This accelerated class provides the tools, strategies, and practice needed to feel confident as you approach the final step in earning your RPA® designation. Through focused review, group discussion, and exam-style practice, you’ll sharpen your test-taking skills and ensure you’re prepared to demonstrate the knowledge you’ve gained throughout the program.

Key Takeaways:

• Focused Review: Revisit key concepts from RPA® courses and learn how to connect them across subject areas.
• Exam Strategies: Gain insight into the structure of the Capstone Exam and proven techniques for answering case-based questions.
• Practice Application: Work through sample questions and exercises to strengthen your ability to analyze, apply, and respond under exam conditions.
• Guided Support: Learn alongside peers pursuing the designation and receive direction from an experienced instructor.

Applies To: RPA® Designation

This crash course is ideal for professionals who have completed their RPA® coursework and are preparing to sit for the Capstone Exam, ensuring they approach the test with confidence and clarity.

Prepare to demonstrate your expertise and achieve your designation—register now for the RPA® Capstone Exam Prep Crash Course!

Help Us Track Your Educational Journey

If you're working toward a BOMI Designation, we want to support you every step of the way! Here's how you can help us keep track of your progress:

• Complete the BOMI Release Form: Fill out the BOMI release form and e-mail it to Janie Shallow at jshallow@houstonboma.org.
• Submit the BOMI Education Progress Survey: This survey helps us identify the courses you've completed and plan future offerings to ensure you meet your educational goals and designation requirements. 

Houston BOMA Course Policies

• All fees must be paid before the beginning of class by either check or credit card. 
• Course textbooks will not be ordered until payment is received. Notification will be sent to students when the course book is available. This is an accelerated review class, and students must review the materials before the class starts.
• Students are responsible for scheduling their exam. BOMI will send an email with instructions approximately one week before the class begins.
• Cancellations must be received in writing via e-mail. All cancellations received within seven (7) days of the class start date are nonrefundable. If the textbook has already been ordered when a cancellation request is submitted, an additional $56 cancellation fee will be assessed to cover the cost of the book.

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of how commercial real estate professionals work, communicate, and make decisions. This hands-on workshop is designed to introduce practical, real-world ways AI can support your day-to-day responsibilities, whether you are in property management, engineering, or a service provider role.

This session is intentionally built as an interactive experience. Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring a laptop or smartphone to follow along, test tools in real time, and leave with practical skills they can apply immediately.

What You’ll Learn:

• Work more efficiently with routine tasks and communication
• Organize and analyze information more effectively
• Enhance productivity across property operations and service delivery
• Begin exploring tools that are becoming increasingly relevant in CRE

This workshop is valuable for all experience levels. We will start with foundational concepts and build toward more advanced applications, creating a clear path for continued learning.

We are also using this session to better understand member interest in this topic and explore opportunities for future training.

If you have been hearing about AI and wondering how it applies to your role, this is the place to start. Seating is limited, so register today!

*Breakfast is included.

The industrial sector is growing rapidly. While, on the surface, it may seem that managing industrial properties is similar to managing office or retail properties, the operational characteristics and unique needs of industrial tenants require real estate managers to develop a slightly different skill set. Managing Industrial Properties 101 (MIP 101) covers the basics of industrial property management.

*Breakfast and lunch included 

If you are a BOMA Local partner or a member from another local, please contact us so we can send you a promo code!

This session may be counted toward your CE hours for TREC (8 hours) and CPD hours for BOMI Continuing Education.

TREC Course Title: Managing Industrial Properties

TREC Course Number: 46812

Please submit your Texas RE Number via the form in order to receive credit.*

*Save and submit a copy of your course completion certificate as proof of CPD hours during your three-year cycle to receive credit.

Help Us Track Your Educational Journey

If you're working toward a BOMI Designation, we want to support you every step of the way! Here's how you can help us keep track of your progress:

• Complete the BOMI Release Form: Fill out the BOMI release form and e-mail it to Janie Shallow at jshallow@houstonboma.org.
• Submit the BOMI Education Progress Survey: This survey helps us identify the courses you've completed and plan future offerings to ensure you meet your educational goals and designation requirements. 

Houston BOMA Course Policies

• All fees must be paid before the beginning of class by either check or credit card. 
• Course textbooks will not be ordered until payment is received. Notification will be sent to students when the course book is available. 
• Students are responsible for providing Houston BOMA with their TREC License Numbers to receive TREC credit. 
• Cancellations must be received in writing via e-mail. All cancellations received within seven (7) days of the class start date are nonrefundable. 

The industrial sector is growing rapidly. While on the surface it may seem that managing industrial properties is similar to managing office or retail properties, the operational characteristics and unique needs of industrial tenants require real estate managers to develop a slightly different skill set.

This TREC-approved course will cover the basics of industrial property management within these six topic areas:

• Industrial property management
• What is creating demand for industrial real estate?
• Financial performance in industrial real estate
• Overview of maintenance programs
• Property management considerations
• Market trends and drivers in industrial properties

Mixed-use properties continue to evolve, bringing new opportunities and new complexities for property teams. Join Houston BOMA for a dynamic panel discussion featuring industry professionals who are actively managing and shaping today’s mixed-use environments.

