Barker Associated Management, LLC
Barker Associated Management, LLC, (BAM) is a full service, regional real estate property management firm with headquarters in Metropolitan Detroit. Our commitment is to produce results at a reasonable cost, maximizing earnings for our clients while enhancing the life of the residents in the communities we manage.
Our Credentials
Anthony J. Barker and The Associated Management Company are the principals of BAM. Both are acknowledged, respected leaders in the real estate industry and in the business and civic sectors of the community. Additionally, each has extensive training and experience in marketing and management.
Anthony J. Barker has more than 25 years of experience in management of all types of housing including affordable, student and market rate apartments. This experience includes for-profit and non-profit management and encompasses extensive work with boards of directors and private owners.
The Associated Management Company, headed by Dennis J. Varian, provides property management and marketing services for properties affiliated with Varian and his partners. In addition, The Associated Management Company does a limited amount of fee management for others. The officers of the company include Clio A. Hanks, Kathleen Grabowski and Catherine Murphy. Combined the officers have a total of more than 100 years of professional property management experience. This experience includes senior, multi-family and supportive housing in MSHDA, HUD and LIHTC properties.
Please refer to our resumes for more complete information.
BAM has a team of professional, well educated and experienced property management professionals. Each staff member is a specialist and keeps current with the changing needs of an increasingly sophisticated, highly competitive marketplace. Their strengths are enhanced by regular participation in educational seminars and training workshops.
Our Capabilities
We offer a Strong Base of Disciplines including:
· Management and leasing of multi-family properties
· Management and leasing of single-family homes
· Management and leasing of college student housing
· Management and leasing of supportive housing
· Turn-around of distressed properties
· HUD subsidized senior properties
· HUD subsidized multi-family properties
· Consulting services
· Construction supervision
· Brokerage
The BAM portfolio of experience is diverse, reflecting extensive expertise in leasing and managing a broad mix of multi-family communities.
Property Management
Our policies and priorities bear the mark of meticulous cultivation perfected through the years. Time-tested practices, practical experience, innovative and creative techniques, and rich human resources are behind the success of the BAM managed properties.
BAM Team Leaders
At BAM we assign a Team Leader that oversees the total operation of all properties under their control. They will oversee everything from the financial condition and reporting of the communities to the compliance with regulations and the physical condition of the communities. The Property Executive will report directly to them. We have found that this additional level of direct oversight increases to the success of the communities we manage.
BAM Property Executives
Uniquely well qualified by virtue of experience alone, BAM Property Executives are continually educated in the best practices of professional property management. For this training we use the nationally recognized programs of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and the National Apartment Association (NAA). Each Property Executive will have a limited number of communities they are in charge of so they will have adequate time to property manage.
BAM Property Executives have been fully screened prior to employment. They are continually involved in professional development, working toward additional certification, attending national and regional conferences and seminars as well as receiving quality in house training. We require all Property Executives to be bright, pleasant, hardworking and committed to world class customer service.
Communications and Reporting
Effective communication and reporting systems are fundamental to the success of apartment communities and other rental property. BAM clients are informed clients. Clear, concise and pertinent data is transmitted on a regular basis. The reporting systems in place at BAM provide complete, timely and accurate information necessary to formulate sound decisions. Reporting systems and procedures used have been perfected over the more than 25 years of successful operations.
Financial Stability and Responsibility
BAM financial services have a proven record of integrity and fiscal responsibility. Carefully designed systems assure the BAM client’s receive strict internal audit controls and accounting procedures geared to meet their needs.
Marketing and Leasing
The single goal of marketing is to produce positive results. Our approach is intelligent, thorough and aggressive. Strategic planning, world class customer service and targeted marketing are the catalyst for the above-market occupancy levels enjoyed by the BAM properties. Our marketing techniques reflect our total team concept and extensive experience within our organization.
Utilizing resident profiles and area demographics, a target market is determined for each property. Marketing plans encompass specific methods to generate prospects, including off-site marketing by our leasing personnel. Marketing at BAM is innovative, planned and consistent.
Our capabilities are all inclusive, from examining rents to creating and implementing complete advertising and public relations campaigns.
BAM is a Fee Management Company
We remain totally third party, with no conflicts of interest. However, it is our belief that the only effective way to manage communities is to treat each of them as we do our own. We make every decision based on what is best for the community and the owners based on the owners objectives. We have found that to be effective sufficient resources must be put into the oversight of each community. It is our philosophy to ensure that we do not overload the team overseeing a property.
One hundred percent (100%) of our commitment and energy are directed to property performance. Our resources and systems are dedicated to a single goal. They are versatile and flexible to deliver the very best performance for each community, whatever the individual characteristics and requirements.
You, as our client, benefit from our reporting systems, marketing methods, maintenance programs, world class customer service and outstanding management.
We produce through motivation and commitment. Quality performance is foremost. Depth of management allows us to be vigorously attentive and cost conscious. Personnel and operations are continuously scrutinized by BAM executives.
Support for Owners
During our years in the industry we have been able to support for-profit and non-profit owners with ownership decisions. We can help gather information for cost-benefit analyses to make informed decisions. We offer support, education and training in asset management for boards of directors.
Consulting Services
Knowledge, market sensitivity and progressive thinking combine to make us well qualified and resourceful. We are able to provide professional community or renovation design consultation in areas such as market analysis, feasibility studies, design review and business plans. Also, BAM’s highly trained leasing teams utilize a unique soft-sell method in obtaining high closing ratios and quick lease-up.
As acknowledged leaders and experts, we commit to the highest principles and professional ethics and maintain the strictest client confidence.
Construction Coordination and Oversight
Our record in repair and renovation includes rehabilitation enterprises ranging in cost from $5,000 to $5 million dollars. We have overseen rehabilitation, remodeling, repair work and detailed finish-out for a variety of multi-family projects.
We offer more than technical expertise in construction supervision at BAM. Careful planning and scheduling of work minimizes inconvenience to apartment residents. Effective communication with residents during construction helps maintain high occupancy rates.
When it is cost effective, BAM uses on-site staff and local suppliers. We set the same high standards for our work in construction supervision that we have set for our management, leasing, consulting and brokerage services. Our staff is experienced and committed to staying up-to-date on current changes in the industry.
We are Leaders
We believe it is important to have an active role in the property management industry. This is important in order to help to make changes in legislation and other polices that effect our industry. We are leaders in numerous industry trade associations.
Anthony Barker is currently active on a National level with the IREM Foundation, Treasurer of the Detroit Metropolitan Apartment Association (DMAA) and a member of the Michigan Housing Council (MHC) Board of Directors.
Award Winning
The communities we manage, our companies, our team members and our officers have been the recipients of numerous awards for high quality. The long list includes Management Company of the Year, Property of the Year, Spirit of Detroit Award and many more. A complete listing is available.
Why Us, Why Now?
We are more than just talk; we have a history of improving the value of the communities we manage. If you are looking to increase the satisfaction of your residents, maximize your return on your investment and raise your sense of pride in the properties you own, make a change to Barker Associated Management, LLC.
Barker Associated Management LLC
abarker@BarkerAssociated.com
19855 W. Outer Drive, Suite 107E
Dearborn, Michigan 48124
313.359.5500