NAAEI Credentials

Earning a credential demonstrates your commitment to your career and gives you valuable insights and real-world skills you can use on the job. Credentials also validate your knowledge and skills, enhance your credibility, boost your confidence and earn your respect among clients and peers.

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Larry Cranford Memorial Scholarship
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Certified Apartment Manager

Earning your Certified Apartment Manager (CAM) credential allows you to demonstrate your skills, knowledge, and ability to manage an apartment community and achieve owners’ investment goals. 


Certificate for Apartment Maintenance Technicians

Earning your Certificate for Apartment Maintenance Technicians (CAMT) validates your knowledge, enhances your reputation and credibility, boosts your confidence and earns you respect. The CAMT program is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a private non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. 


Certified Apartment Leasing Professional (formerly NALP)

The Certified Apartment Leasing Professional (CALP) credential ensures leasing professionals throughout the industry are fully prepared for success. 


Certified Apartment Portfolio Supervisor

Earning your CAPS takes you to the next level in property management. It fast-tracks your career advancement and your corresponding earning potential.


Certified Apartment Supplier*

Earning CAS allows you to network with your peers from other companies, learn about the benefits and activities your local apartment association offers and engage in apartment association meetings and events. The course is an opportunity for suppliers to hear the everyday challenges faced by apartment-manager customers.

*Applications will not be accepted after April 1, 2024, and the exam will not be offered after July 1, 2024. Anyone earning the credential prior to July 1, 2024, will continue to use the designation. 


The Independent Rental Owner Professional Course*

Whether you are a new or experienced independent rental owner, earning your IROP gives you an "insider's view" of professional property ownership and management practices.

*Applications will not be accepted after April 1, 2024, and the exam will not be offered after July 1, 2024. Anyone earning the credential prior to July 1, 2024, will continue to use the designation. 


National Apartment Association Education Institute

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