vibrant community brimming with options and opportunity, that understands the value of empowering its members with the freedom to choose is a better, more just place.

Our annual magazine, Virginia Communities, was published earlier this month and the digital edition is now available. Read it online here!

Welcome to the 2022 VAMA Calendar & Budget Guide!

We understand that you have a lot to consider when putting together your budgets and calendar for the year. When it comes to your association needs, we want to help make this as easy as possible.

When you click on the button below, you will get access to a PDF file that has 2022 VAMA Dues, Calendar, Event & Education Pricing and more for all six of VAMA's chapters.  This guide also includes supplier and sponsorship pricing.  

Thank you for supporting VAMA, we appreciate you.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE 2022 VAMA BUDGET GUIDE!

COVID 19:

Safety for our members is the most important thing.  VAMA follows the CDC guidelines and also examines VDH transmission rates within the community to determine our COVID-19 in-person event guidelines.  These guidelines may change based off the type of event, number of attendees, whether it is indoor/outdoor and more.   Most of our education events we will offer in a hybrid format.  For specific questions about a particular event, please reach out to teresa@vamaonline.org or by phone at (804) 756-8262. 

After reviewing this guide, if you have any questions, please contact us at (804) 756-8262 or
by email at teresa@vamaonline.org!

Our annual magazine, Virginia Communities, was published earlier this month and the online edition is now available. Check it out here!

Dear VAMA Member,

Welcome to the 2021 VAMA Calendar & Budget Guide!

We understand that you have a lot to consider when putting together your budgets and calendar for the year. When it comes to your association needs, we want to help make this as easy as possible.

When you click on the button below, you will get access to a PDF file that has 2021 VAMA Dues, Calendar, Event & Education Pricing and more for all six of VAMA's chapters.

COVID 19:

If in 2021 we are still under COVID 19 restrictions and special guidance, we will continue to follow local and state government regulations on travel, masks and social distancing. All education events will take place as planned on this schedule whether in classroom or in a virtual setting (this includes credential programs and misc seminars). Special events will be reviewed 60 days out from event to evaluate if it can be converted to a virtual setting and if not, postponed.

Thank you for supporting VAMA, we appreciate you.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE 2021 VAMA BUDGET GUIDE!

After reviewing this guide, if you have any questions, please contact us at (804) 756-8262 or by email at teresa@vamaonline.org!

In 2019 The Virginia Apartment Management Association (VAMA) hired J. Turner Research to conduct a survey of compensation and benefits offered to personnel in the apartment industry. The surveys were emailed to one person in each company on a list provided by the association. The surveys inquired into benefits and compensation of various positions along with the number of units managed and tenure at the company.

The larger companies were given the option to upload their responses in a spreadsheet to make it convenient and less time consuming. A total of 53 companies responded to the survey.  This report breaks down the base compensation and bonus based on the number of units managed and the tenure at their current company.

Inside the Survey:

• List of Participating Companies

• Compensation by Positions - Supervisors of Regional Managers, Regional Managers, Property Managers, Assistant Property Managers, Leasing Agents, Maintenance Supervisors and Maintenance Technicians.

• Information on - 401K employer contribution, Vacation/PTO, Cell Phone Reimbursement, Mileage/Car Policy, Leasing Commissions and Other possible benefits being offered. 

Price to Purchase a Copy of the Survey Results:

Participate Rate:  Companies who participated in the survey get received a copy for FREE to the point of contact for the survey. 

Member Rate:  If you are a member management company that did not participate, but would like to purchase a copy, you can do so for $150. (You must be logged in to get this rate).

Non Member Rate:  $450

Questions?  Contact teresa@vamaonline.org!

Click here to view samples pages from the Virginia Redbook. Ever had questions about: What to do when there is a lease violation? How the eviction process works? We found bed bugs. Now what? Worried about Fair Housing? How does the Service Members Civil Relief Act affect us? and anything else! What if one publication could answer it all? * * * * Introducing VAMA's Virginia Redbook! Virginia's only legal guide designed exclusively for multifamily rental housing owners and operators. In this business legal questions abound, and no other organization better knows the challenges multifamily owners and operators face; that is why we have designed the Virginia Redbook. Your time is expensive! Start saving money now and increase your NOI by bringing the legal information you need to know directly to your finger tips. Don't wait! Order your copy today! Special Discount available for VAMA/NAA Lease Program users! See Details.

• PAY NOW DISCOUNT Hardcopy Purchase: Purchase hard copies of the publication priced at the SPECIAL PAY BY CREDIT CARD price of $90/book. (Extra discounts available for users of the VAMA/NAA lease, powered by Bluemoon Software.)

• PAY NOW DISCOUNT Download License Purchase: Purchase a reproduction/distribution license and download to an iPhone, iPad or your company's intranet for unlimited distribution within your company at the SPECIAL PAY BY CREDIT CARD price of $75/300 units. (Available for management companies only. Extra Discounts available for users of the VAMA/NAA Lease, powered by Bluemoon Software.)

• INVOICE ME Hardcopy Purchase: Purchase hard copies of the publication priced at the INVOICE ME price of $95/book. (Extra discounts available for users of the VAMA/NAA lease, powered by Bluemoon Software.)  Books shipped after payment is received.
  

• INVOICE ME Download License Purchase: Purchase a reproduction and distribution license and download to an iPhone, iPad or your company's intranet for unlimited distribution within your company at the INVOICE ME price of $85/300 units. (Available for management companies only. Extra Discounts available for users of the VAMA/NAA Lease, powered by Bluemoon Software.)  Download available after payment is received.