Archive for January, 2008

Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Success

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Bryan Chavis

From the Back of the Class to Business Owner and Author

Prevailing Over Learning Disabilities to Become an Apartment Industry Success

Bryan Chavis, CPMS®, CRIS®, CAM®, is a real apartment industry success story. In his journey to become a business owner, author and speaker, Bryan had to overcome some major obstacles to achieve his goal of becoming a successful entrepreneur.

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Category: Success Stories

Success Story: Alexis

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Alexis Davis

Assistant Property Manager, Equity Residential

I started my career serving in the U.S. Military. I was stationed in the aviation unit where we fixed Blackhawk, Chinook and Apache helicopters. I was in charge of having the supplies and parts ready for the aircraft.

In 2006, I returned from a tour in Iraq and I did not know what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. … Read More»

Category: Success Stories

Graduating to Success

Adam Martin, CAM, CAPS

Property Manager, Buckingham Properties

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I am a graduate of the Virginia Tech Residential Property Management Program.

While I was in college, I did a summer internship with Equity Residential in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was a leasing agent and loved the interaction with all the new and current residents. I interned all summer and by the end of that summer, I told my area vice president that I wanted to come back to Charlotte in the spring and work for Equity when I graduated. … Read More»

Category: Success Stories