This seminar will provide practical, real-world insight into how teams navigate competing priorities, adapt to market shifts, and keep properties relevant in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Discussion topics will include:

• ️How to balance the needs of multiple tenant types across one property
• Current occupancy trends and the factors driving them
• Strategies for keeping established mixed-use properties competitive
• How property teams align across residential, office, and retail components
• Lessons learned from operating complex, multi-use environments 

Additional features:

• CE credits available for those maintaining their RPA/FMA or SMA/SMT designations.

Mixed-use success starts with strong strategy and collaboration, bring your team and be part of the conversation. Seating is limited, so register now to secure your spot!

Created by Houston BOMA's knowledgeable members, BEM 101 gives building engineers a high-level overview of engineering best practices, risk management, and regulatory compliance, and goes beyond maintenance by providing students with a deeper understanding of all aspects of property management and effective communication skills that will help further their careers.

The three-part course is held once a week for just three weeks, making it easier than ever to achieve professional development with minimal time away from work.

Wednesday, July 22, 29, and August 5th

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Why Attend?
Whether you're an experienced building operator or new to the field, this class ensures you remain competitive and well-versed in modern techniques that elevate building performance and tenant satisfaction.

Get ready to expand your skills, network with peers, and stay ahead in the dynamic field of building engineering management!

Students will learn about:

• Ownership types, real estate investment and strategies, building designations, roles and responsibilities of property personnel, engineer value-adds, communication and reporting tools, customer service, etc. 
• Budget development, expense monitoring, lease administration, and leasing Regulatory compliance and risk mitigation and management through the governing of your properties, including but not limited to standards of OSHA, HFD, and NFPA 
• Basics of effective communication, verbal and nonverbal communication, how to deal with confrontation, guidelines for written communication, and the importance of personal appearance and manners
• BOMA and member benefits, and educational programs offered by BOMI International

What former Building Engineering Management participants had to say about the program:

• "The course has given me a different perspective of an engineering department's role and the greater purpose it serves within the real estate industry!"
• "It helped further my knowledge of commercial real estate and made me want to engage with my supervisors more based upon the learning we discussed while in class."
• "BEM101 was very helpful in aiding my understanding of general building operations outside of my day-to-day tasks."
• "I left with a better understanding of how building operations plays a key role in aiding the bottom line."
• "There was so much great information provided with enough flexibility in the course offerings that better allowed me to schedule the class into my workday, and not my workday around my class. Thank you, BOMA!"

Help Us Track Your Educational Journey

If you're working toward a BOMI Designation, we want to support you every step of the way! Here's how you can help us keep track of your progress:

• Complete the BOMI Release Form: Fill out the BOMI release form and e-mail it to Janie Shallow at jshallow@houstonboma.org.
• Submit the BOMI Education Progress Survey: This survey helps us identify the courses you've completed and plan future offerings to ensure you meet your educational goals and designation requirements. 

• All fees must be paid before the beginning of class by either check or credit card. 
• Course textbooks will not be ordered until payment is received. Notification will be sent to students when the course book is available. 
• Cancellations must be received in writing via e-mail. All cancellations received within seven (7) days of the class start date are nonrefundable. 

This class is offered virtually through Zoom. Can be a longer description. 

This three-part series breaks down the essentials, from how Texas property taxes work, to how commercial properties are valued, to how tax policy impacts your bottom line.

Led by industry expert Cade Burr with Burr Advisory Services LLC, each session delivers practical insights, real-world examples, and live Q&A to help you navigate the process with confidence. Register now and build a stronger foundation for smarter property tax decisions.

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This final session focuses on how property tax policy impacts your tax bill after valuations are set. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of what drives real property tax relief, what does not, and how different policy tools affect commercial properties.

The webinar will cover key concepts such as tax rate compression versus appraisal caps, annual appraisals, and Texas BOMA’s policy positions on equitable, market-based taxation. Designed to be educational and non-political, this session helps property professionals better understand current and future property tax proposals.

Join us for Part Three and complete the Property Tax 101 series with a stronger grasp of property tax policy and its real-world impact.

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Take a deeper dive into how commercial properties are valued for property tax purposes. This session will focus on the three primary valuation methods used by appraisal districts—the cost approach, income approach, and sales approach—and how each impacts your property’s appraised value.

Houston BOMA member and industry expert, Cade Burr, will walk through real-world examples and case studies to illustrate how these valuation methods are applied, where inconsistencies can occur, and how equity plays a role in ensuring fair and uniform taxation. Attendees will gain practical insight into how appraisal data is analyzed and how valuation methodologies can be challenged.

The webinar will conclude with a live Q&A, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions and build confidence ahead of future protest and appeal discussions.

Join us for Part Two and strengthen your understanding of how property values are determined.

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Start with the basics of Texas property tax and gain a clearer understanding of how the system works. This introductory session will cover key property tax concepts, taxpayer rights, and the overall property tax calendar, giving you the foundational knowledge needed to navigate the process with confidence.

Houston BOMA member and industry expert, Cade Burr, will provide a high-level overview of how properties are appraised, who is involved in the process, and what to expect throughout the tax year. The session will conclude with a live Q&A, offering attendees the opportunity to ask questions and gain clarity on common property tax topics.

Don’t miss this opportunity to build a strong foundation for the rest of the Property Tax 101 series.

Reserve your spot today and get started with Property Tax 101.

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