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Summary

• 25 years of real estate experience including sales, leasing, management, appraisal, analysis, and consulting.  Specialties include apartments, retail, and investment properties.
• Adept at understanding client needs.  Decisive and action-oriented towards delivering services and solutions to meet the specific needs of the client.  Achieved positive results in resolving operating and marketing challenges.
  
• Strong analytical skills with excellent presentation, sales, and people skills.  Computer literate. 
  
• Well educated and excellent communication skills.  Obtained CCIM and CMCA professional designations.  Conducted seminars and written articles and newletters on real estate issues.  Served trade associations in leadership roles.

Objective:

To apply my skills, knowledge, experience, and creativity in a manner that solves problems for clients, improves property values, and improves peoples’ lives.  

Education:

Loyola College, Baltimore MD:  B.A. Business Management.  www.loyola.edu

Dale Carnegie Sales Course- Completed course. Served as Group Leader for several years.  www.dalecarnegie.com

Earned the CCIM Designation (Certified Commercial-Investment Member), conferred by the Commercial-Investment Real Estate Institute (an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors).  www.ccim.com

Earned the AMS Designation (Association Management Specialist) which is conferred by the Community Association Institute, and the CMCA (Certified Manager of Community Associations) which is conferred by National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers (NBC-CAM).   www.caionline.org

Completed Education Courses including  “Success Strategies for Investment Real Estate”, “A Drug Resistant Property”, 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges, Historic Tax Credits, Creative Finance, Fair Housing Laws, Agency Law, and numerous others.

Held Maryland Real Estate Sales License since 1980 and a Maryland Real Estate Brokers License since 1986.

Professional Experience

1980-1990:  Frederick Realty Inc.: Listed and sold many types of property throughout the Baltimore Metro Area including apartments, retail, offices, industrial facilities, and land. Hired, trained, and supervised salespersons.  Responsible for budgeting and establishing policies.  Broker of Record for Frederick Realty Inc. since 1986.

1990-1997:  Frederick Realty Inc.:  Vice President.  Responsible for all operations of property management, community association management, and general office management.   Collected $6 million in rent and managed rental property budgets totally $6 million each year.  Managed Homeowners Association and Condominium Budgets of $640,000.

1997-2000:  Frederick Realty Inc.: President.  Responsible for all operations of the company as well as marketing the company’s services while maintaining personal production in the sales and management of properties.

2000-present: Ben Frederick Realty Inc., President.  Real Estate Brokerage, development, and consulting; specializing in apartment buildings and investment real estate.  Year-after-year helps people buy and sell more apartments in Baltimore City than any other Realtor®

Professional Skills

• Sales and Marketing of Apartments, Commercial Property, Residential and Investment Property, and marketing the firm's management services.
• Turn-around troubled property
• Manage commercial and residential rental property
• Manage Condominium/Homeowner Association Communities.
• Spec, bid, recommend, authorize, and supervise renovation projects.
• Consulting, property tax appeals, negotiations, and buy-sell decision analysis.
• Customer Service and personnel management.
• Computer literate: responsible for technology issues at Frederick Realty including network administration, internet administration and web site development.
• Valuation and Appraisal of Commercial Investment Property.

Professional Affiliations

Governor’s Advisory Council on Landlord-Tenant Affairs:  State of Maryland, 1992.

Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors:  Past Director, Chaired several Committees.

CCIM Institute - MD/DC Chapter:  Past President, 1991.  What is a CCIM?

Property Owners Association of Greater Baltimore:  Past member of Board of Directors.

Greater Baltimore Committee:  Initiated “Breakfast Briefing” Series.

York Road Planning Area Committee:  Past Secretary.

Instructed courses on Property Management and Investment Real Estate for Catonsville Community College, the National Association of Realtors, and Local Realtor Boards.

Written articles on Tax-Deferred Exchanges, Investing in Real Estate, Commentary, and book reviews for The Daily Record, Baltimore Business Journal, and Real Estate News.

Personal

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland.  Excellent Health. 
Enjoy bicycle touring, running, music, wood working, and my children.