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FirstService Residential Awarded Prestigious AMO® Accreditation by IREM®
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FirstService Residential s New England operations receives IREM AMO accreditation.
“We’re thrilled to receive this impressive accreditation,” says Michael Mendillo, president, FirstService Residential. “It is an important symbol of our ongoing commitment to deliver service excellence to the associations we serve.” CANTON, Mass. (PRWEB) February 23, 2021
FirstService Residential, North America’s property management leader, earned the AMO® (Accredited Management Organization) accreditation from IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management). FirstService Residential’s New England operation joins an exclusive group of nearly 600 real estate management companies worldwide that have met the requirements to earn this distinction.
The use of connected building technology is exploding amid the coronavirus pandemic, forcing property owners and managers to find more ways to provide services to residents without face-to-face interaction. But as adoption of the Internet of Things has grown, awareness of its security risks hasn’t kept pace.
Merely managing a building during the pandemic has overwhelmed many property managers, and they haven’t been able to educate themselves on all the security protocols with IoT, Institute of Real Estate Management President Chip Watts said.
“There are so many different items out there right now that can be hacked and be a concern for security,” said Watts, who also is CEO of Alabama-based Watts Realty Co. “[The pandemic] has forced property managers of the world to embrace this technology faster than anyone imagined. We would have anticipated [we were] three-to-five years from embracing this technology as much as we have.”
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The use of connected construction technology exploded during the coronavirus pandemic, forcing property owners and managers to find more ways to provide services to residents without face-to-face interaction. But as Internet of Things adoption has increased, awareness of its security risks has not been kept up.
Just managing a building during the pandemic has overwhelmed many property managers, and they have not been able to educate themselves about all the security protocols with IoT, said Chip Watts, president of the Institute of Real Estate Management.